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 Life

The preferred working location for this role is the Medtronic facility located in Hyderabad MEIC, India. The ability to travel to other Medtronic sites approximately 20% of the time is desirable.

As an IT Project Manager/Architect for Data Platform & Monitoring within Global Operations and Supply Chain IT (GOSC IT), your primary responsibility is to lead the architecture, technical implementation, and overall management of the data platform and monitoring program. This is achieved in close collaboration with internal teams and key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
The role is critical in the planning and execution of a strategic program that includes two core components:
Developing a centralized data platform to consolidate manufacturing systems data across all sites.
Implementing robust observability and monitoring capabilities for global manufacturing systems and applications, aimed at ensuring up time through effective alerting, logging, and visibility mechanisms.
Success in this role demands strong coordination and communication skills, with the ability to work seamlessly across cross-functional teams—including project managers, business stakeholders, IT teams, and external partners—to ensure alignment with organizational objectives, timelines, and delivery standards.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications if we hope to have a long-term sustainable impact.

Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. Check out the accomplishments of our Women in IT group! http://bit.ly/MedtronicWomeninIT

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

As an IT Project Manager/Architect for Data Platform & Monitoring within Global Operations and Supply Chain IT (GOSC IT), your primary responsibility is to lead the architecture, technical implementation, and overall management of the data platform and monitoring program. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned essential to successfully deliver improvements in technology capabilities, operational efficiency, financial management, and business continuity.

· Develop a comprehensive project plan outlining tasks, timelines, resources, and milestones for manufacturing IT systems implementation.

· Manage a team of 10-15 Global Operations Supply Chain team in the core manufacturing and supply chain digital platform domain

· Define the project scope, goals, and objectives, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.

· Identify potential risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure successful project execution.

· Lead a diverse cross-functional project team, encompassing IT professionals, process engineers, production units, and external consultants.

· Establish a collaborative environment conducive to effective communication and harmonious coordination among team members.

· Work closely with business stakeholders to gather and document functional and technical requirements for the IT systems implementation solution.

· Lead the implementation of Manufacturing IT Systems with extensive experience in large scale program management, manufacturing IT platforms, MES platforms, SAP, and team leadership.

· Provide updates to leadership team

· Experience in implementing enterprise data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse), including data integration activities such as data ingestion, transformation (ETL/ELT), and ensuring robust, scalable data architecture

· (Good to Have) Experience in implementing application and system monitoring solutions using tools like Dynatrace and SolarWinds to ensure observability and reliability. OR any monitoring experience will be helpful.

· Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders to gather business and technical requirements, translating them into a clear, actionable 3-year data platform roadmap.

· Proven experience in effective team management, including coordination with external vendors and partners to ensure timely delivery, alignment with technical goals, and quality outcomes.

· Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, including financial tracking, forecasting, and monthly reporting to ensure alignment with organizational goals and governance standards.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

· Bachelor’s degree (Required); advanced degree preferred.

· Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in IT project or program management roles.

· 4+ years team management experience of 10+ team members

· Prior experience in regulated or validated industries is a strong plus.

• Strong documentation, organizational, and communication skills.

• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Excel, Planisware, JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet).

· Ability to understand the customer's business problem, need, or opportunity and to design a solution that completely and correctly addresses the business problem, need, or opportunity without unnecessary enhancements.

• Proven ability to work as a team player, delivering quality results within defined timelines.

• Understanding of application lifecycle processes and system integration concepts

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

SKILLS NEEDED,

• Strong background in IT project management, especially in manufacturing or supply chain domains

• Experienced in leading multi-function cross-team collaboration between IT and Business

• Experience in managing program timelines, risks, status, escalations in a timely manner

• Understand and work within Medtronic processes and tools

• Solid understanding of SDLC as well as good knowledge of Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid project management principles and practices

• Experience with Project management tools like DevOps

• Strong knowledge of MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Projects

• Experience managing Project Costing, Budget Forecasting, Resource Management

• Working knowledge of manufacturing IT systems like ERP, MES, etc.

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.

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.