Prior Authorization Supervisor - ENT - Remote

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Sep 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                     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 Pelvic Health operating unit advances care for bladder and bowel control conditions through restorative, minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies. By modulating sacral and peripheral nerves, we deliver personalized, programmable solutions backed by strong clinical evidence to help restore function and improve quality of life.  Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Pelvic Health

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 cross-functional collaboration. This role will require some travel to enhance collaboration and ensure the successful completion of projects.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. • Represents the company to external and internal customers, answers product-related questions, and may connect customers to appropriate support or field staff. • Manages a team of prior authorization specialists and is responsible for the hiring and training of staff. • Leads, directs, and monitors the work of a remote team that is accustomed to independent work. Conduct regular performance reviews and provide direct reports' feedback. • Develop training and education materials for internal stakeholders. • Authorizes hiring, firing, promotion, and reward within own area. • Ensure program and personal compliance with Medtronic Corporate Operating Policies and Code of Conduct, policies for data management, requirements for customer communication, collateral materials, and protected patient information. • Ensure availability to staff to provide support in resolving escalated healthcare provider and patient complaints. • Work with leadership to identify, track, and trend customer complaints and insurance issues, and identify proactive steps to prevent future issues. • Answer day-to-day work-related questions related to policies and procedures, systems and processes, assisting team members in problem-solving. • Provide back-up support to other teams as requested. • Identify ways and initiate processes that work towards improving service levels to both internal and external customers. • Assist with the development and approval of Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, supporting and collateral materials, and monitor for adherence. • Perform in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions and/or distractions. • Onboard new HCP accounts, providing a warm welcome to the Medtronic PAS Program. • Recognize team and individual contributions to patients and the program. • May work other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge and Experience:  • Requires a high school diploma (or equivalent) with 5 years of experience, or an Associate's degree with 3 years of experience, or a Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 1 year of Customer Service Supervisory experience, or 3 years of Customer Service experience. • Experience: relevant customer service, patient access, or related experience in medical devices, medtech, healthcare, or life sciences.

Nice To Have: • Master’s Degree • Experience working in or adjacent to the managed care and health insurance industry, especially in prior authorization services. • Customer-facing experience in either a call center or sales role. • Experience working with procedural and device coding and payment systems in the US market. • Experience reviewing commercial coverage policies and Medicare payment regulations.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestrict

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