At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
The Senior Training Program Manager for the Bioskills Lab is a highly adaptable and proactive leader responsible for overseeing customer training and education programs, including product workshops, consultative labs, and medical education events. This role requires exceptional flexibility, the ability to thrive amid constant changes, and a strong sense of ownership - someone who can independently solve, self-direct, and drive tasks to completion with minimal oversight.
Success in this position depends on strong business acumen combined with skillful boundary-setting. You will understand the needs and priorities of diverse stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Medical Education, R&D, and Meeting Services, and can effectively balance competing requests while maintaining sustainable operations. This includes prioritizing strategically and ensuring the lab team is not overstretched. A deep understanding of business goals enables the manager to make informed decisions about scheduling, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement.
The role includes leadership of the Bioskills Lab team, ensuring flawless execution of events, regulatory compliance, safe handling of equipment and anatomical materials, and consistent, high-quality training experience for all participants.
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.
A Day in the Life
Plan, develop, and coordinates product training programs for field support personnel and customers.
Obtains information needed to prepare training programs, training materials; develops course content, determines methodology; and coordinates the development of training aids.
Ensures training program(s) meets company and customer objectives.
Maintains communication with customers to ensure effectiveness of training.
May utilize trainers with technical expertise.
Continuously revise plans to meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date.
Leads, directs, and reviews the work of team members to accomplish operational plans and results
Conducts labs in a safe, secure, and clean environment, following regulatory requirements.
Maintains and demonstrates a high level of technical knowledge of current surgical procedures (Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, Otology, Craniofacial, etc.), anatomy and physiology.
Manages and executes logistical set up, setting up, dismantling and cleaning of laboratory equipment.
Manages inventory levels and equipment repairs.
Manages specimen ordering, recorded keeping and finial disposition of all material, including human anatomical material.
Answers technical questions regarding proper selection, care and maintenance of products.
Provides input to hiring, promotion, performance and rewards decisions
Night and weekend work as required
Travel approximately 20%
Must Have (Minimum Requirements)
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.
Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of 7 years in clinical or laboratory management.
OR advance degree with a minimum of 5 years of in clinical or laboratory management.
Nice to Have:
MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
Proven lab management experience with strong attention to detail and safety.
Highly organized with excellent time management and prioritization skills.
Strong communicator with the ability to collaborate across teams and present effectively.
Adaptable, proactive problem-solver who works well with minimal direction.
Comfortable working with human anatomical material and physically able to lift specimens/equipment.
Solid financial management skills, including budgeting and vendor oversight.
Able to set boundaries, manage competing stakeholders’ needs, and maintain sustainable workloads.
Location: Lafayette, CO
This is ONSITE position in Lafayette, CO.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.
During the course of regular assigned duties, the employee may be required to properly utilize personal protective equipment including but not limited to; safety shoes, safety glasses, goggles, hard hats, air purifying respirator or supplied air respiratory protection.
The employee must be able to lift 45 pounds per job requirement.
Comfort level with handling human anatomical material
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.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
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.
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
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