
Senior Operational Excellence Manager - Danvers, MA
Medtronic · Danvers, MA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Base pay
- $142k–$214k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Medtronic (medical devices) in Danvers, MA. As Senior Operational Excellence Manager, you will report directly to the Site Leader and serve as a key member of the site’s senior leadership team, helping set the strategic direction for operational excellence, manufacturing capability, and long-term.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Value stream mapping, TPM, Extrusion
- Base pay
- $142k–$214k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $142k–$214k. This one lists $142k–$214k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 9 continuous improvement openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Massachusetts plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 8 other live lean / ci postings in Massachusetts.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 67%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 67%
- ✓ Black Belt 56%
- ✓ Six Sigma 44%
- Kaizen 44%
- ✓ TPM 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Medtronic
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Medtronic in Danvers
1 other open role at this site · 11 people we found in lean / ci roles at Medtronic.
- Engineering Manager · Manufacturing · Manager
Full description from MedtronicAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- ◆Develops, implements and sustains process improvement initiatives utilizing Six Sigma methodologies.
- ◆Defines, designs and implements continuous improvement programs to ensure programs are integrated vertically and horizontally across the organization.
- ◆Defines improvement projects aligned with business strategies.
- ◆Analyzes improvement programs and potential results.
- ◆Facilitates and coaches improvement teams.
- ◆Establishes and maintains performance metrics to measure program success.
- ◆Installs process excellence supports for program governance, project reviews, communications, training, certifications and rewards.
Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum
requirements
are evident in your applicant profile.
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of relevant experience in Business Operations, Plant Manufacturing, and/or Engineering OR advanced degree and 5+ years relevant of experience
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Strong background in holistic operational excellence structures (TPM, VSM, BPM, DBS, TPS, etc.) and the associated tools/techniques.
- ✓Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
- ✓Experience building strategic roadmaps.
- ✓Ability to influence others.
- ✓Solid change management, coaching, and mentoring experience.
- ✓Project management skills with good time management, customer relationship management, conflict resolution, training facilitation, and administrative skills.
- ✓Experience with establishing Voice of Operations/Voice of Customer in the PDP process.
- ✓Proven knowledge and experience in integrating a Quality and continuous improvement culture change.
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.
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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
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that may be specific to each role.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
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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.
A Day in the Life
Join Medtronic Danvers and help shape the future of manufacturing excellence. Danvers plays a critical role across our Cardiovascular and Neuroscience businesses, with an opportunity to transform how we manufacture, scale excellence, and create meaningful impact for patients around the world.
As Senior Operational Excellence Manager, you will report directly to the Site Leader and serve as a key member of the site’s senior leadership team, helping set the strategic direction for operational excellence, manufacturing capability, and long-term site performance.
This is a transformational leadership role. You will lead a team of engineers and technicians, advise and partner with directors and senior managers, and mobilize the broader organization to solve our most complex manufacturing challenges. We are looking for a leader who can move seamlessly from the gemba to the leadership table, translating strategy into action and operational insights into long-term competitive advantage.
You will lead the evolution of our manufacturing system by eliminating systemic losses, improving flow and process capability, strengthening Lean/TPS disciplines, and building sustainable problem-solving capability across the organization. At the same time, you will help define the investments, technology, talent, and operating systems required to position Danvers as a Center of Excellence for extrusion and braiding.
Most importantly, you will develop leaders and build a culture of problem solvers, creating the capability and ownership needed for continuous improvement to become how we lead and operate every day.
If you can set strategy, influence senior leaders, develop high-performing teams, get close to the work, and turn vision into measurable business results, we want you on this journey.
This role is onsite five days a week, providing the proximity to our people, processes, and technology needed to lead transformation and shape the future of Danvers.
