Sr. Marketing Program Manager - CST

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 8 May 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 LifeAt Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 30% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

         

         

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 advances surgical care for spine and cranial conditions through an integrated ecosystem of implants, navigation, robotics, imaging, and planning tools. Platforms like AiBLE enhance precision, efficiency, and outcomes for complex procedures worldwide. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic CST

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to change the future of Spine Surgery?  Join Medtronic Spine and Biologics as Senior Program Manager, Marketing Operations with the Portfolio Strategy Marketing Team. This team works on unique projects across the portfolio to solve challenges within the business.  Critical work will focus on building a long-term product pipeline, driving marketing best practices, and collaborating with cross functional partners to drive product development from concept to commercialization. We are looking for a passionate, motivated, high energy, strategic marketer to lead new and innovative projects.  In this role you will manage the portfolio and pipeline for Core Spine & Biologics, contributing to the development of the strategy of the business.

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

• Leads and optimizes the PPM (Portfolio and Pipeline Management) process for all of Core Spine, assessing organic and inorganic opportunities

• Drives successful business decision making and launch planning by guiding product managers throughout the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch.

• Provides the marketing team with comprehensive governance training and support for new product innovations annually

• Collaborates with global marketers and cross functional partners to drive continuous innovation planning, ensuring alignment with patient needs and advancing product development strategies, promotional and educational strategies.

• Acts as the cross-functional touchpoint for global portfolio-level discussions, coordinating with teams across marketing, strategy, R&D, pricing, finance, regulatory, clinical, and medical education, ensuring successful program execution. 

• Collects and analyzes procedural market data, internal data and competitive intel, breaking them into actionable insights to support informed, data driven decision-making across the business.

• Creates and delivers strategic business presentations to support various portfolio opportunities  

• Aligns business development opportunities with business needs

• Travels up to 25-30%, primarily domestic

Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered, these minimum requirements must be evident on your resume:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Degree in Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, or related field

• MBA in business or marketing

• 5+ years experience in a spine marketing role

• Familiarity with anatomy and pathology

• Experience in marketing, engineering, clinical, science, consulting, or technology

• Ability to multi-task while working in a fast-paced environment

• Experience learning technical products quickly 

• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills: ability to convey complex information in a simple and effective manner

• Experience in an upstream marketing organization

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):$160,000.00 - $240,000.00

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.