[Hiring] U.S. Commercial Strategic Planning Principal @Medtronic

Role Description

We are seeking a U.S. Commercial, Strategic Planning Principal to support the U.S. Surgical commercial team. This role will play a critical part in driving cross-functional initiatives, enabling operating rhythms, and ensuring disciplined execution of key priorities.

• Serves as a central connector across the U.S. Surgical commercial organization.
• Drives communication strategy, commercial alignment, operating rhythms, and field enablement.

Commercial Communications & Alignment

• Lead internal communication strategy and content development for the U.S. commercial organization.
• Drive alignment and coordination across Sales, Marketing, Commercial Capabilities, PACE, Commercial Operations, and other key stakeholders.
• Support governance and consistency of communications across the commercial organization.
• Partner with Marketing to translate strategic priorities into clear, actionable messaging for the field.
• Drive day-to-day email, newsletters, and internal social messaging, as well as other recurring communication cadences.

Commercial Planning & Operating Rhythms

• Partner with Chief of Staff, Marketing, and Sales to support annual and quarterly commercial planning processes.
• Coordinate commercialization priorities and field focus areas across the organization.
• Maintain governance processes, metrics, and reporting mechanisms to monitor execution against key priorities.
• Track key actions, risks, dependencies, and organizational priorities to ensure follow-through and accountability.

Commercial Enablement & Training

• Lead planning and execution of major commercial events including National Training Meetings (NTM) and People Leader Summits.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs to ensure readiness and consistency of messaging for field-facing initiatives.
• Help translate strategic priorities into actionable field engagement and enablement plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience in commercial project management or communications (or an advanced degree with 5+ years of relevant experience).
• Practical knowledge in leading the execution of processes, projects, and tactics.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced transformation environment with evolving priorities, organizational change, and high leadership visibility.

Requirements

• Experience supporting commercial organizations or field sales teams (Nice to Have).
• Experience leading executive communications or organizational communications (Nice to Have).
• Experience managing large-scale meetings, training, or commercial events (Nice to Have).
• Strong facilitation and organizational alignment skills (Nice to Have).
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environments with multiple stakeholders (Nice to Have).
• Healthcare or medical device experience preferred but not required.
• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term disability leave.
• Dependent daycare spending account.
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.
• Simple Steps (global well-being program).
• Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match.
• Short-term disability.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums).
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).