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Location: Minneapolis, MN, US

Job Family: Administration

Country/Region: United States

The Enterprise Program Director - Interventional Urology serves as the bridge between strategy and execution across the Interventional Urology enterprise. Reporting to the President, this role translates strategic priorities into clear initiatives, accountable owners, governance mechanisms, operating rhythms, and measurable outcomes. As an enterprise execution partner and cross‑functional integrator, the role facilitates alignment between functions, regions, resources, and capabilities around shared priorities while maintaining pace and accountability. The Enterprise Program Director enables the President to remain focused on strategic leadership by ensuring key initiatives advance, stakeholders stay aligned, risks and dependencies are surfaced early, decisions are supported with clear options and trade‑offs, and commitments are followed through to completion in a highly regulated medical device environment.

• Partner with the President and GLT to translate IU strategy into a sequenced agenda with measurable milestones, decision points, and accountable owners.
• Own the President’s operating rhythm, including GLT meetings, business reviews, annual planning, mid-year recalibration, and leadership cycles, with clear purpose, decision rights, pre-read standards, and follow-through.
• Manage GLT agendas, pre-reads, minutes, decisions, and actions; maintain a single source of truth for meeting materials, commitments, and progress.
• Maintain a rolling 12–18-month strategic roadmap with owners, success measures, milestones, and checkpoints for major commitments.
• Lead the global annual business planning process, aligning functions and regions to timelines, operating plans, resource deployment, and talent priorities.
• Improve leadership forums through consistent templates, concise materials, clear metrics, and disciplined tracking of decisions and actions.

• Facilitate alignment across functions, regions, and workstreams supporting shared priorities, helping teams clarify roles, dependencies, timelines, and decision needs.
• Maintain visibility to progress, risks, dependencies, and milestones; connect stakeholders and support timely problem-solving when work is off track.
• Strengthen communication and collaboration across initiative owners, ensuring relevant information, decisions, and changes are shared consistently.
• Support initiative owners in navigating governance and operating mechanisms, including portfolio reviews, resource allocation, R&D stage-gates, talent reviews, risk reviews, and planning cycles.

• Partner across R&D, clinical affairs, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, finance, HR, legal, and communications to coordinate execution of shared priorities.
• Identify interdependencies, potential gaps, duplication, or misalignment across workstreams and help leaders resolve them quickly.
• Proactively identify synergy opportunities across teams, functions, regions, and business areas, including shared operating plans, resource needs, talent capabilities, and ways of working.
• Keep key stakeholders informed on priorities, progress, decisions, risks, and required actions through concise updates and executive summaries.

• Help frame leadership decisions by organizing information, clarifying options, identifying trade-offs, and highlighting risks or implications.
• Bring a broader enterprise perspective to leadership decisions by highlighting where Coloplast resources, talent, or operating plans can be better connected, leveraged, or sequenced.
• Capture decisions from leadership forums and translate them into clear action plans with owners, timelines, and success measures.
• Reduce ambiguity by clarifying who owns what, by when, and how progress will be measured.

• Support Employee Communications function to prepare concise updates, talking points, leadership communications, executive summaries, and business review materials.
• Support preparation for town halls, leadership offsites, strategic sessions, and key stakeholder updates.
• Ensure communications are clear, consistent, data-informed, and aligned with Interventional Urology leadership intent.
• Coloplast employees are required to conduct business to the highest ethical and professional standards; comply with applicable laws and regulations, the MedTech Code of Conduct, and company policies.
• Other job duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, engineering, healthcare administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in program management, project management, business operations, strategy operations, transformation, commercial operations, or a related role.
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to establish structure, drive accountability, and maintain momentum in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level summaries, presentations, and decision materials.
• Ability to work effectively across functions, cultures, geographies, and levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Experience in medical device, life sciences, healthcare, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, business reviews, governance forums, stage-gate processes, or executive operating mechanisms.
• Familiarity with regulatory, quality, clinical, commercial, manufacturing, or supply chain processes in a medical device environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or similar certification.
• MBA or advanced degree, or equivalent practical experience.

• Strategic thinking and enterprise vision: Thinks holistically about long-term outcomes, aligns program goals with Coloplast’s mission and strategy, defines a clear vision, translates it into actionable plans, and adapts as priorities evolve while keeping stakeholders aligned.
• Leadership, influence, and stakeholder management: Inspires and motivates cross-functional teams, builds consensus among diverse stakeholders, communicates clearly and persuasively, actively listens, and leads effectively without formal authority through credibility, judgment, and trusted relationships.
• Adaptability, agility, and comfort with ambiguity: Adjusts strategies, resource allocation, and execution plans as business needs change while maintaining momentum through uncertainty and incomplete information.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills: Identifies root causes, assesses trade-offs, connects interdependencies, and uses data and business insight to support sound decisions and practical solutions.
• Governance, risk management, and operating discipline: Understands governance frameworks, monitors key performance indicators, manages scope and dependencies, proactively surfaces and mitigates risks, and drives accountability without becoming a bottleneck.
• Financial and resource acumen: Understands budgets, ROI, prioritization, resource allocation, and talent deployment, using this insight to support value delivery, strategic decision-making, and enterprise synergy.

At Coloplast, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the contributions of our employees. Our total rewards package is designed to support your well‑being, foster your professional growth, and ensure a healthy work‑life balance. Here is some of what you can expect:

• Health and Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans to keep you and your family healthy. Plus, access to company sponsored wellness programs and mental health resources, paid leave of absence for qualifying events and generous paid parental leave for both birthing and non‑birthing parents.
• Financial Security: A competitive 401(k) plan with company match that vest immediately, financial planning services to help you secure your future, and corporate discount programs for goods and services.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off, flexible work hours, and flexible work arrangement options to help you balance your personal and professional life may be available.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement through training programs, mentorship, and tuition reimbursement.
• Recognition and Rewards: Recognition programs to celebrate achievements and contributions, including peer recognition, bonuses, awards, and special events.
• Community and Culture: A supportive work environment where everyone feels valued, and has a sense of belonging. Participate in team-building activities, volunteer opportunities, and company-sponsored events. Sustainability strategy that outlines our ambitions for how to run our company in a more sustainable way
• Competitive Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $146,625 - $219,983 Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not