Senior Program Manager, Innovation Funding & Partnerships

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.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will play a key role in shaping Medtronic Ireland’s grants & incentives agenda, coordinating closely with relevant internal teams including Finance, Government Affairs on policy alignment and relationships with funders, and R&D on research ambition and direction. You will be responsible for integrating these perspectives and crafting a clear, persuasive narrative for R&D funding applications.

Medtronic Ireland Careers that Change Lives!

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. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. This role will play a critical part in enabling Medtronic Ireland to access and leverage external incentives to accelerate innovation, research, and patient impact. You will operate as a senior individual contributor, translating strategic priorities into successful funding outcomes through strong internal partnership and execution excellence.

A Day in the Life In this role:

Play a key role in shaping Medtronic Ireland’s grants & incentives agenda, coordinating closely with relevant internal teams including Finance, Government Affairs on policy alignment and relationships with funders, and R&D on research ambition and direction. You will be responsible for integrating these perspectives and crafting a clear, persuasive narrative for R&D funding applications.

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

Strategy & Planning

• Support the development and execution of comprehensive grants and incentive strategy aligned to Medtronic’s innovation and R&D priorities
• Embed incentives planning early in the investment and R&D lifecycle, ensuring projects are positioned, structured, and approved ahead of spend to maximise eligibility and minimise ineligibility risk
• Translate strategic priorities into a robust, actionable funding pipeline, with clear delivery plans and success metrics
• Identify and assess opportunities across EU frameworks, Irish government programmes, and global funding bodies
• Operate as the Ireland-based subject matter expert for grants and incentives, providing insights and recommendations to inform funding strategy
• Develop awareness of adjacent incentive domains (e.g. sustainability, talent and skills, capital investment) and how these complement R&D funding strategies. Grant Development & Execution
• Partner with teams at early concept stage to evaluate funding requirements and fit with potential external sources, clarify eligibility criteria, and establish structured pathways for successful application development
• Lead the development of complex grant applications, including multi-partner and consortium submissions
• Write, edit, and review high-quality, persuasive proposals that translate technical and clinical innovation into clear value and impact
• Responsible for the internal process for shaping, reviewing, and submitting grant proposals to ensure consistency, competitiveness, and compliance Partnerships & External Engagement
• Collaborate with Enterprise Government Affairs to support engagement with funding bodies, including alignment on incentives, policy developments, and best practices
• Contribute to the development of partnerships with academic institutions, research organisations, and industry consortia to support Medtronic Ireland’s participation in collaborative funding initiatives and programmes
• Build strong working relationships across internal and external stakeholders to enable successful funding outcomes Impact & Reporting
• Oversee awarded grants to ensure full compliance with contractual milestones and reporting obligations • Implement structured tools or dashboards to track funding pipelines, milestones, obligations, and outcomes across the incentives portfolio.
• Provide regular updates and insights to senior stakeholders on funding performance, pipeline, and risks

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s level 8 degree required in relevant field
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in project management, grant writing, research funding, or strategic funding roles or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Demonstrated understanding of the Irish incentives landscape, including R&D Tax Credits, IDA RD&I grants, and proven track record of securing significant national or EU-level funding
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional proposals and stakeholder environments
• Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills
• Experience engaging with government agencies or public funding bodies Nice to Have • Advanced degree MBA desirable
• Experience within MedTech, technology or healthcare innovation environments • Familiarity with EU funding programmes (e.g. Horizon Europe)
• Experience working in academic collaborations

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. 

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.
 

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Ireland: 102,720.00 EUR - 154,080.00 EUR |  

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here