Medtronic

Senior Events Communication Specialist

In short

Senior Events Communication Specialist role at Medtronic's Customer Innovation Centre in Galway, supporting R&D teams across multiple Operating Units by managing the full lifecycle of events connecting healthcare professionals with New Product Development teams. Requires a Level 8 degree, 4+ years of event planning/management experience, and strong stakeholder liaison, communication and compliance-coordination skills. The role spans event logistics, budgets, compliance monitoring, metrics reporting and promotional material approval, demanding flexibility and multitasking in a dynamic team environment.

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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
At our R&D Shared Engineering Services team in Medtronic we support our R&D partners across multiple Operating Units (OUs) to innovate and design the next generation of medical therapies and devices. Our focus is to enable our teams to operate in a best-in-class R&D environment, with a network of bespoke R&D laboratories and our dedicated Customer Innovation Centre (CIC). We partner with internal and external customers and stakeholders to meet development goals as we strive to Alleviate pain, Restore Health and Extend Life.
At our state-of-the-art Customer Innovation Centre, our Senior Events Specialist will serve as a key facilitator, bringing together healthcare professionals and R&D engineers to collaborate on expanding opportunities across new and exciting therapy areas.
As a Senior Events Communication Specialist within the R&D Shared Engineering Services team, the successful candidate will support R&D across multiple Operating Units within Medtronic that treat a wide range of disease states, supporting activities such as:
•Your role will play a pivotal part at the point where Healthcare Professionals meet New Product Development Teams to advance our healthcare solutions.
•Key liaison between event stakeholders – Offsite stakeholders such as the Operating Unit planning team, Marketing, local cross functional R&D teams, Operations, Facilities, Training & Education (T&E), Finance, Legal & Compliance, etc.
•Manage the entire life cycle of an event, early reservations/registration, agency fees, no show/cancellation policies, budgets, payments and expenses per regulated financial guidelines.
•Be a link between the R&D teams and our Compliance Partners for the monitoring of compliance applications and processing of Health Care Professionals Contracts with local Finance.
•Compile and monitor information and metrics for R&D leadership dashboards/reports/budgets schedules as necessary.
•Providing feedback on event performance to Management and play a key role in defining improvements to enhance the customer experience.
•Ability to multitask and be flexible in a dynamic environment to support wider team needs during peak times.
•Manage event logistics, such as ground transportation when required.
•Problem solving and real-time assessment of potential unforeseen events, containment of these events and execution of appropriate countermeasures.
•Active participation in Functional and Business Meetings.
•Lead special projects and ad hoc initiatives as assigned with relevant stakeholders.
•Take an active role in event calendar management and communicate planned visitors to key local stakeholders.
•Prepares and/or approves all technical and artistic phases of finished promotional material as required.
•May purchase promotional materials including, but not limited to, displays/signage/pre-packs, promotional printing, coupons, premiums, art, and photography.
Key Skills & Experience
•Level 8 Degree, with 4+ years of event planning/management or other relevant experience.
•Demonstrated expert written and verbal communication skills and ability to network with senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
•Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to integrate within a dynamic team is essential.
•Excellent verbal, written and presentations skills in English.
•Demonstrated ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative and within a team-based environment.
•Experience on executing on key projects/events within high performing teams.
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.
Pay range (Ireland): 61,680.00 EUR - 92,520.00 EUR. The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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