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** ===================== The role is responsible for overseeing Commercial Off\-the\-Shelf (COTS) software, Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools, R\&D technology solutions, and data archiving platforms. This position ensures alignment with enterprise standards, drives governance, and harmonizes technology capabilities across the organization to support innovation and operational excellence. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:** * Oversee Commercial Off\-the\-Shelf (COTS) software, Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools, R\&D technology solutions, and data archiving platforms to ensure enterprise alignment and governance. * Collaborate with cross\-functional teams (Architecture, Demand, Quality, Security) to ensure compliance, manage remediation, and validate documentation for new implementations. * Drive execution of technology demands, ensuring efficient processes, strong user experience (UX), and effective stakeholder engagement. * Lead harmonization and consolidation of platforms, including RFIs, tool evaluations, and support for M\&A and integration activities. * Provide leadership and direction for the development, protection, and optimization of enterprise systems, ensuring efficient IT service delivery and compliance **Required Knowledge and Experience:** * Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. * Proven experience managing enterprise software systems, PPM tools, or large\-scale IT governance programs. * Strong understanding of licensing models, contracts, and vendor management practices. * Expertise in infrastructure standards, system architecture, and SDLC methodologies. * Demonstrated leadership in managing teams, coordinating cross\-functional projects, and ensuring compliance with security and quality standards. **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. **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. This position is eligible for a short\-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). **About Medtronic** =================== 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.