Senior PD Project Management Specialist – NV – Irvine, CA (Onsite)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Oct 2026   Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life                     Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Our Neurovascular Operating Unit develops and delivers advanced, minimally invasive endovascular technologies for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, and other complex cerebrovascular conditions. Through catheters, stent retrievers, flow diversion, and embolization systems, these solutions enable rapid, image-guided interventions that restore blood flow, secure vessels, and support consistent performance in high-acuity neurovascular procedures. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Neurovascular A day in the Life In this exciting role as a Senior Project Management Specialist, you will support the Neurovascular Project Management Organization (PMO) by driving portfolio execution, governance, and operational excellence across a diverse portfolio of product development and lifecycle management initiatives. You will partner with project leaders, functional stakeholders, and business leaders to provide visibility into project health, financial performance, resource utilization, risks, and key milestones through standardized reporting, portfolio reviews, and operational mechanisms. This role is critical to enabling informed decision-making, improving portfolio management processes, and ensuring the successful execution of projects that deliver innovative neurovascular therapies to patients around the world Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Support the Neurovascular Project Management Organization (PMO) by coordinating portfolio governance, operational mechanisms, and portfolio review processes. Partner with project leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to collect, consolidate, and communicate project status, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and overall portfolio health. Maintain portfolio management tools, dashboards, and reporting systems to provide accurate, timely visibility into project performance and portfolio execution. Prepare recurring portfolio reports, executive summaries, presentations, and business updates to support leadership decision-making and stakeholder communication. Coordinate portfolio review meetings by gathering inputs, facilitating discussions, documenting key decisions, tracking action items, and ensuring timely follow-up. Develop and maintain standardized portfolio metrics, reporting processes, and operational mechanisms to monitor project progress, resource utilization, budgets, forecasts, and financial performance. Collaborate with project managers, functional leaders, finance partners, and other stakeholders to ensure project data, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and forecasts remain accurate and aligned. Support portfolio risk, issue, and dependency management by tracking project-level concerns and escalating portfolio-level risks when appropriate. Identify opportunities to improve portfolio management practices through process optimization, automation, digital tools, and continuous improvement initiatives. Maintain portfolio documentation, governance records, and