Director Sales Enablement, ENT - Minneapolis, MN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Jun 2026 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 LifeAt Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.                  As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most.Our Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Operating Unit provides innovative technologies that support clinicians in treating sinus, otology, head and neck, skull base, airway, and related conditions. Our ENT technology includes powered instruments, image-guided surgical systems, and sinus implants that enhance precision, safety, and efficiency across both office and operating room settings—helping improve patient outcomes in a complex and evolving specialty. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic ENTIn this role, you are responsible for proactively identifying, managing, and optimizing the digital resources that support the ENT sales organization. This includes overseeing sales tools, dashboards, targeting models, and reporting to ensure the field has clear visibility into performance and priorities.You partner closely with Marketing and Sales Training to align strategy and execution, ensuring sales teams are enabled to operate more effectively and efficiently. A key part of the role involves evaluating and improving how inventory and trunk stock are managed, including defining metrics, tracking usage, and ensuring appropriate availability while controlling costs.You also work closely with Finance to manage budgets related to travel, expense, and inventory, establishing clear ways of working that balance operational discipline with field productivity. In addition, the role includes a commercial excellence component—bringing a strategic mindset to assess business performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and help shape the overall sales strategy for the ENT business.Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:Responsible for developing and executing strategies that provide the sales organization with the information, content, expertise, and tools to help salespeople sell more effectivelyOptimizes buyer interactions to build pipelines, relationships, and opportunities, and improve communicationRequires knowledge and proficiencies in buyer behavior and go to market process to create continuous training opportunities through various methodsCreate and deliver content, information, and tools to prepare sellers to deliver on company business goals including building client relationships, identifying client need, how company products and services can meet client need and capturing opportunities within their accountsUses sales metrics to identify and quantify effective sales strategiesContinually evaluates and deploys new and improved deployment methodsInteracts and works closely with other departments, such as but not limited to Sales, Marketing, & Global Comms & Corp Marketing to ensure adequate support to the sales and marketing functionsMust Have: Minimum Requirements Bachelor Degree and 10+ years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experience,ORAdvanced degree with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience with 7+ years of managerial experienceFor 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 RequirementsThe 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. Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued. Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits PackageA commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share i