Sr Commercial Strategic Planning Specialist - Surgical

About this role

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 believe in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to improve patient outcomes and advance healthcare. Within U.S. Surgical, we are undergoing a period of transformation to accelerate growth, enhance execution, and strengthen our commercial model. 

We are seeking a  U.S. Sr Commercial, Strategic Planning Specialist  to support the U.S. Surgical commercial team. This role will play a critical part in driving cross-functional initiatives, enabling operating rhythms, and ensuring disciplined execution of key priorities. 

This role serves as a central connector across the U.S. Surgical commercial organization—driving communication strategy, commercial alignment, operating rhythms and field enablement.  

Commercial Communications & Alignment   • Lead internal communication strategy and content development for the U.S. commercial organization 

• Drive alignment and coordination across Sales, Marketing, Commercial Capabilities, PACE, Commercial Operations and other key stakeholders 

• Support governance and consistency of communications across the commercial organization 

• Partner with Marketing to translate strategic priorities into clear, actionable messaging for the field 

• Drive day-to-day email, newsletters and internal social messaging, as well as other recurring communication cadences 

Commercial Planning & Operating Rhythms   • Partner with Chief of Staff, Marketing and Sales to support annual and quarterly commercia planning processes 

• Coordinate commercialization priorities and field focus areas across the organization 

• Maintain governance processes, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to monitor execution against key priorities 

• Track key actions, risks, dependencies, and organizational priorities to ensure follow-through and accountability 

Commercial Enablement & Training   • Lead planning and execution of major commercial events including National Training Meetings (NTM), People Leader Summits 

• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to ensure readiness and consistency of messaging for field-facing initiatives 

• Help translate strategic priorities into actionable field engagement and enablement plans 

Must Have: Minimum Requirements   • Bachelor’s degree required 

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience commercial project management or communications (or an advanced degree with 2+ years of relevant experience) 

• Experience supporting commercial organizations or field sales teams

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced transformation environment with evolving priorities, organizational change, and high leadership visibility 

Nice to Have   • Experience leading executive communications or organizational communications  

• Experience managing large-scale meetings, training, or commercial events  

• Strong facilitation and organizational alignment skills  

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environments with multiple stakeholders 

• Healthcare or medical device experience preferred but not required 

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 unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment. ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: 

Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. 

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