Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Medtronic is a global healthcare technology company focused on developing medical technologies that improve patient health. The Strategic Technology Consultant provides strategic and business-facing technical leadership for clinical research data and analytics platforms, shaping data products, reporting solutions, governance, modernization, and analytics capabilities that support clinical trials and portfolio decisions.
Responsibilities
- Lead 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 requirements
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health Savings Account.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Life insurance.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Long-term disability leave.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Dependent daycare spending account.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
- For regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Simple Steps (global well-being program).
- For all regular employees: Incentive plans.
- For all regular employees: 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match.
- For all regular employees: Short-term disability.
- For all regular employees: Paid time off.
- For all regular employees: Paid holidays.
- For all regular employees: Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- For all regular employees: Employee Assistance Program.
- For all regular employees: Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums).
- For Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums: Capital Accumulation Plan.
- Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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