Senior IT Manager - Enterprise Integrations and Operations
Medtronic
Mounds View, Minnesota, United States of America
Full-Time
$156,800
OfficeManager
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.
CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES
Enterprise Integration Strategy & Delivery
Manage a portfolio of demand and projects from the initiation phase to the transition to a steady state; providing leadership to project management and technical resources to enable a scalable, maintainable, and supportable solution.
Define and evolve the Enterprise Integration strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities, enterprise architecture, and long‑term technology direction.
Own and drive the multi‑year integration roadmap, including platform rationalization, modernization, and capability investments.
Identify strategic gaps across the integration landscape (tools, skills, operating model) and define target‑state capabilities.
Act as a strategic advisor to IT and business leadership on integration patterns, platform choices, and trade‑offs.
Partner and collaborate across the organization to define and maintain roadmaps to implement an AI-centric ecosystem.
Integration Process Optimization
Lead continuous improvement of end‑to‑end integration lifecycle processes, including intake, estimation, design, build, testing, deployment, and support
Standardize and streamline demand intake, prioritization, and triage processes to improve speed‑to‑market and predictability.
Reduce cycle time and rework by improving requirements gathering, design governance, and architectural decision processes.
Metrics‑Driven Improvement
Define and track integration KPIs (cycle time, quality, reuse, cost efficiency, operational stability).
Use data and insights to drive process refinements, tooling improvements, and operating‑model changes.
Establish feedback loops with delivery teams, architecture, and operations to ensure measurable improvements over time.
Architecture, Governance & Quality
Ensure integrations meet the Gold Standard for security, data privacy, resiliency, performance, and observability standards
Oversee governance for architecture adherence, design quality, and non‑functional requirements.
Enable consistency and reuse across multiple integration platforms and vendors.
Stakeholder & Business Partnership
Partner with IT and Business leaders to understand business needs and translate them into scalable integration solutions.
Act as a senior escalation point for complex integration, delivery, and operational issues.
People & Leadership
Manage and inspire a staff that consists of employees and contingents, providing leadership in goals/objectives, performance reviews, and mentorship. Establish goals and objectives of the organization that align to broader Medtronic strategies.
Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and operational excellence within Enterprise Integration
Build an inclusive, high‑performance culture aligned with enterprise Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (ID&E) commitments.
Vendor & Financial Management
Build an inclusive, high‑performance culture aligned with enterprise Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (ID&E) commitments.
Support portfolio planning, financial forecasting, and cost optimization for integration platforms and servicesof relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience.
MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)
7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree
5+ years of managerial experience
NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)
Strongly Preferred:
Previous Medtronic experience
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline
5+ years of people leadership experience including IT strategies, planning, change management, and stakeholder management
10+ years of IT experience
10+ years demonstrable hands-on experience in integration, data, analytics, and/or application delivery
5+ years in hands-on experience in Integration tools; webMethods, Kafka, Informatica Cloud, etc
Thought leader who can see the big picture and is endlessly curious and a natural problem solver. Ability to serve as the technical leader and mentor to a group of internal and external technical SME’s
Extensive and diverse delivery model experience
Ability to thrive and lead in an ever changing and sometimes ambiguous environment
Self-driven, independent, and strong leader who can deliver extraordinary outcomes from global teams comprising of internal employees, product vendors and third-party service providers
Strong Business Relationship Management, Vendor Management, Negotiation, written and verbal communication skills
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance,Health Savings Account,Healthcare Flexible Spending Account,Life insurance, Long-term disability leave,Dependent daycare spending account,Tuition assistance/reimbursement, andSimple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match,Short-term disability,Paid time off,Paid holidays,Employee Stock Purchase Plan,Employee Assistance Program,Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
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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.
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