Careers that Change Lives

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

The Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management group is looking for a Senior Software Product Owner to join our Software Operations Organization to in the defining of priorities for evolving our Shared Services platform as a product by balancing the inputs from internal and external stakeholders.

The Product Owner will work as the technical liaison between the platform team and the customers of the platform including software developers, operations teams, and other business customers. This role is ultimately responsible for defining the “What” and the “Why” for work direction at the team level to maximize value of the platform to the business and customers.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

A Day in the Life

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Senior Software Product Owner role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Supports 1 - 2 scrum teams focused on a common identity or capability

• Responsible for building and grooming product backlog, including writing epics, features, and stories for shared understanding and execution

• Writes and collects input for acceptance criteria at the user story level

• Work in lockstep with software development teams, Scrum Masters, and delivery leaders to ensure priorities are clear, backlogs are executable, and messages to stakeholders are aligned

• Partners closely with the following to evolve product: Architect, DevOps Engineers, Technical Component Owner, Technical Leads, Software Developers, Testers, Scrum Master, etc.

• Active change agent within the Software Operations and Software Development organization, helping the team(s) and the broader organization assimilate to change

• Syncs regularly with product owners from related capabilities and products to ensure cohesive customer experience across a product space

• Partners with platform customers and development teams to ensure platform releases are communicated effectively to understand features and dependencies of the updates for successful use by the customer.

Product Advocate :

• Accountable for a product’s impact on software developers, testers, customers, users, and Medtronic

• Establishes and drives toward key performance indicators (KPIs) of the platform including SLOs, and SLAs.

• Sources intake from the Architects, DevOps Engineers, Software Developers, Scrum Masters, Product Management, and other sources

• Leads a shared understanding of” What” we should build and be able to justify “Why” through discussion and documentation

• Extends shared understanding with the scrum teams who will be executing

• Play a critical role in sprint demos by utilizing it as a feedback loop for validation of intended impact – should be asking most of the questions to people outside the team

• Ensures all work is tested for quality, configured for observability, and documented for customer enablement from internal operations to the software development teams and enables the same at the customer levels

• Makes the decision on when enough value has been created to release

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Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

NICE TO HAVE : ( Experience in any of these areas is going to be helpful )

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

• Experience with Behavior-driven development (BDD)
  

About Medtronic



Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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 of this job. 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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)