Principal Customer Engagement Specialist - Digital Technologies

Customer Engagement Specialist

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.

We are seeking a committed professional to join our team. While this is a remote position not located at a physical Medtronic site, the candidate hired will be required to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role.

At Medtronic we are working to improve how healthcare addresses the needs of more people, in more ways and in more places around the world. As one company, we can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team!

Digital Technologies is Medtronic's Business Unit implementing cutting-edge AI technology, computer vision, and augmented reality to the operating room (OR) and surgical training. Our goal is to deliver safer surgery around the world. Our Touch Surgery Ecosystem includes an innovative video management and data analytics platform for hospitals that includes the DS1 computer, our first OR device, allowing surgeons, OR team members, and trainees to securely access videos of their procedures shortly after surgery. The device uses advanced AI algorithms that enable automatic processing and uploading of videos. Our surgical training platform is the award-winning Touch Surgery application that provides safe and accessible training for surgeons and other healthcare professionals. Our newly launched Touch SurgeryTM Livestream platform brings the best surgical practices directly to surgical teams, no matter where they are, creating an immersive learning environment that transcends physical boundaries.

As we expand our solutions in the Americas region, this is an exciting opportunity to join the company. As a Customer Engagement Specialist, you will take on a pivotal role in advancing our customer base in the US. As part of a Customer Success team, your responsibilities will follow the customer journey, with responsibility for the Live accounts within your region. You'll be a part of a Global team, and a key partner to sales, product and engineering teams.

In order to be the perfect candidate, you need to have a positive attitude, strong project management skills, and be an effective communicator to various stakeholder groups, being able to adapt to change in a dynamic environment.

Territory: This role will support the North East Region to support the Digital Technologies business / this is a field based role that will require 75%+ travel

You Will:

• Monitor account health post Go-live and create and execute action plans to increase adoption, maximize platform utilization and prevent churn.
• Collaborate in the implementation of a scalable customer engagement strategy.
• Interactive and engaging relationship management of the live customer base, driving customer satisfaction and product adoption, retention, renewal and expansion.
• Analyze, present and discuss data insights with clinicians and administrators, with an ability to understand their operational and clinical goals.
• Influence and collaborate with the wide Medtronic sales team to increase confidence with Touch Surgery Ecosystem technology and drive commercial results
• Lead customer business reviews - engage with clinical and administrative stakeholders and ensure polished communication and collaboration with Surgeons, Nurses, Administrators, OR Managers, Residents and Hospital IT.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Touch Surgery Ecosystem and build working relationships with internal product and engineering teams to ensure real-world client feedback is incorporated into product development.
• Identify and discuss with hospital stakeholders (clinical and managerial) new use cases for our products in line with customer needs, and new product feature developments.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Touch Surgery Ecosystem and how to integrate it with clinical workflows
• Reinforce product training and introduce new features/upgrades to the clinical teams.
• Product operation and troubleshooting, supported by our expert technical teams.
• Augment implementation capacity and assist in the Go-Live of our technologies for selected projects, in support of the Implementation team.

Must Haves

• Bachelors Degree with 7+ years of relevant experience

OR

• An advanced degree with 5+ years of relevant experience

Nice to Haves

• Previous minimum experience of 4 years in customer success, account management, commercial roles or equivalent relevant experience.
• Business acumen and commercial mindset - track record of driving adoption of digital solutions in the healthcare industry.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively across multiple internal teams and customer departments.
• Ability to analyze customer data, extract actionable insights, and leverage data to optimize customer engagement strategies.
• Strong project management skills and experience with customer success software platforms are prioritized.
• Solid experience in the Operating Room from either a clinical, technology, consultancy or medical device perspective.
• Technical proficiency is required to understand our products and industry
• Ability to work remotely and productively for an international company

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

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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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$112,000.00 - $168,000.00This 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/reim