Principal Training & Education Specialist - CST

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. # **A Day in the Life** At 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 40% 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](https://www.linkedin.com/company/medtronic-brain-and-spine-therapies/posts/?feedView=all) We're looking for a highly respected **cranial navigation and enabling technologies expert** who is passionate about shaping the future of clinical excellence in the cranial navigation space. This is an opportunity to extend your impact beyond individual cases by developing the knowledge, clinical expertise, and consultative capabilities that empower field teams to become trusted partners to neurosurgeons and healthcare teams, ultimately helping advance patient care through the adoption and effective use of enabling technologies. Join CST and help shape the future of spine and cranial care. As part of ONE CST, you’ll empower commercial teams to master cutting-edge technologies (navigation, robotics, power, data and imaging) that make surgical outcomes more predictable, precise, and personalized. Your work will directly impact on how we enable surgeons to expand their capabilities and transform patient lives. If you’re ready to lead with candor, innovate boldly, and build momentum toward the future of surgery, this is your opportunity to make a difference. **Hiring Manager has a strong preference for candidates to based in Lafayette, CO but could be open to remote work for highly qualified candidates.** Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. - Develop and lead advanced education programs focused on cranial navigation, surgical workflows, enabling technologies, and neurosurgical procedures. - Translate complex clinical concepts, disease states, procedural workflows, and technology applications into engaging and impactful learning experiences. - Design and deliver hands-on, virtual, simulation-based, and competency-driven learning programs that strengthen field expertise and clinical consultation skills. - Partner with sales, marketing, R&D, clinical, regulatory, and medical education teams to align education strategies with customer needs, business priorities, and future technologies. - Develop role-based competency models, assessments, and learning pathways that support progression from foundational knowledge to advanced expertise. - Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor for cranial navigation and enabling technologies, helping shape future field education strategies. - Support product launches, procedural adoption initiatives, and field readiness efforts through sca…