Strategic Technology Consultant

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 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 Analytics and Data Platform Lead   provides   strategic and business-facing technical leadership across the clinical research data and analytics ecosystem. This role   is responsible for   shaping clinical data platforms, analytics capabilities, and reporting solutions that support clinical trial execution, operational oversight, and portfolio decision-making. The individual will help ensure clinical data is governed, curated, and transformed into actionable insights for key stakeholders across the organization.  

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 our cross-functional collaboration efforts.   Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:  

• L ead the functional definition, evolution, and business adoption of clinical data and analytics platforms  

• Define and curate clinical data into scalable data products, semantic layers, and reporting structures  

• Serve as a subject matter expert in the application of CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM, and USDM, within analytics and reporting environments  

• Partner with IT and enterprise architecture teams to support AWS-based clinical data and analytics solutions  

• Drive modernization of legacy systems, including data migration and interoperability efforts  

• Ensure solutions align with security, privacy, validation, and regulatory compliance   r equirements  

• Oversee the development of clinical operational dashboards, reports, and analytics capabilities  

• Establish standards for data quality, metric consistency, and semantic alignment  

• Enable self-service analytics through curated datasets, clear data contracts, and reusable reporting assets  

• Translate business needs into scalable data and analytics capabilities for clinical stakeholders  

• Support pilots, validation activities, rollouts, and adoption of new platform capabilities  

• Contribute to vendor evaluation, solution oversight, and investment planning  

• Influence data governance practices with a focus on quality, traceability, and reuse  

• Provide   thought leadership and practical guidance on validation strategy, documentation, and inspection readiness  

Must Have:   Minimum   Requirements  

• Bachelor’s degree   plus 10+ years of  experience   in clinical research data and analytics   (or 8+ years with an advanced degree)  

• Deep applied knowledge of CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM, and USDM  

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms, preferably AWS, in regulated environments  

Nice to Have  

• Bachelor’s degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience  

• Strong understanding of how clinical data supports trial execution, operational monitoring, and decision-making  

• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with IT and architecture teams while   maintaining   accountability for business outcomes  

• Strong communication   skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders  

• Experience modernizing legacy clinical data and reporting environments  

• Familiarity with SQL-based data environments and business intelligence tools such as SQL Server and Power BI  

• Working knowledge of ICH, GCP, FDA, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements  

• Experience leading platform transformation or technology enablement initiatives  

• Prior experience in medical   device ,   pharmaceutical , or CRO environments  

• Experience   operating   as a senior principal-level individual contributor with both strategic and hands-on responsibilities  

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 hir

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