Medtronic
Executive Assistant to the President - Acute Care and Monitoring
🇺🇸Lafayette, Colorado, United States4 days ago
$72,400 – $109KExecutiveFull Time
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 Executive Assistant to the President of the Acute Care and Monitoring business, serves as a strategic partner and trusted extension of the executive office, operating with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, judgment, and organizational influence. This role requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the organization, and the capacity to navigate complex business priorities in a fast-paced, highly visible environment.
The ideal candidate is proactive, collaborative, highly organized, and capable of balancing executive support responsibilities with leadership across broader administrative and operational initiatives. This individual will serve as a key member of the Leadership Team support structure and play an important role in driving coordination, communication, and operational effectiveness across the enterprise.
This role requires resilience, adaptability, emotional intelligence, and the ability to maintain composure and professionalism while managing rapidly shifting priorities and high expectations in a dynamic executive environment.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Partnership & Leadership Support
Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the President, anticipating needs, managing competing priorities, and ensuring seamless day-to-day executive operations
Build and maintain strong relationships across the broader enterprise, including executive leadership, cross-functional teams, administrative staff, external partners, and customers
Represent the executive office with professionalism, sound judgment, diplomacy, and discretion
Support and actively engage with the Leadership Team, fostering strong collaboration and alignment across the organization
Lead and influence administrative coordination efforts across the enterprise through partnership, collaboration, and relationship-building
Drive effective communication flow between the executive office, leadership teams, and key stakeholders
Exercise independent judgment in handling sensitive and confidential matters
Navigate evolving priorities, urgent business needs, and changing direction with flexibility, professionalism, and a solutions-oriented mindset
Demonstrate sound judgment, confidence, and executive maturity when managing sensitive situations and competing stakeholder needs
Maintain a calm, adaptable, and highly responsive approach in a fast-paced and demanding environment
Communication & Coordination
Draft, edit, and manage high-level communications, presentations, and meeting materials on behalf of the President
Coordinate leadership meetings, offsites, town halls, and strategic events with a high level of detail and professionalism
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and follow-up on key action items and deliverables
Establish strong working relationships with global administrative teams to ensure alignment and consistency
Executive Operations
Manage complex and dynamic executive calendaring across multiple time zones, priorities, and stakeholders
Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, including detailed itineraries, logistics, contingency planning, and executive-level support
Prepare and reconcile expense reports accurately and in a timely manner
Prioritize and manage shifting business demands with flexibility, urgency, and composure
Support additional operational and administrative initiatives as needed
Minimum Qualifications
At least 6 years of experience as an Executive Administrative Assistant
Preferred Qualifications
Proven experience supporting senior executives in a fast-paced corporate environment
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Strong executive presence and interpersonal skills
Ability to influence and collaborate effectively without direct authority
Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information with discretion
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools
Demonstrated ability to remain composed, resourceful, and effective under pressure
Strong emotional intelligence and professional resilience
Ability to navigate ambiguity, shifting priorities, and complex interpersonal dynamics with professionalism and discretion
Must possess exceptional judgment, confidence, diplomacy, and the ability to engage effectively with senior leaders and challenging situations
Ability to manage multiple priorities with urgency and professionalism
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
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
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.
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