About the Role
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.
A Day in the Life
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.
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
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).
