Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

CardioVascular Surgery is a vital component of the Medtronic Cardiovascular portfolio consisting of Aortic and Cardiac Surgery therapies. Aortic therapies treat thoracic and abdominal aneurysms, where Medtronic has led the market with durable products and will develop more products to treat complex endovascular conditions to serve more patients. Cardiac Surgery therapies offer a broad range of products to support both minimally invasive and open surgical valve replacement and valve repair procedures, along with left atrial appendage clipping. This includes surgical solutions, ablation tools, blood oxygenation and circulation management systems.

The Engineering Director serves as the primary Operations interface to cross functional product development Core Teams and is a highly visible leadership role responsible for shaping and executing Operations strategy across new product development, and commercial lifecycle phases, leading global teams to deliver product outcomes aligned with cost, quality, supply, and business objectives

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Plans, directs and implements operations strategy to deliver a scalable supply chain for new products
Responsible for ensuring multiple new product development programs can meet operations launch goals including quality, scalability, schedule and budget.
Leads a team of Core Team Ops Representatives (CTOR's) who will build the operations strategy for new products
Leads a team of advanced manufacturing engineers responsible for engineering scalable manufacturing processes for new product development
Understands and can deploy design for reliability and manufacturing strategy to ensure new product launches meet quality and scalability goals
Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes.
Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release
Oversees feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended
Oversees documentation maintenance throughout all phases of process development
Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function

Key Skills & Experience

Requires a bachelor’s degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience
Requires broad management and leadership knowledge to lead multiple job areas, and detailed functional and operational expertise
Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function
Autonomy: Manages department (s) or region that includes multiple teams led by managers and / or supervisors
Organizational Impact: Leads the development of the strategy for own department or business area, ensuring links to the company’s aims and objectives
Management authority to make large business decisions and some strategic decisions
Decisions impact the financial performance, employees, or public image of the operational unit and/or company
Typically has budget or P&L accountability for a department, broad functional area or geography
Innovation and Complexity: Drives innovation across the business area, encouraging best practice and knowledge sharing
Up to 25% Travel Requirement as needed

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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. 

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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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 124,800.00 EUR - 187,200.00 EUR |

The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

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

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

Who We Are

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.

What We Do

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

How We Are Different

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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