Talent Acquisition Programs Specialist u2013 MiniMed u2013 6-Month Contract in Watford

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

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes Operating Unit into a standalone company, creating MiniMed as an independent organisation. This transition represents a significant opportunity to accelerate growth, increase focus, and operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care. MiniMed is focused on improving the lives of people within the global diabetes community. Our purpose is to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We are committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, with an aim to make their lives easier.

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Programs Partner to support the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of effective and scalable Talent Acquisition practices across MiniMed. This role is critical to enabling business growth as we build MiniMed as an independent organisation, establishing new systems, processes, and ways of working to support expansion across International markets. Partnering closely with Global TA, HR, HR Operations, Procurement, and external vendors, you will help develop strong TA infrastructure, operating models, and governance to deliver high-quality hiring outcomes while evolving the Talent Acquisition function during a period of significant change.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Support the implementation and optimisation of MiniMed’s Talent Acquisition model across international markets.
• Contribute to RPO implementation, mobilisation, transition, and steady-state performance management.
• Assist with hiring readiness, cutover planning, and TA hypercare during organisational changes.
• Support EU Pay Transparency and other regulatory requirements in TA processes and systems.
• Contribute to TA compliance, audit readiness, and hiring governance frameworks.
• Support agency/vendor governance, including contracts, performance, and usage optimisation.
• Partner with Procurement, HR, and Finance to align vendor models and controls.
• Support Workday ATS readiness, adoption, and optimisation of hiring workflows.
• Collaborate with HRIS and HR Operations on system configuration, data quality, and reporting.
• Assist in developing TA reporting and insights to track performance and service levels.
• Identify opportunities to improve candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Maintain standardised TA processes, documentation, and playbooks.
• Support TA training and enablement for recruiters, coordinators, and hiring managers.
• Develop tools, templates, and guidance for consistent hiring practices.
• Support communications on new processes, policies, and system changes.
• Act as a TA process and operating model subject matter expert for stakeholders.
• Contribute to employer branding, EVP, early careers, and strategic hiring initiatives.
• Support workforce planning and hiring readiness with HRBPs and business leaders.
• Drive continuous improvement across TA tools, processes, and delivery models.
• Provide limited support for critical or complex roles to ensure business continuity.
• Advise recruiters on process, system, and policy guidance for complex hiring scenarios.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience in Talent Acquisition, TA Operations, TA Programs, or TA Transformation roles.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end recruitment workflows, systems, and governance.
• Experience supporting TA initiatives such as ATS implementation, RPO models, process improvement, or compliance.
• Experience working in complex, fast-paced, and changing environments.
• Experience supporting international or multi-country hiring models preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Highly organised, structured, and comfortable managing multiple parallel workstreams.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with strong attention to detail.

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.

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.