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Planning for a Career at Medtronic

January 24, 2022

Presenter: Jeff Lande

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My Background

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Career

    • 15 Years at Medtronic
      • Currently Senior Principal Statistician in CRM Clinical
      • First six years was a Senior Scientist in Corporate R&D
    • Post-doc position at U of M for a year prior to Medtronic w/ about 6 months of contract work with Medtronic
    • West Group (currently Thomson Reuters)
    • Hennepin County Medical Center
    • Hennepin County Government Center

Education and Interests

    • PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Development Biology and Genetics (U of M)
    • MS in Statistics (U of M)
    • BS in Mathematics and Economics (UW-Madison)

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    • Reading early American History
    • Music – used to play in a band, but now limited to making my kids practice for band
    • Running, skiing, volleyball, coaching soccer and volleyball
    • Scrabble and NYT crossword puzzle

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Statistical Careers at Medtronic

Clinical Statistician

Design clinical trials

Identify hypothesis statement

Sample size estimation

Run simulations

Methodology

Oversee trial execution

Clinical Study Report

Evidence dissemination

Conference abstracts

Manuscripts

Industrial Statistician

Design of experiments for product development

Process control

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Statistical Careers at Medtronic

Statistician

Data Scientist

Health Care Economist

Analyst

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Preparation for a career

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What are we looking for?

    • Ability to communicate across different audiences
      • Other statisticians
      • Researchers, scientists and engineers
      • Clinical study team
      • Management
      • Physician collaborators

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    • Wide knowledge domain
      • Effective at independent literature review
      • Understanding of human biology/physiology

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    • Ability to work independently and in a team

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    • Programming
      • Understand good programming practices
      • Flexibility to work with different tools and applications (R, SAS, Python)

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    • Prioritization skills

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Preparation for a career

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Getting your foot in the door

    • It can be hard to get in as a full time employee
      • Contract work
      • Internships

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Careers at Medtronic

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https://jobs.medtronic.com

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Q&A