About this role
At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.
About the Role
At MiniMed, we make every day a better day for people with diabetes. We are a global leader in insulin delivery, combining more than 40 years of experience with an ambitious vision for the future of diabetes care.
As we build the next chapter of MiniMed as a standalone company, we have an opportunity to move faster, think differently and focus entirely on reducing the burden of diabetes through innovation, technology and an exceptional experience for the people we serve.
Job Specific Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of MiniMed’s most important European markets at a defining moment for our business. As Country Manager & Director of the French Legal Entity, you will have overall responsibility for our French business and lead an organisation of approximately 50 employees. You will set the strategic direction for the market, accelerate sustainable growth and expand access to MiniMed’s technologies for people living with diabetes across France. A key focus will be evolving the organisation toward an increasingly patient- and consumer-centric, agile and data-driven model, while building the capabilities, leadership and culture needed for our next phase of growth.
You will represent MiniMed externally with key stakeholders across the French healthcare ecosystem, including healthcare professionals, patient organisations, payors and health authorities, while also ensuring strong governance of the French legal entity. As a member of the regional and European leadership community, you will bring the French market perspective to broader strategic discussions and help shape how MiniMed grows and operates across Europe.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the French business and organisation, setting a clear strategic direction and building an engaged, accountable and high-performing team of approximately 50 employees.
- Drive sustainable commercial growth and business performance, growing revenue ahead of the market and delivering against quarterly and full-year financial commitments.
- Accelerate access to innovation in France, identifying and activating opportunities across payors, healthcare professionals and patients to support successful launches and faster adoption of new technologies.
- Lead the transformation of the French organisation, embedding a more patient- and consumer-centric, agile and data-driven culture with greater speed, ownership and proactive decision-making.
- Build influential relationships across the French healthcare ecosystem, including patient associations, key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, payors, health authorities and strategic service partners.
- Build organisational capability and future leadership, strengthening succession planning, talent development and the leadership pipeline across the French business.
- Serve as President of the French legal entity and a senior European leader, ensuring appropriate governance and company representation while contributing the French market perspective to regional and European strategy, collaboration and best-practice sharing.
Minimum Requirements
- University degree.
- Fluent in French and English.
- Proven experience in a Country Manager, General Manager or equivalent senior commercial leadership role, including significant P&L responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience leading sizeable, multidisciplinary organisations and leadership teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong commercial and business acumen, with a demonstrated track record of delivering sustainable growth and strong execution.
- Successful experience leading organisational transformation and change, while maintaining employee engagement and building trust.
- Experience operating effectively in a fast-moving, evolving and entrepreneurial environment, with a proactive and solution-oriented leadership style.
- Strong data-driven decision-making capability, with the ability to translate market and business insights into clear priorities and actions.
- Authentic people leadership, with demonstrated success developing talent, succession plans and high-performing teams.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior internal and external audiences.
- Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution and a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience working successfully within a complex, international matrix organisation.
- Experience within healthcare, medical devices or life sciences would be a strong advantage.
- Experience within a consumer-oriented, digital or data-driven business, particularly involving innovative approaches to patient or consumer engagement, would be highly valuable.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree would be advantageous.
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
MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package
At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.
About MiniMed
We want to make every day a better day for people living with diabetes. Our team of creative innovators around the globe share a passion for finding the simplest solutions to the problems that people with diabetes face on a daily basis. For more than 40 years, we've been redefining what's possible, from intelligent dosing systems designed for real life to predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and we're dedicated to continuing to support our customers through every step of their journey — meeting them where and how they need it.