Service Program Manager

London, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
13 May 2026 (2 days ago)

Benefits

Competitive Salary Flexible Benefits Package

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

Embark on an exciting journey with Medtronic’s Digital Technologies Business Unit, where we are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technology that provides real-time support to surgeons in the operating room. At Digital Technologies, we are transforming operating room experiences through advanced surgical analysis systems powered by state-of-the-art artificial intelligence.

As the Service Program Manager, you will manage a variety of complex projects and programs to deliver key business strategies and initiatives. You will work across functions, departments, business units, and geographies utilizing project management and program leadership skills to shape our business. You will become an integral part of the Service organization driving key initiatives to increase both internal and external customer satisfaction.

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

  • Applying strong project management and program leadership skillsets to plan, initiate, monitor, track, and ultimately deliver service-related projects and programs.
  • Lead cross-functional teams for Service projects and programs for the Digital Technologies operating unit, with a particular focus on business process improvement and development of Service-wide systems and mature cross-functional partnerships.
  • Providing service design input on new product development projects.
  • Developing and implementing global service strategy for existing and new products.
  • Developing and implementing processes across Service to standardize and drive consistency.
  • Partnering with cross-functional, global teams to define, implement, and monitor processes and systems to improve service delivery for both internal and external customers.
  • Conveying, driving and escalating project statuses, issues, and successes through effective communication with team members, stakeholders, and upper management.
  • Effectively meeting milestones and deadlines in an autonomous environment.
  • Becoming a service business expert and applying that knowledge to educate and mentor others.
  • Applying broad business acumen, including financial modeling, ROI, and other cost/benefit tools.
  • Learning and applying a strong understanding of the Service business, products, and clinical applications.
  • Learning and applying a strong understanding of Medtronic Service strategies and a solid general business understanding to drive business growth objectives.
  • Leading and participating in continuous improvement activities across the Service organization.
  • Enforcing quality standards within every project and all day-to-day activities.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
  • PMP Certification (or ability to attain within 1 year).
  • 3+ years of experience with medical devices and systems, imaging technology, or other technical disciplines.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Microsoft Excel expertise (functions, expressions, pivot tables, formulas, data sets).
  • 3+ years of experience leading diverse and complex projects and programs.
  • Independent thinker with the ability to take both a commercial and operational view of complex situations.
  • Ability to solve highly complex problems across multiple business functions.

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: United Kingdom: 68,400.00 GBP - 102,600.00 GBP |

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.

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

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