Medical Affairs, Program Director

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Aug 2026   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                     Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. In this exciting role as a Medical Affairs, Program Director, you will partner with the Enterprise Accounts & Strategic Channels commercial organization to engage with clinical stakeholders from the largest U.S. healthcare systems.  Your responsibilities include developing relationships with senior health system administrative and clinical stakeholders and identifying innovative opportunities and unique clinical strategies leveraging the breadth of Medtronic’s portfolio to deliver unique value and meet shared needs. This role will be accountable for cross-functional teamwork, understanding the value of Medtronic products and services, and assessing and pursuing clinical collaboration and growth opportunities with US health system clinical stakeholders on behalf of Medtronic. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 50% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. A Day in the Life (Responsibilities) Relationships Establish, cultivate, and expand executive-level relationships with senior clinical and administrative stakeholders within designated U.S. health systems, including C-suite leaders, service line executives, medical directors, and other enterprise decision-makers. Serve as a Medical Affairs partner to clinical customers, shaping strategic engagement opportunities that strengthen Medtronic’s enterprise relationship, advance clinical collaboration, and improve patient access, outcomes, and system-level value. Partner closely with Enterprise Accounts and Strategic Channels leadership to define, influence, and execute account strategies focused on clinical collaboration, patient access, outcomes improvement, and differentiated value creation across the Medtronic portfolio. Build alignment across operating units and functional partners, including marketing, R&D, legal, clinical research, healthcare economics, advisory services, and other teams, to advance enterprise-level initiatives and resolve complex cross-functional dependencies. Develop and lead internal and external stakeholder engagement to articulate integrated clinical and economic value propositions and identify opportunities for scalable, strategic partnership models. ​ Strategy Assess complex, multi-dimensional challenges facing U.S. hospitals and health systems, including clinical priorities, operational pressures, economic constraints, access barriers, and evolving care delivery models, and translate insights into enterprise clinical engagement strategies. Identify, develop and lead strategic clinical collaboration opportunities that