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** We are seeking a talented and motivated Affera™ Graduates Program Manager responsible for the successful planning, implementation, and scaling of Medtronic’s Western Europe CAS Graduate Program for EP Mapping Specialist role (Mappers). This includes leading the design and launch of the program across multiple countries, in close collaboration with HR, Talent Acquisition, Business leaders and key stakeholders. You will act as the central driver to ensure timelines, stakeholder alignment, and operational readiness for each intake. In such a highly visible and impactful role, ideal for someone with strong project management skills, a passion for talent development, and the ability to work across a matrixed and multicultural environment, you will create a strong, powerful onboarding graduate program, eventually acting as the liaison between the market and the business to build the program from scratch, while also understanding the main priorities and the complexity of working with various stakeholders based all across several countries. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:** + Lead the end-to-end project management for the Graduate Program across Europe, coordinate with cross-functional teams (Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, Business Leaders, T&E) to align goals and deliverables, while also developing and managing detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, resources, and budgets. + Define program structure, timelines, onboarding plans, design and track program KPIs to assess effectiveness, participant engagement, and business impact , support the marketing, branding, and communication strategy of the program internally and externally. + Act as main point of contact for country leads, hiring managers, and T&E team when it comes to graduates’ activities. + Facilitate ongoing stakeholder engagement and governance (status meetings, executive updates, reporting). + Serves as an effective Medtronic CAS representative to main stakeholders also at external level: main Graduates Job Fairs, Business Schools, Universities...etc. with the relevant support of TA team. **Required knowledge and experience** + Master’s degree along with 5+ years of project management experience or strategy and business development experience, preferably with a project management certification + Experience working across European geographies and cultures, preferably within the MedTech industry + Strong communication, stakeholder management, and coordination skills + Fluency in English, with fluency in additional European languages considered a big asset + Ability to work independently and drive initiatives in a matrixed environment \#LI-Remote **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. **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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