Sr. Manufacturing Director ( Site Leader)

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 Together, we can change healthcare worldwide, which is why we're embarking on a new venture in Malaysia and invite you to be part of our next chapter of innovation. As Senior Manufacturing Director, you will lead the establishment and scale-up of a new manufacturing operation, helping build the site, organization, operational capabilities, and infrastructure needed to support the next generation of life-changing medical technologies for patients around the world. Working closely with leaders across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, and Strategy & Technology teams globally, you will play a key role in driving site readiness, facility build-out, product transfers, workforce ramp-up, and long-term operational success. This is an onsite leadership role based in Kulim, Kedah Malaysia. As Senior Manufacturing Director, you will lead the establishment and growth of a new manufacturing site and be accountable for performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People. You will oversee multiple parallel workstreams including facility development, product transfers, hiring and organizational build-out, while partnering across a global matrix to ensure successful site readiness and operational execution. This role requires a leader who can drive execution, make timely decisions, align stakeholders, and deliver results in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Lead the establishment, scale-up, and long-term operation of a new manufacturing site, ensuring successful execution of site readiness objectives and business priorities. Develop and execute site strategy, operational plans, and capacity initiatives to support facility build-out, organizational growth, product transfers, and future business expansion. Drive performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People metrics while building a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement. Lead complex product transfer activities and cross-functional workstreams to support successful site launch, operational readiness, and manufacturing performance. Build and develop a high-performing leadership team and workforce through talent acquisition, organizational capability development, succession planning, and employee engagement. Drive operational excellence through Lean Manufacturing, the Medtronic Performance System, GEMBA practices, structured problem-solving, and value stream optimization. Partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Strategy & Technology, and other stakeholders globally to ensure alignment, effective decision-making, and execution of key priorities. Oversee site budgets, resource allocation, and operational investments while representing the organization with external stakeholders, professional organizations, and local community partners.

Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of relevant manufacturing, operations, engineering, quality, or supply chain experience and 10+ years of manufacturing site leadership experience; or an advanced degree with 13+ years of relevant experience and 10+ years of manufacturing site leadership experience. Plant Manager, Site Leader, or equivalent leadership experience within a large-scale manufacturing environment. Medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience. Experience leading manufacturing site start-ups, greenfield facility development, manufacturing site build-outs, and product transfer