Sr. Director CRMA Chief of Staff

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Jul 2026 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** Careers That Change LivesAre you passionate about advancing innovation at the intersection of medicine and technology? As Senior Director, Chief of Staff to the Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (CSMO), you will serve as a strategic partner helping connect scientific, medical, and regulatory priorities with key enterprise initiatives that drive innovation, growth, and impact.In this highly visible role, you will help shape strategic priorities, strengthen leadership operating mechanisms, and coordinate major initiatives across the enterprise. Working closely with the CSMO and leadership team, you will enhance alignment, accelerate execution, and help position the function as a proactive leader in advancing innovation and enterprise value.A Day in the Life**Enterprise Strategy & Leadership Operations** - Partner with the CSMO to drive alignment of strategic priorities across the organization and ensure strong connectivity to enterprise growth and innovation objectives. - Lead the annual strategic planning process and translate enterprise strategy into clear priorities and execution plans for the function. - Design and manage leadership operating mechanisms, including functional reviews, leadership forums, and strategic communications that improve alignment, speed, and execution. - Strengthen connectivity across the leadership team and enterprise partners to enable effective cross-functional collaboration. **Planning, Coordination & Execution** - Coordinate planning activities across the organization to ensure alignment of priorities, timelines, and deliverables. - Monitor progress across key initiatives and programs, surfacing interdependencies. risks, and opportunities to leadership to help maintain alignment and accelerate execution. - Partner with functional teams and program leaders to synthesize inputs, prepare leadership materials, and ensure clear communication and follow-through on leadership decisions. - Serve as a central point of coordination for cross-functional workstreams, helping connect efforts across teams and ensuring initiatives remain aligned and moving forward. - Support executive readiness by coordinating input from subject matter experts and developing integrated materials for senior leadership and enterprise-level discussions. **Enterprise Initiatives & Transformation** - Coordinate the function’s engagement in major enterprise initiatives, including digital and AI-enabled transformation, innovation programs, and growth strategies. - Facilitate coordination across CMRA and enterprise initiatives to connect scientific, medical, and regulatory efforts and synthesize an integrated view for leadership and enterprise discussions - Support organizational transformation initiatives by helping align priorities, teams, and operating approaches as the organization evolves. **Portfolio, Investment & Strategic Growth** - Work closely with CMRA LT, Finance, HR, and other partners to support key functional processes such as annual operating planning (AOP), annual strategic planning, resource planning, and organizational priorities. - Coordinate with Business Development and the CMRA leadership team to support M&A, divestiture, and business development activities, helping to ensure alignment, and preparation across strategy, operations, and integration planning. - Track progress across key strategic initiatives and provide insights to leadership to supp…