Lead AI/Data Engineer

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

As a Senior Data Engineer – Techno-Manager, where you will lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable data solutions. In this role, you will provide technical leadership (90%) while also mentoring and guiding a team of Data Scientists and Power BI Developers (10%). You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enable data-driven decision-making and support advanced analytics initiatives.

Join our Global Finance Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) as a Senior Data Engineer – Techno-Manager, where you will lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable data solutions. In this role, you will provide technical leadership (90%) while also mentoring and guiding a team of Data Scientists and Power BI Developers (10%). You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enable data-driven decision-making and support advanced analytics initiatives. This role requires an average of 2-3 days per week of overlapping work hours with the USA team to ensure seamless collaboration.

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Data Engineer – Techno-Manager, you will:

• Lead the end-to-end data engineering efforts, ensuring efficient data pipelines, ETL processes, and data governance practices.
• Architect and optimize data solutions in Snowflake, Azure, and other cloud platforms for enterprise analytics and AI/ML models.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to design and implement scalable machine-learning pipelines.
• Oversee Power BI development, ensuring efficient data modeling and visualization best practices.
• Manage stakeholder expectations while delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable data solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering best practices in coding, architecture, and data pipeline automation.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance while working with structured and unstructured data sources.
• Work closely with business and IT teams to drive automation, self-service analytics, and cloud-based transformations.
• Engage with USA teams for strategic discussions, project updates, and technical alignment .
  
  
  

As a People Manager, you will provide leadership, coaching, and career development opportunities to your team members. You will foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and collaboration, ensuring that team members have the resources and guidance needed to succeed in their roles. You will also facilitate communication between global teams and ensure that the team is aligned with business objectives.

This role requires 2-3 hours of overlap with USA teams, typically during early mornings or late evenings, to align with project requirements, attend stakeholder meetings, and ensure smooth collaboration across different time zones.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data, or Cloud Data Technologies.
• Strong expertise in Snowflake, SQL, Python, and ETL processes.
• Experience in Power BI (data modeling, DAX, performance optimization, and visualization best practices).
• Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP, including data lakes, warehousing, and orchestration tools.
• Experience with modern data stack (Databricks, Apache Spark, Airflow, etc.).
• Exposure to AI/ML models and working with Data Scientists for productionizing models.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills with a global mindset.
• Ability to balance technical depth with stakeholder engagement and people management.
  
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience in Snowflake performance tuning and cost optimization.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows.
• Knowledge of APIs and integration with enterprise applications.
• Prior experience leading small teams or mentoring engineers.
• Familiarity with SAP, ERP, OneStream or other enterprise data sources.
  
  
  

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.

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