Principal Labeling Program Lead

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 9 May 2026

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

As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most.

Our Neuromodulation operating unit delivers advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and nervous system conditions, offering SCS, DBS, and targeted drug delivery. Through proven technology, clinical evidence, and innovation, we provide personalized solutions that restore function and enhance quality of life. 

Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Brain Modulation and Pain Interventions

The Principal Labeling Program Lead plays a critical role in driving labeling product development and lifecycle initiatives within the Medtronic Neuroscience portfolio. This individual is a key partner to core teams, program leaders, and functional leaders to ensure labeling deliverables (e.g., instructions for use, user guides, product manuals) are aligned, resourced, and delivered on time. This role leads labeling project planning and execution, oversees schedules, owns labeling project plans, delegates tasks amongst technical writers who have been assigned to the project, and ensures labeling deliverables are aligned to broader program milestones. The individual also provides project management leadership across the Labeling Development department, helping to improve processes, tools, and metrics used to manage labeling work.

Key Responsibilities:

Project / Program Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project schedules for labeling work, ensuring alignment and integration with overall program timelines and milestones.
• Collaborate with core teams, project leaders, and PMO analysts to integrate labeling schedules into program plans, communicate labeling status and progress, and proactively work through project challenges and issues.
• Identify cross-functional interdependencies (e.g., risk documentation, usability studies, regulatory strategy) and partner with stakeholders to align labeling tasks and timelines to those dependencies.
• Delegate and coordinate work across technical writers and other labeling contributors assigned to the project, setting clear expectations, monitoring progress, and removing obstacles.
• Proactively resolve scope, schedule, and resource issues where possible, and escalate risks and constraints to functional managers as needed.
• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of labeling projects, including tracking progress from initiation through release and preparing status reports and updates.
• Develop and leverage mechanisms to monitor labeling project progress, including dashboards, metrics, and regular cadence reviews, enabling effective intervention and problem solving.

Department / Functional Leadership Responsibilities

• Facilitate weekly management progress reviews for key labeling projects and initiatives, ensuring clear, concise status communication and risk/issue management.
• Lead and/or provide project management guidance to strategic and continuous improvement initiatives within the Labeling Development team (e.g., process harmonization, tooling enhancements, standard work).
• Identify, prioritize, and drive process and practice improvement opportunities that enhance labeling planning, execution, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Maintain, analyze, and report on functional performance KPIs (e.g., on-time delivery, productivity, quality metrics), and use insights to recommend improvements.
• Support functional leadership in budgeting and resource management, leveraging historical data and demand forecasts to inform planning, identify efficiencies, and recommend adjustments.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and informal leadership to peers and team members, modeling best practices in project management and cross-functional collaboration.

Must‑Have (Minimum Requirements):

• Baccalaureate degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

OR

• Master’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

OR

• PhD and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have:

Skills Needed To Be Successful In The Role

• Background in medical device, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience working with labeling, technical communications, or documentation in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
• Strong skills in project scheduling tools and portfolio/project reporting (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar).
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and communicate effectively with stakeholders at multiple levels.

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.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$145,600.00 - $218,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

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About Medtronic

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

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