Senior Director Enterprise Business Platforms

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 11 Feb 2026

 

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

Role Overview
The Senior Director, Enterprise Business Platforms for HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance is a senior IT leadership role accountable for the end-to-end ownership, performance, and evolution of Medtronic’s enterprise platforms supporting these critical corporate functions.

This role requires a leader who serves as the face of IT to senior business leadership, both  for topics related to HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance, and as a trusted enterprise IT leader for broader technology topics, priorities, and transformation discussions. The successful candidate will forge strong executive relationships, operate with deep business context, and jointly drive digital transformation with business partners.

Reporting to the VP of Enterprise Architecture, Global Functions and SAP COE, this leader will balance operational excellence with innovation, act as a force multiplier across the IT ecosystem, and drive AI, automation, and GenAI enabled transformation while building a future-ready, globally distributed, bi-modal IT organization.

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. 

Key Responsibilities

Business Relationship Management and Enterprise IT Leadership

• Serve as the primary IT partner and visible face of IT to senior leadership across HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance
• Act as a trusted enterprise IT representative for broader IT topics, strategy discussions, and cross-domain initiatives impacting the business
• Build and sustain strong executive-level relationships grounded in trust, credibility, and delivery
• Develop deep business and domain knowledge personally and across the IT team so technology decisions are shaped by strategy regulatory requirements and operational realities
• Partner with business leaders to co-create digital and technology roadmaps aligned to enterprise priorities outcomes and value realization
• Establish and operate a mature Business Relationship Management model that enables structured engagement, shared accountability and continuous alignment between IT and business stakeholders

Bi-Modal IT Leadership

• Build and lead a bi-modal IT organization that delivers operational excellence, resilience, security, and compliance for core enterprise platforms while enabling innovation, agility, and rapid value delivery through AI, automation, and emerging digital capabilities
• Define clear operating models, governance, funding approaches, and success metrics across both modes
• Ensure strong coordination across run, change, and innovation, enabling speed while maintaining reliability

End-to-End Platform and Domain Ownership

• Own the full lifecycle of HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance technology platforms, including availability, performance, security, compliance, and cost management
• Ensure audit-ready, reliable, and scalable operations across systems, data, and integrations
• Establish and maintain strong operational discipline across incident, problem, change, and release management

Digital Transformation, AI and Automation Leadership

• Act as a force multiplier and thought leader who drives change through digital transformation jointly with business partners
• Lead enterprise digital transformation initiatives across HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance, aligning technology, process, and operating model change
• Champion adoption of AI, automation, and GenAI to improve productivity, insight generation, decision support, and user experience
• Identify, prioritize, and scale high-impact use cases in close partnership with business leaders and central Data, AI, Automation, and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Ensure solutions are industrialized, secure, and scalable, translating innovation into sustained business value

Global Workforce and Future-Ready Operating Model

• Design and scale a future-ready global IT organization, leveraging onshore teams, Global Capability Centers, nearshore and offshore models, and strategic partners
• Build capabilities aligned to skills of the future, including AI, data-driven decisioning, automation, product thinking, and digital platforms
• Establish clear role ownership, capability expectations, and career paths that attract, retain, and grow top global talent
• Create an organization designed for speed, resilience, innovation, and long-term sustainability

Vendor, Financial and Portfolio Management

• Own strategic vendor and systems integrator relationships, contracts, and performance management
• Drive value realization, financial discipline, and cost optimization
• Manage budgets, investment prioritization, and long-term platform economics aligned to enterprise strategy

Leadership, Talent and Culture

• Build and lead a high-performing leadership team
• Develop talent with strong emphasis on future-ready skills, business acumen, ownership, and execution excellence
• Cultivate innovators, disruptors, and digital thought leaders who continuously challenge the status quo
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, learning, and continuous innovation
• Model modern IT leadership behaviors aligned to Medtronic values

Qualifications and Experience

Required - Must Have

• Bachelor's degree with 15 or more years of progressive IT leadership experience in large, complex enterprise environments or Graduate degree with 13 or more years of progressive IT leadership experience in large, complex enterprise environments
• Demonstrated success operating as the face of IT and trusted partner to senior business leadership
• Prior experience leading HR, Payroll, Legal, Compliance, or closely related enterprise functions, or comparable corporate platforms with similar scale, regulatory, and operational complexity
• Strong track record leading enterprise digital transformation, AI, automation, and GenAI enablement

Preferred

• Proven experience building strong business-facing IT organizations with deep domain expertise
• Experience leading global, distributed teams and future-ready operating models
• Demonstrated success managing complex vendor and systems integrator ecosystems
• Executive presence with the ability to influence, align, and lead at senior levels
• Experience in highly regulated industries such as medical devices, life sciences, or healthcare
• Prior success establishing or scaling Global Capability Centers
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, data platforms, and integration ecosystems
• Experience driving transformation in large, matrixed organizations

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is a visible enterprise IT leader and trusted face of IT to the business, a force multiplier who amplifies impact across IT and business teams, and a thought leader and change agent who drives transformation collaboratively. This leader balances stability and innovation, builds future-ready teams and capabilities, and brings a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and enterprise mindset.

Why This Role Matters at Medtronic

This role is pivotal in shaping how HR, Payroll, Legal and Compliance engage with IT and leverage technology to operate more effectively. The Senior Director will help advance Medtronic toward a modern, intelligent, and globally scalable IT operating model while strengthening business trust, accelerating digital transformation, and developing the next generation of IT leaders and capabilities.

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):$206,400.00 - $309,600.00

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

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

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.