Principal IT Technologist - Product Analyst

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life The Data Platform & Services (DPS) value stream is responsible for managing enterprise data assets, data and analytics platforms, data governance, data quality, system integrations, and advanced analytics capabilities across the organization. Within DPS, the Enterprise Data Governance team delivers metadata management services through the Enterprise Data Catalog (Atlan), enabling consistent data discovery, lineage visibility, business glossary management, and governance at scale. This team partners with business and technology stakeholders to improve data transparency, trust, accessibility, and regulatory compliance across enterprise data ecosystems. As a Principal Product Analyst, you will lead metadata integration and governance initiatives that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities. This role serves as a key partner to business stakeholders, data stewards, architects, and engineering teams to design, implement, and optimize metadata management solutions using Atlan and related technologies. You will drive requirements analysis, integration strategy, governance enablement, and operational excellence to improve data transparency, lineage, accessibility, and decision-making across the enterprise. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Lead metadata integration initiatives using Atlan and related governance technologies across enterprise platforms. Design and implement integrations between metadata repositories, relational databases, Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) pipelines, business intelligence platforms, and external systems. Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for data governance, metadata management, and integration solutions. Maintain the technical roadmap for metadata connectors, governance capabilities, and platform enhancements while aligning priorities with stakeholders. Validate metadata quality, data lineage accuracy, and governance coverage to support enterprise data governance policies. Monitor and troubleshoot integration pipelines, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to resolve technical issues. Partner with data stewards, architects, product managers, and development teams to establish and maintain critical business and technical metadata. Develop technical documentation, testing strategies, and operational procedures while identifying opportunities for automation and continuous improvement. Required Knowledge and Experience: