Fellow Project Manager Heredia jobs at Boston Scientific in Costa Rica, Heredia

Costa Rica-Heredia

Hybrid Roles:

Your responsibilities include:

Designs, develops, debugs, modifies, and tests electrical, software and imaging design solutions by using current tools, analysis techniques, and technologies.

Investigates, researches, and selects electronic circuits, components, tools, equipment using best practices.

Provides project support and executes activities to ensure the safety, quality, and compliance for the design of products while continuously improving their commercial value through end of life.

Partners with technical leaders to solve technical problems using theoretical analysis, experimentation, and problem-solving methodologies to make data-based design decisions.

Coordinates with internal functions and external suppliers to identify and execute projects to deliver high quality engineering solutions at an accelerated pace.

Ensures products are compliant to electrical safety standards and other regulatory requirements.

Supports design of standard engineering tests and experiments.

Performs troubleshooting on products and manufacturing processes as related to design, material, or process.

Summarizes, analyzes, and draws conclusions from test results.

Documents product development by writing reports, memos and change requests. Methods used are determined by approved procedures and standards.

Tracks product development effort by creating and maintaining records in the approved tracking management tool.

Supports design transfer activities between Product Development and Sustaining Engineering

What we are looking for:

• 2+ years related experience; Experience in a regulated medical device environment preferred.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics,Biomedical Engineering, or other related field (computer, systems). Bachelor’s or above required.
• Effective communications/presentation skills to all levels of the organization (both written and verbal)
• Experience in all areas of responsibility is not required. A strong aptitude and willingness to learn is required.
• Less than 10% travel.
• Preferred English Level: 80-89% +
• Please submit Resume in English.

Costa Rica-Heredia

About the role

Seeking a highly experienced Fellow System Verification Engineer to join the Boston Scientific Neuromodulation R&D team. As a technical leader, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our neuromodulation systems through rigorous verification processes. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to verify features and system functionality against design requirements. Your expertise will drive the development and execution of comprehensive system level verification strategies, while collaborating with stakeholders to define design requirements and test methodologies.

This is a Hybrid role, located in Heredia area and will require 3 days per week in the office.

Lead System Design Verification:

• Lead the verification of implantable and external Neuromodulation Product Systems with a focus on hardware/software integrated systems.
• Develop and implement verification plans, protocols, and test cases to ensure product compliance with design specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and mentor a team of verification engineers on best practices, upholding the highest degree of technical rigor throughout all program phases.

Mentorship and Technical Guidance:

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to a team of verification engineers.
• Lead cross-functional verification efforts, including hardware, software, and system-level testing, and ensure alignment with verification objectives.

Stakeholder Alignment and Collaboration:

• Collaborate with stakeholders outside R&D to understand current and future market needs and incorporate these inputs into verification strategies.
• Translate high-level customer, business, and manufacturing needs into detailed verification requirements.

Innovation in Verification Tools and Processes:

• Drive the development and support of advanced verification tools, test environments, and automated test systems.
• Create, establish, and document innovative verification processes and methodologies, and provide expertise and guidance for validation and verification activities.

Comprehensive Risk Management and Strategic Planning:

• Identify technical risks, develop risk mitigation plans, and implement phased verification approaches to mitigate risk.
• Act as a strategic leader within the Systems Engineering function, performing detailed project planning, resource and budget planning, tracking, dependency and issue identification, and reporting.

For those individuals that supervise others, the following statements are applicable:

• Assures that appropriate resources (personal, tools, etc.) are maintained to assure Quality System compliance and adherence to the BSC Quality Policy.
• Establishes and promotes a work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality System.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or more from an accredited school in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ Years of work experience in engineering with a Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ Years of experience working in a regulated environment, preferably Medical Device Industry.

Extensive Experience in Systems Verification:

• 6+ years of work experience in Systems Verification: Deep understanding of the verification processes and methodologies required to validate complex systems. Demonstrated experience developing and implementing robust & scalable test architectures that support multiple programs/products. Experience with test line management, optimization and automation.

Advanced Statistical Analysis:

• Strong experience with advanced statistics: T-Test, ANOVA, Gage R&R, Design of Experiments (DOEs), Response Surface analysis, multi-variate analysis, population analysis techniques, probability, 6 Sigma, Monte Carlo analysis, etc.

4+ years of experience in creating and aligning stakeholders to a vision, strategy, and designs for verification efforts that span multiple products:

• Capable of leading cross-functional teams and ensuring that verification strategies are aligned with business and technical goals.

