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 R&D Lab Manager will be responsible for providing leadership for lab operation for product development/ R&D team. The team supports the full technology lifecycle for technical feasibility, product development and sustaining. The role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in lab operation, strong cross functional collaboration, and communication & operational excellence with continuous improvement mindset. Lab Manager, in addition to having direct reports, will be responsible for implementing operating mechanisms to enable effective technical lab support, Stakeholder communication, SOP drafting and compliance, accountable for internal & external audit, can do attitude while interfacing with other engineering, quality, facilities, EHS, regulatory and other cross functional teams. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned** **​:** + Responsible for development & tracking procedures, establishment and maintenance of service contracts and warranties with vendors. + Be accountable for compliance to Lab and MEIC procedure including presenting required evidence during audit. + Directs and coordinates the laboratory support staff for R&D Project Lab activities & support. + Plans and execute preventative maintenance and calibration for lab requirements. Maintains an adequate inventory of materials, and laboratory equipment. + Ensures effective operation of all laboratory equipment and serves as point of contact for instrument repairs. + May organize and participate in vendor negotiations, product and software evaluations, tutorials, and facility modifications. + Interfaces with Employee Health and Safety (EH&S) and acts as a liaison between departments and the scientific staff to complete lab modifications and ensure safety compliance. + Provides technical input to purchasing and other functional areas. + May trouble shoot and repair general instrumentation. + Trains new scientific staff in the general use and function of designated instrumentation and creates and refines user protocols for general use. + Be the single point of contact for stakeholder holder communication, maintain dashboards. + Enable operational excellence & continuous improvement initiatives + May have budget accountability for a department, function. + Manages subordinate supervisors and/or experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments. + Provides tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching. + Receives assignments in task and objective oriented terms. Risk identification and mitigation + Decisions impact program schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time, material resources, expenditures and funds. + Innovation and Complexity: Proposes modifications to functional operating policies and day-to-day processes. + Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem. + Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors regarding ongoing operations. + Uses information exchange, influence and active persuasion without direct exercise of command to gain cooperation of other parties + Defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.· **Required Knowledge and Experience:** + Bachelors Degree in Engineering + 12 + years of engineering lab / product development experience and 5+ years of leadership or managerial experience + Prior work experience in a regulated industry (medical device, pharma, aerospace, defense) + Strong coaching and people leadership skills + Experience in R&D feasibility studies and product development + Effective engineering/analytical/problem solving skills in a team environment **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. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) 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. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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