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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

Medtronic is seeking an FDA/Life Sciences lawyer as a member of the Enterprise Legal Regulatory (ELR) team with knowledge and experience navigating requirements for regulated industries. The ELR team supports corporate functions and Medtronic business and regional units around the globe.

As a member of this team, this individual will conduct first line legal review of advertising and promotional materials for medical devices. They will also work with other ELR team members to provide proactive legal advice and risk management counsel related to the promotion of medical devices. This individual must possess strong legal and analytical skills. They must also have the ability to interact effectively with a variety of individuals in cross-functional roles in a large and complex organization. This role requires a high level of responsiveness to business stakeholders in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

This position reports to the Legal Director - Quality, Clinical, and Regulatory Compliance, FDA/Life Sciences, Enterprise Legal Regulatory.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

This is an onsite position that could reside in Minneapolis, MN, Washington, D.C. or Irvine, CA.

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

• Partner with cross-functional team members in business units to review and approve advertising and promotion materials
• Identify, anticipate and help mitigate key legal risks within the business unit related to advertising and promotional materials
• Provide advice and counsel to business and functional clients on a variety of medical device legal regulatory issues, collaborating to identify and help employ business-oriented solutions
• Work with the business and ELR attorneys on escalated issues relating to advertising and promotional review
• Provide support to the Senior Legal Program Manager to drive completion of advertising and promotion process updates, review optimization, and other special projects for the legal function
• Support the development and revisions to global policies, procedures, guidance, and tools related to advertising and promotion
• Support the development and delivery of training content related to advertising and promotion
• Monitor external enforcement in the advertising and promotion area
• Identify, anticipate and help mitigate key legal risks within areas of responsibility
• Efficiently help support and drive multiple projects to completion

MUST HAVE: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Juris Doctor from nationally recognized Law School
• Licensed to practice law in at least one state or the District of Columbia

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience in FDA law and advertising and promotion legal requirements
• 2+ years of experience focused on advertising and promotion work in a regulated industry e.g., medical device, drug, cosmetics, food or beverage
• Medical device or pharmaceutical industry experience
• Experience with social media advertising and/or direct-to-consumer advertising
• Experience working in the Veeva PromoMats advertising and promotion software platform
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Ability to navigate a large organization and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills and comfort working independently with minimal supervision
• Direct client contact
• Exceptional advocacy and negotiating skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexibility, adaptability, and pragmatism
• Superior common sense and judgment
• Excellent analytical risk identification, evaluation, and management skills
• Capable of inspiring trust and confidence of client groups
• Prior work experience at, or direct engagement with, the FDA

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.

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): $96,000.00 - $144,000.00

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.

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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.

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.