Experience in Technology and Product Development Phases:

• 2+ years of direct experience working in the Technology Development (TDP) and Product Development (PDP) phases of the product lifecycle: Deep understanding of the entire lifecycle of the product and ensuring that verification activities are integrated into each phase.

Designing Verification Strategies for Complex Systems:

• 2+ years of experience designing verification strategies for system-of-systems architecture, system interfaces, and integration:

• Knowledge of programming/scripting languages such as Python, C++, LabView, Matlab.
• Solid understanding of EE concepts (Ohms law, DSP, analog / digital electronics)
• Fluent on the use of EE test equipment like oscilloscope, function generators, DAQ equipment.
• Understanding of hardware-software integration.
• Skilled with version control systems (e.g., Git), Dev Ops and CICD methodologies.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks.

Desired Requirements:

• Experience working with medical device microprocessors, ASIC, or SOC (system on chip) system architecture.
• Experience in leading system characterizations and trade-offs analyses for power budgets, data storage/transmission, battery selection, BLE antenna designs, lead/electrode designs for various use cases.
• Experience delivering software products both as a Medical Device (SaMD) and in a Medical Device (SiMD).
• Experience with Data Privacy and Cybersecurity for connected medical product systems.
• Experience in leading technical and architecture trade-offs to optimize design, performance, usability, manufacturability, cost-efficiency, and reliability.
• Experience in integration and overseeing collaboration among hardware, mechanical, electrical, algorithms, and software teams.
• Experience in algorithm and firmware development and product implementation.
• Experience designing, developing, and launching hardware-cloud-app systems.
• Experience leading R&D team failure analysis investigations, root cause identification, and driving process/product improvements.

Costa Rica-Heredia

Hybrid Roles:

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise the HRSD Support team (to be organized by country/language).
• Act as a team leader: ensure onboarding activities, presence, availability, access rights, tools, etc.
• Participate in the development of a Service Delivery cross-training plan and ensure team members become appropriately trained.
• Escalation points for support team to resolve complex issues.

• Monitor tickets, activities & performance of the team daily.
• Ensure strong quality as well as productivity standards & accountability within the team.
• Coach team members to drive improvements and service standards.
• Build strong relationships with key customers & partners (HR Service Center (HRSC), Employees & HR community) to meet end-user expectations.
• Partner with the HRSC and LATAM HR Team to the tiered governance structure.
• Execute continuous improvement activities across HRSD Support Team and support HR Center of Excellence (CoEs) to improve core HR processes.
• Support Service delivery analysts in issue resolution by providing information on root-cause analysis and execute intervention plans to address issues systemically. Act as point of escalation for any issue resolutions with HR services provided.
• Participate in and represent LATAM region in regular HR Service Delivery activity/performance review meetings.
• Ensure work is supported by appropriate documentation which is reviewed, updated, and maintained on a routine basis.
• Partner with Regional Process Lead to ensure appropriate processes are in place.
• Support optimization and updates to HR processes (methods & procedures) working with the HRSC.
• Track Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and measure achievement against team/individual performance criteria.
• Monitor cases to ensure quality and consistency across LATAM by providing feedback and coaching HR Service Delivery Support team where necessary.
• Ensure services are delivered in compliance with corporate policies and procedures or any other federal / country regulation as requirements.
• Ensure that the HR Service Delivery Support team prioritizes activities in accordance with SLAs/Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Oversee the dispatching of cases within the HRSD Support team.
• Monitor the volume of cases and activities against available resources.
• Escalate and solve difficult cases and manage customer relationships where necessary.
• Lead, develop and coach Support the team in their professional development needs by ensuring they receive ongoing regular feedback, training and help in identifying, supporting and achieving agreed development objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
• At least 5+ years of experience preferably in Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Benefits administration, HR Shared Services.
• Experience managing and coaching a team.
• Language skills required English level C1 and Portuguese highly desired.
• Strong communication and writing skills in English and desirable in Portuguese.
• Experience with Workforce and case management systems, preferred experience with SuccessFactors and ServiceNow.
• Experienced in MS Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Please submit resume in English.

Additional Qualifications & Competencies:

• Customer service orientation: ability to provide excellent support and service to internal and external clients
• Attention to detail: Ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all tasks
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively within a team and across departments
• Adaptability: Flexibility to handle changing priorities and workloads
• Leadership skills: ensure and assist the team to achieve business goals.

Internal candidates requirements:

• A year in the current position, in the company.
• Performance Evaluation: Successful or above
• Don't have disciplinary actions in the last 6 months.

