Program Director, Career & Enterprise Development

Medtronic • Minneapolis, MN

22h • Onsite

About The Position

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 Program Director, Career & Enterprise Development is a leader within the Global Learning and Leadership Development Center of Excellence (CoE). This role stewards the Career & Enterprise Development Portfolio —setting strategic direction, guiding priorities, learning objectives, and ensuring measurable business impact. Partnering with senior business leaders, HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion function and Talent Management. The Program Director ensures programs are fully integrated into the talent lifecycle and aligned to enterprise strategy. In addition, this leader drives governance, budget stewardship, and innovation to scale Career & Enterprise Development. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of progressive experience in leadership development, Enterprise Learning development, or related field.
• Proven expertise in designing and delivering leadership or development programs for enterprise audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Organizational Development, Education, Business, or related field preferred.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing and advising senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage high-performing teams of program managers.
• Experience working with external partners, vendors, or business schools to deliver Enterprise Learnings solutions.
• Strong understanding of measurement and evaluation frameworks for leadership development programs.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills; able to interact credibly with senior leaders and executives.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on program management and delivery.
• Global perspective and experience designing programs that resonate across cultures and geographies.
• Strategic Consultation & Influence: Experience partnering with clients/partners to develop strategic solutions to team, talent, and culture problems to solve. Experience coaching and influencing without direct authority to guide leaders or partners to a solution.
• HR Acumen: Understanding of the interconnectedness of the HR ecosystem and strategies and an understanding of how ID&E, talent, learning, and development initiatives can advance HR and business strategies.
• Communication: Ability to build internal and external partnerships. Ability to drive awareness or change with a diverse audience, through various communication vehicles.
• Strategic Leadership – Shapes the Enterprise Learning development portfolio to advance enterprise leadership priorities.
• Stakeholder Consulting – Serves as a trusted advisor to senior staff and HR leaders on leadership development needs.
• Program Excellence – Designs and delivers high-quality, high-impact Enterprise Learning programs.
• People Leadership – Builds, develops, and empowers teams of program managers.
• Innovation – Champions new approaches, modalities, and technologies in Enterprise Learning & Development.
• Measurement & Impact – Ensures program outcomes are tracked, evaluated, and tied to business results.
• Collaboration – Works effectively across functions, geographies, and governance structures.
• Business Acumen – Connects leadership development to enterprise strategy and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Career & Enterprise Development portfolio, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, leadership development, business and talent priorities.
• Operate within a governance framework to strategically consult, intake requests, prioritize initiatives, and allocate resources based on strategic business & talent priorities
• Manage governance boards and portfolio reviews, ensuring accountability, transparency, and compliance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Business Leaders, HRBPs, and Talent Management on Enterprise Learning.
• Define and oversee evaluation frameworks to measure adoption, promotion, retention, readiness, and business impact.
• Track and report on program outcomes, leveraging data to demonstrate measurable business value and continuous improvement.
• Own program budgets, forecast needs, and align spend with strategic and enterprise goals.
• Balance global resources and capacity across portfolios to ensure scalable delivery.
• Integrate new AI technologies, modalities, and approaches to enhance leadership development programs.
• Stay ahead of global trends in Learning & Development, Enterprise Learning and talent development, technology, including AI application, and applying insights to programs.
• Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion across all initiatives, ensuring programs are representative and globally relevant.
• Partner with external vendors, universities, and thought leaders to bring cutting-edge practices into the portfolio.

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• 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).
• 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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director