Boston Scientific R&D Manager 

United States, Minnesota 

108934557

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assists in and/or manages functional deliverables and ensures technical excellence for product or technical development.
• Provides guidance and approval regarding technical strategies and approaches.
• Provides guidance and training to staff, assists subordinates in attaining career goals, motivates individuals to achieve results, and recruits and maintains a high quality staff.
• Assists in and/or determines appropriate staff levels, schedules and resources. Works with project managers to understand priorities and plans resource and time allocation accordingly.
• Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships.
• Works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues.
• Monitors and evaluates project and department progress and results.
• Direct supervision of team of 6-10 engineers and technicians.

Required qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering.
• Experience: 8+ years total experience with some of it in team leadership, mentoring, or project leadership.
• Technical strategy: determining solution pathways for complex technical projects, balancing risks and efficiency in execution while maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Portfolio prioritization and team organization: Taking stakeholder input, agreeing to priorities, making hard decisions what cannot be accomplished in order to enable team success.
• Mentoring and career development: Aligning team member responsibilities with their career goals to achieve business and individual success.
• Travel to internal sites for collaboration and to customer sites to support products. Approximately 10% or less.

Preferred qualifications:

• Preferred engineering disciplines: Biomedical, Mechanical.
• Development experience in people leadership.
• Experience in medical devices or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience with imaging or other electrical-mechanical systems preferred.
• Experience with systems methodology preferred.

Compensation fornon-exempt (hourly), non-sales rolesmay also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation forexempt, non-sales rolesmay also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions:It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.