Hybrid Roles:

Key responsibilities include:

• Leads quality team in sustaining activities to support commercial product monitoring on projects of major magnitude and scope. Key Quality voice of influence on projects.
• Leads quality team on functional deliverables and ensures technical excellence for product or technical development.
• Owns and drives deliverables related to Design Controls, Risk Management, Product Performance, Quality, and Compliance, key partner in all department goals and objectives. Including leading V&V activities and failure investigations.
• Develops and implements quality strategies; seeks innovative approaches to attaining quality goals, including continuous improvement and VIP.
• Hire, develop, and coach direct and indirect reports to provide technical leadership and support of multiple projects, and drive best practices throughout the organization.
• Foster a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.
• Determines appropriate staff levels and schedules. Works with key partners to understand priorities and plans resource allocation accordingly.
• Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships.
• Provides significant guidance regarding technical strategies and approaches; works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. federal/country and regulatory requirements).
• Directly interfaces with internal and external audit activities.

What we're looking for in you:

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Proven technical leadership and project management skills in medical device design, development, and commercialization
• Proven independent critical thinker, strong communication skills, strong presentation skills, and ability to build effective cross-functional relationships
• Ability to interface with customers to gather insight and get organizational buy-in on key design inputs
• Knowledge of Design Controls, Risk Management, NCEP/CAPA, Post-Market Surveillance, and FDA/ISO Medical Device Regulations
• Medical Device or regulated industry experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor in an engineering discipline
• Advanced degree in technical field or business.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Experience with Design Controls, Risk Management, NCEP/CAPA, Post-Market Surveillance, and FDA/ISO Medical Device Regulations.
• Familiarity with BSC products and customer needs

Costa Rica-Heredia

About the role:

• The Principal Project Manager role will play an integral part in leading Sustaining/product integration projects within the Peripheral Interventional (PI) and/or Interventional Cardiology (IC) Division. Scope of projects includes all product support activities from initial launch to product end of life across PI business units and manufacturing sites. Project size ranges from small one-off tasks to large process improvement, design change, design transfers, line extension and projects/Corporate initiatives driving global productivity.
• Work directly with supporting cross-functions across business units and manufacturing sites. Cross-functional teams include, but not limited to, Research & Development, Design Assurance, Packaging, Regulatory, Process Development, Operations, Supplier Engineering/Quality, Supply Chain and Clinical.

Project/Program Management:

• Develops and implements overall project plan, including cost, schedule, risk and performance and monitors progress against business key objectives and goals.
• Identify prioritization and resource needs for assigned projects and activities with supporting cross-functions.
• Identify, communicate and manage technical challenges and business risks.
• Drive and influence results by acting with speed, agility and adaptability, assigning clear authority and accountability while integrating and aligning efforts across manufacturing sites and cross-functions.

• Provides structured thinking to project team on overall approach and delegates as appropriate.
• Directs and trains key project management processes.
• Leads the team in appropriate decision making through strong influence and the ability to analyze options and implications.
• Investigate and develop approach/solution to address technical problems with project teams.
• Direct control over activities and budget of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups, projects/programs and/or operations.

• Foster a diverse workplace that enables all team members to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.

• Provide timely communication on project progress updates to all relevant cross-functions and levels within the organization, including presentations to senior leadership.

Communication:

• Responsible for team and cross-functional level communications.
• Responsible for elevating critical business decisions to the appropriate management boards and/or functional managers.
• Liaison between the team and the Business Planning Team/Franchise Leadership Team (BPT/FLT), as required.

Relationship/People Management:

• Lead, coach and help diverse and dispersed project team members to execute towards overall project goal(s).
• Provides input to cross-functional Managers/Directors on team and team member performance.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with functional heads to drive success of project team members and overall team member contributions.
• Ability to develop cohesive and collaborative cross-functional teams throughout project lifecycle phases.

Product/Compliance Management:

• Directs and/or provides input to the technical approach on product design and process changes.
• Directs and/or provides input on compliance update/changes on processes and/or systems.
• Identifies, communicates, and manages project risk.
• Monitor and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures (i.e. federal/country and regulatory requirements).

Process Management:

• Product lifecycle process knowledge to deliver and to maintain high quality and high impact deliverables.
• Knowledge of quality system use for the creation and continued compliance of products.
• Actively reviews policy and practice improvements to drive functional excellence.
• Influences cross-functional systems effectiveness.
• Financial management, including budget, forecast, and strategic plan input and preparation.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Communication
• Planning
• Influence

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering or Project Management.
• More than 8 years of relevant experience, preferably within medical device industry.
• Small and large cross-functional project team lead experience.
• Must be willing and able to travel internationally ~10% of the time.
• Works under minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Previous Sustaining and/or product integration experience and/or knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work together with a cross-functional, multi-site sites.
• Strong organization, execution and communication skills.
• Candidate to be comfortable in front of all levels of the organization as well as external customers.
• Candidate to have strong leadership and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships within project teams.
• Problem solving technical expertise.

