Principal Clinical Vendor Management Analyst

Strategic Expert In Clinical Vendor Management

In this role, you will serve as a strategic expert in clinical vendor management within Medtronic Clinical and Regulatory Solutions (MCRS). You will play a critical role in the selection, qualification, and ongoing oversight of clinical suppliers supporting global clinical research activities. You will partner closely with study teams, category management, and the contracts organization to ensure that vendor partnerships, agreements, and performance align with Medtronic's business objectives, clinical study deliverables, and quality expectations. This position requires deep understanding of clinical outsourcing practices, supplier governance, and relationship management combining operational excellence, strategic thinking, and business acumen to drive success across complex, multi-study vendor engagements.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned :

• Demonstrates expert understanding and application of clinical vendor management principles, including vendor qualification, performance oversight, issue escalation, and risk mitigation.
• Partners with the contracts and legal teams during vendor selection and negotiation phases to ensure business requirements, performance metrics, and operational considerations are accurately reflected in contracts.
• Develops solutions to complex outsourcing challenges, leveraging creativity and innovation while ensuring alignment with Medtronic objectives and compliance requirements.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to study teams on supplier capabilities, sourcing strategy, and vendor engagement models.
• Leads or contributes to supplier governance activities, including performance reviews, relationship management, and resolution of operational issues.
• Independently manages complex supplier oversight challenges, balancing business needs, stakeholder priorities, and compliance obligations while maintaining focus on study milestones and deliverables.
• Acts as a central coordination point across internal teams (Clinical Operations, Legal, Sourcing, Quality, Data Management, etc.) to ensure seamless execution of vendor-related activities.
• Regularly provides status updates, risk assessments, and recommendations to study teams and leadership to ensure transparency and accountability in supplier performance.
• Recognized as a subject matter expert in clinical outsourcing and vendor oversight, serving as a consultant to management and a mentor to peers.
• Drives process improvement initiatives that strengthen vendor selection, onboarding, and oversight processes; benchmarks internally and externally; tracks and reports outcomes; and helps drive adoption across the contracting and vendor management teams.
• Recognizes and proactively addresses communication challenges among key stakeholders, facilitating alignment and consistent decision-making.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements) :

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications) :

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.

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) : $105,600.00 - $158,400.00. 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).

Medtronic leads global healthcare technology and boldly attacks 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.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting?is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.