We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Jun 2025

 

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, 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 career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful, committed, and driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. We believe career growth and development is about learning and stretching yourself to grow your expertise and navigate your career. We offer award-winning programs to accelerate your development and growth, and our size, scope, and market leadership give you a chance to explore career opportunities and grow as we grow.

We are seeking a Principal Communications Generalist who is a fast-moving dot connector that thrives on change and executes with an unrelenting focus on quality. Supporting communications for an Executive Vice President, you will be responsible for managing the creation, development, and execution of effective internal and external communication strategies. In this dynamic role, your communications work will include executive thought leadership, employee and leader engagement, organizational change, culture and more. This role is also responsible for ensuring consistency of messaging across activations, as well as enabling a measurable and data-driven strategy that drives our approach. This role will collaborate with multiple teams in global geographies and functions.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to join a company that thinks differently, and a communications team looking for new ways to create connections with employees and external stakeholders. We need you to bring your passion, unique perspective, and skills to help promote Medtronic therapies, our leaders, and the work we are doing to help people live better, fuller lives. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

This role supports U.S. time zones and is intended to be an in-person position with key stakeholders and partners in Lafayette, CO, with the option to also be based in Minneapolis, MN or Boston, MA. Travel required for this role is expected to be less than 10 percent.

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

• Handle creating and implementing multiple forms of internal strategic communication activities, programs, and content guided by the Medtronic Mission and aligned to business objectives.
• Lead strategies and produce content to help align the organization's goals in support of greater employee engagement and business impact.
• Generate comprehensive communications plans that engage employees with the objectives, policies, Mission, and growth strategies of the company.
• Responsible for planning, storytelling, writing, and editing to persuade, educate, and inspire internal audiences to change behavior or understand the work environment.
• Support senior leadership in communicating key business updates, change initiatives, policy changes, and other company information to employees and leaders.
• Develop and execute communication programs in collaboration with /Social Media, Corporate Communications, Global Marketing, and Human Resources functions, as appropriate. Liaise with the global business units, U.S. commercial team and global regions on communications efforts, including internal and external announcements.
• Identify and develop a steady cadence of content to engage external stakeholders with the latest news, including clinical data, product milestones, and events.
• Develop and execute integrated plans in partnership with communications colleagues across Medtronic and global regions to support programs, including select product launches, healthcare congresses, and other critical events and special projects.
• Execute the writing, editing, and approval of event scripts, video messages, press releases, interviews, FAQs, and other external and internal communications vehicles as defined.
• Measure and analyze the effectiveness of communications efforts, govern and improve existing processes, and incorporate new technology and techniques to enhance communications with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate with  communications contractors and external agencies to support projects as needed.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant corporate communications experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant corporate communications experience.

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications or Journalism.
• Excellent writing, editing, and creative skills.
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and content contributors/subject matter experts within a defined timeline.
• Experience with or skillful application of programs and applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage, and LinkedIn.
• Experience working in a highly matrixed organization.
• Creative problem-solving skills and solid business acumen to connect communication strategies to business objectives.
• Experience working directly with senior leaders and collaborating cross-functionally with leaders and peers in other functions across the globe.
• Willingness to learn and implement the Medtronic brand voice in communications.
• Accuracy, accountability, and strong organizational skills are essential to a successful performance.
• Possess strong change management communications capabilities and an understanding of organizational dynamics and social psychology.

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.

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):$105,600.00 - $158,400.00

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.