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

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

         

         

Careers that Change Lives

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey.

Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) Operating Unit develops and delivers an integrated ecosystem of spinal implants, navigation and robotic guidance systems, advanced imaging, and data-driven planning tools for complex spine and cranial procedures. Platforms such as AiBLE™ connect these technologies to enhance surgical precision, streamline workflows, and support improved patient outcomes across the globe. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic CST

The Product Manager - Navigation & Robotics is an essential member of the Medtronic Enabling Technology Marketing team, reporting to the Director of Marketing.  The Product Manager will play a key role in scoping and executing upon the strategy, definition and execution of our Spine Navigation and Robotics solutions which include software and hardware responsibilities. Additionally, the Product Manager will work closely with the Medtronic Spine business unit to ensure there are unified and balanced priorities for product development.

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

• Directs the definition of Product requirements, User and Business needs.

• Lead the Discovery Phase: Engage in discussions with customers and business units; collect, summarize and refine Voice of customers (VOC) and Voice of Business (VOB), align with commercial, Sales and marketing staff, and provide one voice to R&D. Conducts competitive intelligence analysis.

• Define and coordinates, market research activities. Interact directly with customers, identify new opportunities, understand the unmet needs, customers pain points, & requirements. 

• Conduct an opportunity assessment, for new or improved product capabilities or features. Develop business models and determines market trends to substantiate long-term prospects. Collaborate with other Upstream Marketing teams to define: Business Rational, Limited Release Y/N, Registrations, Forecast, Cost Targets etc.). Develops business case, strategies, budgets, executions, measurement. 

• Utilize marketing tools to prioritize road map plans according to the high value problem and business impact.

• Work closely with product development team over the entire product life cycle. Represents customer needs during product development process - provide clear guidance to R&D.

• Works with other functions to finalize product specifications. Serves as technical adviser, demonstrating products and troubleshooting product issues.

• Formulates and review product short and long-range plans, goals, and objectives.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding the customer’s primary motivations and clinical needs while utilizing large capital products in Spine Surgery

• Transition programs into commercially viable programs to downstream counterparts

• Partner with engineering, regulatory, legal, quality, and support teams to determine the ideal product for Spine Enabling Technology customers.

• Create competitive positioning models to determine Medtronic’s position relative to competitive current and future state products and provide recommendations and/or solutions on how to better improve Medtronic’s position in the marketplace.

• Create business plans and financial models for both major and minor product launches.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree

• 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Medical device industry experience, spine preferred.

• Marketing or Engineering experience in relevant fields

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.

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$103,200.00 - $154,800.00

 

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

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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, and Simple 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), and Capital 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

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.