Project Management and Continuous Improvement Lead – HR Business Operations (Global)

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 LifeMedtronic At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Our Purpose At Medtronic’s Global HR Business Operations organization, we focus on enabling operational excellence across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. This role supports strategic HR initiatives, strengthens project governance, drives accountability for deliverables, and helps improve how global and regional HRBO teams work together. The Project Management and Continuous Improvement Lead, HR Business Operations will play a critical role in managing complex, cross-functional projects, coordinating global workstreams, tracking milestones, identifying risks, and ensuring successful project execution. This role will also serve as the HRBO Continuous Improvement Lead, supporting process optimisation and structured problem-solving initiatives using methodologies such as DMAIC, Lean principles, and A3 problem solving. _Come for a job, stay for a career!_A Day in The Life Of: Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Partner with HRBO leaders and project sponsors to plan, coordinate, and execute global and regional HR initiatives.
• Establish project governance frameworks, timelines, milestones, success measures, and clear ownership of deliverables.
• Facilitate regular project reviews, status updates, steering committee discussions, and stakeholder communications.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and issues, driving mitigation plans where required.
• Maintain project documentation, action logs, decision registers, and governance materials.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas to support project alignment and successful delivery.
• Support business case development, project planning, resource allocation, implementation activities, and leadership reporting.
• Serve as the HRBO Continuous Improvement Lead for Eurasia and support global improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate root cause analysis sessions and process improvement workshops using DMAIC, Lean principles, and A3 methodologies.
• Build strong partnerships with HRBO leaders, HR Centers of Excellence, HR Shared Services, HR Business Partners, and other functional stakeholders.

Key Skills & Experience

• Requires 2+ years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.
• Strong experience managing complex, cross-functional projects in a global matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to establish project governance, track milestones, manage risks, and report progress to leadership teams.
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives, business case development, project planning, resource allocation, and implementation activities.
• Strong continuous improvement experience, including process optimisation and structured problem-solving.
• Knowledge of DMAIC, Lean principles, and A3 problem-solving methodologies.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across multiple regions and functions to achieve project objectives.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills.
• Experience developing metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure process performance and improvement outcomes.
• Highly organised, proactive, and capable of driving accountability across project teams.
• Experience supporting HR operations, HR shared services, or business operations environments would be an advantage.

Physical Job RequirementsMedtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package 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.  ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments. If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at AskHR@medtronic.com. ‌ Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Czechia: 712,000.00 CZK - 1,068,000.00 CZK | Ireland: 46,880.00 EUR - 70,320.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).