Job Description

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

Seeking a dynamic individual interested in advancing the cardiac rhythm management (CRM) operating unit (OU) via support of our external research program (ERP). Ideal role for a candidate that has a keen interest in investigator-initiated research operations on a global scale, with room to grow into some scientific responsibility in the future.

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

• Support execution of the External Research Program (ERP) portfolio by serving as an operational point of contact for investigator initiated studies and coordinate ERP lifecycle activities (from review through close out) in alignment with Medtronic ERP policy and applicable procedures, ensuring documentation, timelines, and milestones are tracked appropriately
• Partner with cross functional stakeholders (e.g., R&T, Clinical, Legal, Compliance, and Finance, etc.) to facilitate review and support of ERP proposals, agreements, and amendments
• Lead effective financial management of portfolio, inclusive of forecasting, payment requests, accruals, and proactive communication to cost center owners/stakeholders
• Monitor study progress through appropriate tracking tools, proactively identifying risks, data or documentation gaps, and escalating issues per defined processes and conduct routine portfolio reviews with medical scientific advisors, and/or local clinical teams to align on study progress, status, and any watch outs
• Liaise with local team or MCRS on fair market value evaluation and contracting, aligning agreed upon terms with operational and compliance requirements and contribute to continuous improvement of ERP tools, templates, and workflows, sharing learnings and best practices across the clinical organization and enterprise ERP community
• Embrace responsible hyperautomation and AI use in daily work and operate with a global mindset, supporting ERPs in various countries, keeping in mind cultural norms and expectations
• Builds and maintains optimal relationships and effective collaborations with various internal and external parties

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelors in biological science or biomedical engineering and experience in clinical or laboratory research and/or worked in a clinical cardiac setting
• Detail oriented and comfortable presenting to small audiences, including physicians
• Ability to influence colleagues of all levels, on both content and timelines
• English fluency

A master’s degree in biological science or biomedical engineering, additional languages, aptitude for creative problem solving and scientific and/or customer-facing background in Cardiac Rhythm Management are considered an advantage for this role.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 52,800.00 EUR - 79,200.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.

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