Legal Assistant IV - Litigation & Investigations (Finance)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 May 2025

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
This position has the responsibility for providing direct administrative support to VP, Chief Litigation and Investigations Counsel and other attorneys and/or paralegals on the Litigation Team. The role also involves program management responsibilities for Medtronic's global litigation portfolio. The position requires a candidate who can perform complex and diverse administrative and project management duties independently. It therefore requires an experienced, organized, proactive individual who acts with considerable tact, diplomacy and judgment and is confident in his/her abilities. Excellent communication skills will be critical to success in this role, as will solid organizational and prioritization abilities.

This is a hybrid position, with an expectation of approximately three days/week in the office at Medtronic Operational Headquarters, with ability to work from home other days.

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

• Provide administrative support to VP, Chief Litigation and Investigations Counsel and other Litigation attorneys and paralegals as assigned.
• Review, open, and maintain new litigation matters in matter management system.
• Stay on top of and timely respond to emails, texts, and phone messages
• Interface with business clients, high-level executives, and senior management teams
• Open and maintain matters in matter management system
• Run reports from matter management system as requested
• Process confidential legal settlements
• Manage travel and expenses for attorneys, including booking travel and submitting expense reports
• Schedule meetings/conference calls/Teams calls
• Assist in managing attorneys' calendarsEngage with registered service agent and other external vendors
• Prepare purchase orders as requested
• Provide back up support to other administrative support professionals
• Create graphic presentations using PowerPoint and other tools
• Process invoices and check requests as needed.
• Manage confidential information
• All other duties as assigned

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 6+ years of administrative experience

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's degree
• Prior legal administrative support experience, ideally in litigation
• Legal Secretarial accreditation and/or certification
• Substantial word processing skills and advanced PowerPoint skills
• Experience with MS Office Suite of programs
• Familiarity with generative artificial intelligence tools or an eagerness and willingness to learn
• Ability to organize/run large meetings/webinars
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Ability to maintain composure in high demand situations
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work accurately under pressure of deadlines with frequent interruptions
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
• Ability to exercise flexibility, initiative, good judgment and discretion
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks independently, and to adapt to changing priorities
• Detail oriented
• Resourceful
• Self-motivated and willing to work independently when necessary
• Ability to handle sensitive information with tact and confidentiality

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.

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):$70,000.00 - $105,000.00

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

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.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic") in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.