At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.
A Day in the Life As the leading company in the biomedical sector Medtronic fosters open innovation to improve the quality of products and services we offer to our customers. Within the open innovation paradigm we collaborate with all the stakeholders of the ecosystem including regional / national / European authorities hospitals start-ups universities research centers and other companies. INNOVA is the Medtronic team devoted to facilitating open innovation across the company. Our department is part of Integrated Health Solutions the Medtronic entity dealing with everything that goes beyond the device from process improvement to Digital Health.
As an Innovation Project Manager within Medtronic's INNOVA team you will lead and support European healthcare innovation projects managing operations finances and proposal development. Youll collaborate across teams to align initiatives with strategic goals identify market opportunities and drive innovations toward real-world impact. This is a remote / hybrid role but based in Spain. The role with a willingness to travel to clients and Medtronic locations (15-20%) within Europe.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned :
Coordination of European Healthcare Innovation Projects : Lead the planning execution and delivery of tasks meetings deliverables and results within European projects
Financial Management : Oversee the financial aspects of projects ensuring compliance with economic requirements and alignment with Medtronic's standards
Reporting and Documentation : Prepare detailed reports for the European Commission summarizing technical and financial results dissemination activities event outcomes and project impact
Internal Collaboration & Innovation Engagement : Work across Medtronic departments such as Finance Legal Communication General Management and Operating Units and its innovation ecosystem to address project needs and identify challenges that drive portfolio-enhancing solutions
Scouting Strategy : Participate in discovering evaluating showcasing and collaborating with promising companies in the European healthcare start-up ecosystem
Business Opportunity Identification : Detect and evaluate innovation-based business opportunities that align with Medtronic's strategic objectives
Proposal Development : Identify new opportunities and lead the preparation of proposals aligned with the departments and companys strategic innovation priorities
Stakeholder & Team Collaboration : Represent the team to internal and external stakeholders while working closely with diverse local and European teams to ensure effective communication and project success. Having a relevant professional network in the EU projects space
Required Knowledge and Experience :
Educational Background : Bachelors degree in Biomedicine Biomedical or Telecommunications Engineering Economics or a related field; Masters degree in business or project management is a plus
Project Experience : Proven experience managing European healthcare innovation projects preferably within hospital or healthcare settings (H2020 Horizon Europe IHI EIT Health etc.)
Cross-Functional Collaboration : Skilled in working across departments and with diverse stakeholders in complex fast-paced environments
Organizational & Execution Skills : Strong self-management organizational abilities and a results-driven mindset focused on high-quality delivery
Communication & Interpersonal Skills : Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Innovation & Agile Thinking : Demonstrated innovative mindset familiarity with agile methodologies and use of project management tools
Language Proficiency : Fluent in English (C1 level or higher); additional European languages are an asset
Medtronic is committed to safeguarding the principle of non-discrimination in employment on the basis of sex sexual orientation or gender identity as set out in Article 14 of the Constitution and Articles 17 and 18 of the Workers Statute as well as Organic Law 3 / 2007 of 22 March on effective equality between women and men and Law 4 / 2023 for the real and effective equality of transgender people and the protection of LGTBI rights. This commitment applies to all company personnel without exception. This is done with the understanding and conviction that equal treatment and opportunities in the workplace must be guaranteed ultimately ensuring an inclusive working environment that advances the eradication of discrimination against LGTBI people and the absence of any direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression and those derived from maternity family obligations and marital status.
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 integral team of 95000 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.
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Employment Type :
Full-Time
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