Job Opportunities in Switzerland

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A Day in the Life

Are you ready to take a key role within a leading Med Tech global organization as a core member of the Leadership Team responsible for driving alignment between business planning, communications, finance, functional initiatives to deliver results supported by a consistent, transparent, and cohesive leadership strategy for Structural Heart in Western Europe? Do you wish to provide project management, tactical support, communications, and effective operating mechanisms to implement projects, strategic initiatives and any other activity which would require shared agreement and action among the leadership team of Structural Heart in the region? If yes, we are looking for you!

As a Chief of Staff for Western Europe, you will partner with the regional OU Leadership Team to identify, prioritize, scope, manage, and deliver on critical strategic projects to augment our commercial capabilities and deliver results on collective strategic decisions. You will also bridge gaps among functions, between headquarters and the field to achieve and exceed strategic goals. In the role, you will augment Western Europe ability to execute strategically on critical projects to deliver and exceed current and future yearly goals.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Leadership Team and work with the leaders to ensure the appropriate progression, support, and visibility for a variety of initiatives sponsored by the leadership team
• Align with the Leadership Team, proactively address pressing business issues that need immediate attention
• Lead projects for selected strategic business initiatives from ideation to implementation
• Help lead and initiate change throughout the organization
• Help strategic ideas take root and provide early facilitation until a more formal project is established
• Think strategically while providing tactical support to implement ideas
• Proactively escalate and resolve potential issues by calling them to the attention of the Council, eventually identifying potential solutions with all the supporting functions where needed
• Lead processes aimed to deliver, monitor, and communicate progress towards goals for Leadership Team
• Analyze and report on performance-based strategy and business goals, eventually recommending areas needing improvement through continued enhancements in ownership, transparency, and accountability

Required knowledge and experience

• At least a 7-year experience in project management with proven outstanding results
• Strong analytical, planning, organization, and time management skills to effectively develop and execute comprehensive programs and budgets
• Demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong team leadership and influencing skills
• Advanced management and leadership knowledge to lead cross-department project teams or manage across multiple functions
• Typically has achieved mastery within a specific technical or broad expertise across multiple related disciplines.
• Strong Negotiations Skills and Agreement Negotiations Experience
• A Master’s Degree, preferably in Business or Engineering, is preferred

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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 90,000+ 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.