Organizational Change Management & Communications Lead - Product DNA Wave Deploy

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**The preferred working location for this role is the Medtronic facility located in Mounds View, Minnesota; however, the individual may also work remotely within the US or onsite at another US-based Medtronic facility.**CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES**In this role, you will partner with the Senior Product DNA OCM Program Lead, team members, OU Wave Deployment leads, and stakeholders to support the execution of targeted change strategies for program deployments. You will report to the Senior OCM Program Lead of the Product DNA Program within Medtronic’s Global Technology and Innovation function.Product DNA is a transformational program across the Medtronic enterprise to simplify the way we create, manage, and utilize product data. The north star vision of Product DNA is to create a foundational connected digital thread of product information. This change will impact all groups, functions, and regions across Medtronic. This will be a multi–year, multi-phase program that will ultimately improve patients’ lives.We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact.Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture.**A DAY IN THE LIFE**+ Prepare material for and participate in key Program meetings or workshops that support upcoming deployment routines.+ Champion Product DNA in a way that engages and excites the end-user community.+ Adapt the Program change and engagement strategy to define and help OUs execute their local change plan.+ Identify deployment-related change impacts and develop change strategies to manage risk.+ Author, deploy, and maintain program and local communication deliverables across defined channels to enable OUs to drive deployment-focused change readiness and promotion.+ Administer and manage Change Network (candidates, experiences, communication) to prepare super user community through go live and hyper care.+ Measure deployment readiness: Adapt Program readiness criteria to identify deployment-focused criteria as you lead and execute readiness checkpoints (facilitation, documentation, readiness issue escalation, and adapt change activities as appropriate).+ Liaison with stakeholders to answer implementation readiness questions, including but not limited to local procedures redlines, training development, and role mapping activities.**MUST HAVE** (Minimum Qualifications)+ Bachelor’s degree+ 5+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 3+ years of experience with an advanced degree**NICE TO HAVE** (Preferred Qualifications)+ Strongly Preferred:+ Previous Medtronic experience+ Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, business, or related discipline+ Prosci certification+ 5+ years of experience in change management roles+ Proficient application of change management methodologies, techniques, and tools+ Experience in global technology and process transformation programs, including execution of processes, projects, and tactics in a matrixed environment.+ Effective planning and organization skills including the proven ability to work against multiple objectives and on multiple swim lanes simultaneously.+ Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and issue-resolution skills across multiple levels of the organization.+ Creative problem-solver and collaborative team player+ Strong interpersonal, relationship, and team-building skills+ Motivated and self-directed with a “can-do” attitude.+ Experience developing strong written and visual communication tools and resources to drive change awareness and adoption.+ Strong technology skills and experience working in SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint.**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):$114,400.00 - $171,600.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (enefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic)**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 90,000+ 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 (edtronic.com) .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.At Medtronic, most positions are posted on our career site for 3-7 days.**Welcome to our new Careers Site!****If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.**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 90,000+ 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.**We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.**We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.**This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…+ **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world+ **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities+ **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learningThese commitments set our team apart from the rest:**Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.**Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.**Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.**Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in careIt 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.For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (-verify.gov/employees) .For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status.If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.comTo request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com