Senior Paralegal - Advertising & Promotions, FDA​/Life Sciences Team

Overview

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Feb 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 Life

Medtronic is seeking an FDA/Life Sciences paralegal as a member of the Enterprise Legal Regulatory (ELR) team with knowledge and experience navigating requirements for regulated industries. The Enterprise Legal Regulatory team supports corporate functions, business units, and regions around the globe. As a member of this team, this individual will conduct the first line legal review of advertising and promotional materials for medical devices.

They will also work with other team members to provide proactive legal advice and risk management counsel related to the promotion of medical devices. Key attributes this individual must possess include strong legal and analytical skills and the ability to interact effectively with a variety of individuals in cross-functional roles in a large and complex organization. This role requires a high level of responsiveness to business stakeholders in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

This position reports to the Senior Program Manager- FDA/Life Sciences, Enterprise Legal Regulatory.

This will be an onsite position located in Minneapolis, MN, Washington D.C., or Santa Rosa, CA.

• Partner with cross-functional team members in business units to review and approve advertising and promotion materials

• Identify, anticipate and help mitigate key legal risks within the business unit related to advertising and promotional materials

• Facilitate discussion to reach consensus among cross-functional team members to support the resolution of complex advertising and promotion issues

• Work with other attorneys and paralegals on escalated issues relating to advertising and promotional review

• Provide support to the Senior Legal Program Manager to drive advertising and promotion process updates, review optimization, and projects for the legal function to completion

• Support the development and revisions to global policies, procedures, guidance, and tools related to advertising and promotion

• Support the development and delivery of training content related to advertising and promotion

• Monitor external enforcement in the advertising and promotion area

• Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program with 4+ years of paralegal, compliance or legal experience; or an advanced degree with 2+ years of experience

• Experience with FDA and FTC advertising and promotion regulations

• Medical device or pharmaceutical industry experience

• 2+ years of experience focused on advertising and promotion work in a regulated industry e.g., medical device, drug, cosmetics, food or beverage

• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.

• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong organizational skills and comfort working independently with minimal supervision.

• Excellent analytical risk identification, evaluation, and management skills

• Strong research, analytical, and writing skills.

• Experience with social media advertising and/or direct-to-consumer advertising

• Experience working in the Veeva Promo Mats advertising and promotion software platform.

• Direct client contact

• Exceptional advocacy and negotiating skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Flexibility, adaptability, and pragmatism

• Superior common sense and judgment

• Capable of inspiring trust and confidence from client groups

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…