Principal IT Project & Program Lead - SAP

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeResponsible for the project management leadership of multiple projects within the SAP Center of Excellence organization. The project manager will lead a variety of different types of projects including large-scale application development, systems integration, operational efficiency improvements, process reengineering and application upgrades and deployments. Accountable for developing finances including project estimates, high level proposals, actual costs, detailed work plans, resource plans, and schedules. Recommend and take action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems. Communicate project status, escalate issues, and manage to scope, schedule, and budget constraints.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Leads and directs one or more project teams engaged in global initiatives across functional and regional organizations.
• Develops and manages all facets of the project(s) from intake through implementation and closure.
• Accountable for the successful implementation of the outcomes derived through the change through effective organization and leadership, business case and benefits management, stakeholder management, risk management and issue resolution, planning and control, change management and quality management.
• Ensures the project adheres to all Corporate and IT policies and standards.
• Responsible for effectively managing the constraints of project management: Scope, Cost, Schedule.
• Provides technical and analytical guidance and recommendations to leadership governance bodies.
• Keeps current on advances and best practices in project management methodologies.
• Responsible for all phases of multiple concurrent projects or a single large-scale, complex program.
• Build trust and rapport with key stakeholders and facilitate executive (i.e. VP) level steering committees discussions.
• Define program and/or project scope and objectives along with applicable project estimates, detailed work plans, schedules, and resource plans.
• Provide leadership to multiple project managers to achieve program objectives with high-quality work products that are delivered on time and on budget.
• Ensure end results meet business and stakeholder benefit expectations.
• Follow Medtronic’s quality system procedures to ensure compliance with system validation requirements.
• Foster strong working relationships between project team members.
• Create an environment for project team members that allows for independent team decision making.
• Ensure that Medtronic's systems and the information on them are protected in accordance with Medtronic's Information Protection Policies and Standards, as well as best Information Protection practices.
• Monitor and control project financial metrics and make adjustments where necessary to meet scope, schedule and budget expectations.
• Institutionalize Medtronic’s development life cycle process and ensure methodologies are implemented effectively for project management processes and techniques.
• Follow the Medtronic Global IT engagement management model as well as ensure it is aligned with corporate engagement models.
• Follow the Medtronic Global IT project management processes.
• Provide analytical guidance to project team in support of issue and risk resolutions.
• Escalate project issues as appropriate.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• 14+ years of IT experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, MCA, MSc or MBA.
• Prior experience managing SAP projects and SAP integration related projects within an IT organization.
• Prior experience with data analytics and business intelligence tools and techniques.
• Proven experience in driving large projects and programs in a multiple service integrator (SI) environment.
• Excellent communication skills, solid problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy. Analyze complex process scenarios and offer solutions.
• High degree of interpersonal skills; written, oral, and presentations.
• Experience working in a Global environment; including integrated employee and vendor teams.

NICE TO HAVE

• Previous Medtronic experience.
• Prior experience in a hands-on technical role including but not limited to software develop, architect etc.
• Proven experience in driving large projects and programs in a multiple service integrator (SI) environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Advanced Scrum Master Certification.
• Ability to create detailed project plans in Microsoft Project.
• Fiscal management, budget tracking, and reporting experience.
• Experience facilitating working sessions and steering committee meetings.
• Experience creating risk mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing highly technical personnel assigned to projects.
• Experience managing business systems analysts assigned to projects.
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success developing stakeholder partnerships.
• Demonstrated success managing large-scale, complex projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders and partners in a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated success in creating a motivating environment for team members.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and take a proactive approach to manage change.
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills when under pressure.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Sound business and technical acumen (data and analytics, automation and integration experience).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills to all levels of management.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here