Systems Engineering Director - CRM

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Sep 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 The Electro Physiology Technologies business unit is focused on advancing innovative solutions that support the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders. The team works collaboratively to develop, deliver, and improve technologies that help clinicians provide effective patient care. Operating in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment, the business unit emphasizes quality, innovation, cross-functional partnership, and continuous improvement to support both customer needs and long-term business success. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.  This position will be based in Mounds View, MN.                     The Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Systems Engineering Director will lead a Systems Engineering team that partners across EPT CRM business units, programs, and technology-development groups to shape product-platform strategy, mature system architecture, and accelerate responsible adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices. The leader will help the Systems organization balance near-term program execution with long-range platform thinking, ensuring innovations are designed for reuse, scalable interfaces, and future product applicability as new therapies, devices, and ecosystem needs emerge.   The day to day of this role will focus on function strategy, talent development of a team of 10 to 20 engineers including a manager, and process/knowledge management.   This role’s functional strategy focus will span early concept generation / feasibility, system architecture, AI Fluency, and cross-program consistency. Role and Responsibilities Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management Lead an organization of systems engineering leaders and technical contributors, including one or more managers as applicable, to achieve Systems organization objectives and strengthen capabilities, industry awareness, and organizational maturity. Serve as a key member of the EPT CRM Systems staff and represent the innovation & AI functional initiatives across program, functional, enterprise, and technology-development forums. Develop and maintain a robust talent pipeline spanning the multiple program roles held by the organization. Develop and mentor engineers, managers, and project teams with pragmatic, risk-informed feedback that mature system development, reduce technical uncertainty, and improve execution quality. Influence Business Unit (BU) R&D leaders, R&T innovation directors, program leaders, and functional partners to align Systems priorities with business objectives, patient/customer needs, technology roadmaps, product-platform evolution, intelligent reuse, and long-range portfolio needs. Terminology: Introduce illustrative metaphors into the Systems’ communications culture to facilitate the rapid understanding of complexity, quality, or completeness of a given topic under discussion.  Balanced Innovation & Product-Platform Strategy Terminology: The Balanced Innovation strategy focuses on future innovative solutions that are integrated across the platform and products when