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 across clinical research data and analytics, shaping platforms, data products, reporting solutions, governance, and regulatory compliance. The role also leads modernization, stakeholder collaboration, platform adoption, and clinical analytics enablement.
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
- 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
- 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. 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
- 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
- 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
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: paid sick time, as required under applicable state law
- Temporary employees: Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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