Sr Prin Clinical Research Specialist- Post Market Surveillance and Evidence

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Aug 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 The Senior Principal Clinical Research Specialist – Post Market Surveillance and Evidence provides enterprise leadership in the strategic application of real world data (RWD) to support regulatory and post market clinical evidence strategies across Medtronic. This role serves as a recognized subject matter expert and provides strategic consultation to operating units and corporate clinical teams on the appropriate use of RWD to address clinical and regulatory questions and strengthen evidence strategies across the product lifecycle.

The role functions in a strategic advisory capacity, helping teams understand how to identify and leverage different RWD sets for regulatory purposes, evaluate potential RWE approaches, assess available data sources, and identify opportunities where real world evidence may complement traditional clinical evidence. The position partners closely with Regulatory Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), the PACS therapy teams, and operating unit clinical research teams to support evidence planning and regulatory engagement strategies while respecting the distinct roles and responsibilities of these functions.

This role helps connect existing expertise across clinical, regulatory, and HEOR teams, supporting coordinated evaluation of RWE opportunities and promoting transparency, shared learning, and consistent approaches to the appropriate use of real world data across Medtronic.                     Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Guidance on Real World Evidence for Regulatory and Post Market Clinical Strategy • Provide enterprise-level strategic guidance on the use of real-world data and real-world evidence to support regulatory and post market clinical evidence strategies across Medtronic. • Provide strategic consultation to operating units and corporate clinical teams on evaluating real world data sources and determining appropriate applications of real-world evidence to address clinical and regulatory questions. • Partners with PACS therapy teams, Regulatory Affairs leadership, HEOR leadership, and operating unit clinical teams to evaluate opportunities where real world data and real-world evidence may address regulatory questions or complement traditional clinical trial evidence. • Guide operating unit clinical research teams in the strategic integration of real-world data into regulatory and post market clinical evidence plans across the product lifecycle. • Identify and advance scalable real-world evidence use cases that support regulatory decision-making and post market clinical evidence generation across multiple operating units. • Provide strategic input on clinical real world evidence study concepts, including registry-based studies, observational research, and post market evidence generation strategies. • Advise teams on the appropriateness of real-world data approaches versus traditional clinical study designs to ensure regulatory evidence requirements and clinical questions are adequately addressed. • Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs and HEOR to evaluate potential real-world evidence approaches while respecting functional ownership of regulatory and health economics strategies.

 Strategy Assessment and Advisory • Serve as an enterprise subject matter expert providing strategic consultation to operating units and corporate teams on real world data sources, data platforms, and methodological approaches for clinical and regulatory evidence generation. • Evaluate and provide recommendations on operating unit real world data strategies to ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and clinical evidence needs. • Provide consultative support to operating units and cross-functional teams to evaluate potential real world data approaches while aligning with clinical, regulatory, and HEOR evidence planning.

 External Data Vendors and Partnerships • Partner with HEOR, Regulatory, and operating unit teams to identify and strategically assess external real world data sources, vendors, and platforms that may support regulatory and post market clinical evidence generation. • Collaborate to evaluate vendor capabilities, data quality, and suitability of data assets for regulatory and clinical evidence use cases. • Advise operating units on external real world data partnerships supporting non-HEOR evidence generation initiatives. • Support internal stakeholders in vendor evaluation, relationship development, and contracting considerations related to external real world data sources.

 Cross Functional Leadership • Partner closely with HEOR, Regulatory Affairs, and clinical research leadership to align approaches to evaluating and applying real world data while supporting each function’s respective evidence planning responsibilities. • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across operating units to promote consistent application of real-world data and real-world evidence best practices. • Serve as a strategic advisor to teams exploring clinical real-world evidence approaches for regulatory and post market evidence generation.

Education and Capability Development • Co-lead enterprise education initiatives to strengthen internal understanding of real world data and real-world evidence methodologies and regulatory considerations. • Co-develop and deliver training for operating units and corporate teams on evaluating, selecting, and applying

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