Costa Rica-Heredia

Hybrid Roles:

Your responsibilities include:

• Project/Program Management: Manages key initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes; develops and implements project plan; builds team ownership and commitment to project plan. Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort. Prepares project plans, schedules and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project. Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans. Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path items while ensuring project quality and utilizing and following appropriate methodologies (e.g. PLCP). Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies. o Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in project status update meetings. Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate. Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge. Conducts project post mortems and communicates lessons learned in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. Participates in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.
• Led cross-functional, multi-dimensional product development teams from concept through Launch; through proper execution of design controls that include an efficient transfer of newly developed products from Global R&D to manufacturing and global marketing through the BSC-defined PDLC processes to achieve project closure.
• Acts as liaison with other functions/sties for projects site is a contributor or stakeholder in.In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.

What We’re Looking For:

• Licenciature degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Field Related.
• English Level required: C2:(95-100%).
• Desired knowledge: Risk Management/ Risk Mitigation, Program Management, External Regulations (p.e. Quality, Systems) Master Degree in PM or equivalent, PMI certified PM.
• At least 10 years of experience in similar position.
• Please submit Resume in English\

Costa Rica-Heredia

About the role:

• The Principal Project Manager role will play an integral part in leading Sustaining/product integration projects within the Peripheral Interventional (PI) and/or Interventional Cardiology (IC) Division. Scope of projects includes all product support activities from initial launch to product end of life across PI business units and manufacturing sites. Project size ranges from small one-off tasks to large process improvement, design change, design transfers, line extension and projects/Corporate initiatives driving global productivity.
• Work directly with supporting cross-functions across business units and manufacturing sites. Cross-functional teams include, but not limited to, Research & Development, Design Assurance, Packaging, Regulatory, Process Development, Operations, Supplier Engineering/Quality, Supply Chain and Clinical.

Project/Program Management:

• Develops and implements overall project plan, including cost, schedule, risk and performance and monitors progress against business key objectives and goals.
• Identify prioritization and resource needs for assigned projects and activities with supporting cross-functions.
• Identify, communicate and manage technical challenges and business risks.
• Drive and influence results by acting with speed, agility and adaptability, assigning clear authority and accountability while integrating and aligning efforts across manufacturing sites and cross-functions.

• Provides structured thinking to project team on overall approach and delegates as appropriate.
• Directs and trains key project management processes.
• Leads the team in appropriate decision making through strong influence and the ability to analyze options and implications.
• Investigate and develop approach/solution to address technical problems with project teams.
• Direct control over activities and budget of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups, projects/programs and/or operations.

• Foster a diverse workplace that enables all team members to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.

• Provide timely communication on project progress updates to all relevant cross-functions and levels within the organization, including presentations to senior leadership.

Communication:

• Responsible for team and cross-functional level communications.
• Responsible for elevating critical business decisions to the appropriate management boards and/or functional managers.
• Liaison between the team and the Business Planning Team/Franchise Leadership Team (BPT/FLT), as required.

Relationship/People Management:

• Lead, coach and help diverse and dispersed project team members to execute towards overall project goal(s).
• Provides input to cross-functional Managers/Directors on team and team member performance.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with functional heads to drive success of project team members and overall team member contributions.
• Ability to develop cohesive and collaborative cross-functional teams throughout project lifecycle phases.

Product/Compliance Management:

• Directs and/or provides input to the technical approach on product design and process changes.
• Directs and/or provides input on compliance update/changes on processes and/or systems.
• Identifies, communicates, and manages project risk.
• Monitor and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures (i.e. federal/country and regulatory requirements).

Process Management:

• Product lifecycle process knowledge to deliver and to maintain high quality and high impact deliverables.
• Knowledge of quality system use for the creation and continued compliance of products.
• Actively reviews policy and practice improvements to drive functional excellence.
• Influences cross-functional systems effectiveness.
• Financial management, including budget, forecast, and strategic plan input and preparation.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Communication
• Planning
• Influence

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering or Project Management.
• More than 8 years of relevant experience, preferably within medical device industry.
• Small and large cross-functional project team lead experience.
• Must be willing and able to travel internationally ~10% of the time.
• Works under minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Previous Sustaining and/or product integration experience and/or knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work together with a cross-functional, multi-site sites.
• Strong organization, execution and communication skills.
• Candidate to be comfortable in front of all levels of the organization as well as external customers.
• Candidate to have strong leadership and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships within project teams.
• Problem solving technical expertise.