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A Day in the Life

The Educational Manager is responsible for defining and executing the regional Training & Education (T&E) strategy, ensuring strong alignment with marketing strategy and customer needs.
This role drives clinical adoption, customer capability, and field performance by designing and delivering high-impact educational solutions across the region. A core focus is the development of structured educational pathways that translate clinical and commercial priorities into scalable, measurable learning outcomes.
The role partners closely with several cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that education is a strategic lever for adoption and engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the regional T&E strategy, aligned with marketing objectives, customer needs, and priority technologies.
• Design and implement structured educational pathways that support procedural adoption, clinician progression, and field capability.
• Own and deliver hands-on training programs, including management of allocated training capacity, ensuring optimal utilization.
• Identify capability gaps and learning needs in collaboration with field teams and cross-functional stakeholders, translating them into scalable, high-impact educational solutions.
• Build and manage relationships with faculty, key opinion leaders, and training centers to ensure high-quality program delivery, strong engagement, and appropriate governance.
• Lead the planning and execution of educational programs, including clinical training, workshops, and blended learning experiences, maximizing reach, relevance, and learner impact.
• Manage T&E budgets, project timelines, and performance metrics, using data-driven insights to continuously improve program effectiveness and learner outcomes.
• Ensure all educational activities are delivered in full compliance with internal policies, healthcare regulations, and quality standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Training & Education, professional or clinical education, sales enablement, or capability development within MedTech, healthcare, or a surgical environment.
• Preferred experience in Cranial & Spine Technologies.
• Strong understanding of surgical procedures, clinical pathways, and the hospital environment; experience with relevant product portfolios is an advantage.
• Proven ability to design and implement structured educational pathways and competency-based learning solutions.
• Availability to travel all across Western Europe for at least a 50% of working time.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority in a matrix environment.
• Experience working with faculty, key opinion leaders, training centers, and hospital stakeholders, with a solid understanding of compliance and governance requirements.
• Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to translate strategy into practical, high-quality execution.

 

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. 

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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.
 

 

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik:  Italy: 86,400.00 EUR - 129,600.00 EUR | 

 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).