About this role
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Oct 2026
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
The Digital Marketing Specialist supports the planning, setup, execution, and day-to-day management of digital marketing campaigns for the US Surgical business. This entry-level role is designed for someone who is excited to learn, comfortable working across multiple digital channels, and motivated by detailed, hands-on work. The specialist will partner closely with the Digital Marketing Program Manager, Surgical product marketers, media agencies, and vendors to help campaigns launch accurately, reach the right audiences, stay on budget, and remain organized from planning through reporting. The role offers broad exposure to the evolving digital marketing landscape, including paid media, audience targeting, content planning, campaign operations, and performance measurement. Work location and travel expectations will align with business and team requirements.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Set-up and maintain digital marketing campaigns across paid social, programmatic display, paid search, and other advertising platforms, following established processes and quality standards.
- Build, clean, organize, and quality-check audience target lists using account, role, specialty, geography, and other campaign criteria.
- Track campaign budgets, purchase orders, planned spend, actual spend, pacing, and invoices; flag discrepancies or risks and keep budget documentation current.
- Develop and maintain digital content and campaign calendars that capture key dates, deliverables, channels, owners, approvals, and launch status.
- Coordinate with digital marketing vendors, agencies, and internal partners to share requirements, manage deliverables, troubleshoot issues, and keep work moving on schedule.
- Perform detailed campaign quality assurance, including validating audience files, creative assets, links, tracking parameters, naming conventions, and platform settings before launch.
- Support campaign performance reporting by gathering platform data, maintaining trackers and dashboards, and identifying basic trends or optimization opportunities for review.
- Document campaign processes, organize shared files, and contribute ideas that improve team efficiency, data quality, and customer experience across digital channels.
What Will Help You Succeed
- You are flexible, dependable, and willing to jump into new types of work as priorities change.
- You enjoy detailed work and take pride in getting the small things right.
- You ask thoughtful questions, seek feedback, and are excited to learn quickly from teammates and partners.
- You communicate clearly, follow through on commitments, and know when to raise a question or concern.
- You are interested in AI, how digital marketing is changing, and want to build a broad foundation across channels, tools, data, and customer experience.
Required Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Requires broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education.
Preferred Qualifications
- Internship or hands-on experience with a digital marketing team, advertising agency, in-house marketing organization, or student-led communications program.
- Exposure to one or more digital advertising platforms, such as LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, or a programmatic media platform.
- Experience creating social media or content calendars, coordinating public relations plans, assisting with campaign reporting, or managing digital content for a student organization or employer.
- Experience working with spreadsheets, budgets, audience or contact lists, project trackers, web analytics, or campaign performance data.
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.
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.
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 requirements 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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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.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$60,000.00 - $90,000.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
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The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
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Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
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