Training and Education Specialist

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

To support our Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) and Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Services (CDS) business in the Benelux and Nordics, we are seeking a full-time Training and Education Specialist. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for planning, implementing, and delivering comprehensive training and education strategies for physicians, healthcare professionals, and employees within the region. You will lead all training and education initiatives related to CRM and CDS for both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business objectives in the Benelux and Nordics. Reporting to the Marketing Manager and covering Benelux and the Nordic, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and are expected to travel regionally 1–2 days per week.

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

• Plan, deliver, and align internal and external training and education (T&E) strategies for both healthcare professionals (HCPs) and employees
• Conduct regular needs analysis and develop strategic education plans to support business goals
• Design, develop, and deliver HCP training programs, including procedure and competency-based education
• Lead regional education initiatives and ensure consistency and quality across all programs
• Build, manage, and maintain digital education resources; oversee access and track training execution and outcomes
• Serve as the regional expert for CRM and CDS products, collaborating with regulatory teams to ensure compliance of educational materials
• Partner with global and regional T&E teams to leverage resources and drive effective education solutions

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 3–5 years’ technical/clinical experience in an international setting
• Background in adult education and strong medical/clinical knowledge, preferably in cardiovascular diseases
• Technical aptitude, program management experience, and process-driven with analytical skills
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong social, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities; adept at handling issues
• Positive, proactive, and results-oriented personality; thrives in fast-changing environments; fluent in Dutch and English

We highly value candidates with a medical degree and a specialization in cardiology.

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

• Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
• Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
• Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
• Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.