Conventions Consultant, US Commercial - Surgical

Conventions Consultant

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. Medtronic innovates life-transforming healthcare technology that improves people's lives helping them reclaim the simple moments they cherish. The Surgical Portfolio of the organization strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less-invasive surgical solutions. In this exciting role as a Conventions Consultant, you will have responsibility for Surgical U.S. conventions and customer engagement programs. This role bridges the strategic planning and flawless execution of our key congresses and customer engagement programs. This role is responsible for managing and executing strategic convention programs for the U.S. Medtronic Surgical business. The position involves planning and overseeing medium to large-scale or complex exhibits, ensuring alignment with business goals, brand standards, and customer needs. You will serve as a strategic advisor and team leader, collaborating across functions and partnering with external vendors and associations to drive successful event outcomes. For Customer Engagement Programs, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing high-impact customer visits and executive-level meetings at our corporate offices. These engagements are a critical part of our customer relationship strategydesigned to strengthen partnerships, showcase our innovation, and align on shared goals that improve patient outcomes. You'll work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product, and leadership teams to ensure every touchpoint during a visit is intentional, seamless, and tailored to the customer's unique needs. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 50-75% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Main Job Duties / Responsibilities :

Strategy & Leadership

• Develop, implement, and evaluate convention strategies for one or more Medtronic business units.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant on convention best practices, industry standards, and Medtronic's strategic positioning.
• Provide strategic guidance and direction to other convention planners managing specific business sectors.

Execution & Project Management

Brand & Compliance Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Budget & Logistics Oversight

Internal & External Communication

Must Have : Minimum Requirements

Nice to Have

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.

Benefits & Compensation

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. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD) : $129,600.00 - $194,400.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification / education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others). 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. Further details are available at the link below : Medtronic benefits and compensation plans.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA.