Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life We’re a mission-driven leader in medical technology and solutions with a legacy of integrity and innovation. Work with us to incentivize better patient care, and partner across the industry to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Be a part of a community of experts committed to ensuring quality, affordable healthcare worldwide. This role translates business challenges into data-driven insights, develops structured business cases, supports risk-return assessment and ensures innovation initiatives are prioritized, measured and governed with discipline. The Innovation Specialist enables informed investment decisions and reinforces the financial and strategic impact of the Latam Innovation portfolio. Come strengthen your specialized skills and enhance your expertise. We’ll support you with the training, mentorship, guidance, and networks you need to advance, and empower you to work in the way that’s best for you. Together, we can confront the challenges that will change the face of healthcare. Join us for a career that changes lives. The position will be located at LATAM in a hybrid model.

Responsibilities

may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Support the execution of innovation initiatives, including innovation challenges, workshops, discovery sessions, bootcamps, intrapreneurship programs, and project follow-up activities Provide methodological support to project teams in the use of innovation tools, frameworks, and templates Track initiatives, milestones, owners, risks, progress, and expected outcomes Support the preparation of presentations, reports, dashboards, meeting minutes, and executive materials Assist in the initial structuring of opportunities through problem statements, hypotheses, experimentation plans, project briefs, and initial inputs for business cases Support the execution and monitoring of innovation POCs, MVPs, and pilot projects Support ecosystem scouting and mapping activities, including startups, universities, innovation hubs, technology partners, and healthtech solutions Contribute to the development of an innovation culture through support in communications, storytelling, knowledge management, and engagement activities Required Knowledge and

Experience

Two years of experience in project management, business analysis, innovation, digital transformation, consulting, startups, product development Strong organizational, follow-up, and documentation skills Ability to coordinate multiple activities and stakeholders in a dynamic regional environment Basic knowledge of innovation methodologies such as Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Agile, Discovery, MVPs, or project management Analytical thinking and the ability to structure information clearly Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams Fluent Spanish. Intermediate to advanced English

Experience

building business cases, ROI analysis or feasibility frameworks; Measurable ROI or cost impact from supported initiatives; Familiarity with innovation methodologies (Design Thinking, Lean Startup) and Proficiency with analytical and dashboarding tools (Excel, BI platforms) is advantageous Physical

Job Requirements

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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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). 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. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care 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. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here. For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com