Boston Scientific Clinical Lead Scientific Communications 

United States, Massachusetts, Marlborough 

302426010

Key Responsibilities:

• Department expert on all Supplier Agreements including Technology Development. Agreements and complex Multi-Tier Supply Agreements. Responsible for coordinating the Legal to maintain all agreement templates.
• Develop and execute leading edge Inventory Management processes that will result in industry leading component turnover.
• Develop and execute on Sole/Single course negotiation planning and strategy.
• Consults Commodity Teams on other Supply Cain matters including Process Cost Analysis Supplier Selection and Supplier Relationship Management.
• Quality System Requirements
• Maintains audit readiness at all times and understands quality impact of choices as it pertains to all processes, decisions and data requests and use.
• Leads and optimizes the business process for the Investigator Sponsored Research program to include grant review, approval/rejection, communication with principal investigators, internal and external stakeholders, project execution, financial management and publication reporting.
• Subject matter expert in systems to include ideaPoint (ISR intake database), Engage/MyBuy/Ariba, Data Privacy database (OneTrust), DocuSign and contracting processes (ISR contracts, Collaborative agreements, Multi—party agreement, Data Use/Transfer Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Ancillary Research Grants (ARGs) and IRFs) with an understanding of the best fit for each scenario.
• Participates in evidence gap assessment and data gathering across multiple functional partners such as marketing, R&D, clinical and risk management.
• Understands and aligns business priorities to execution to include scientific evidence gap alignment to current and future projects, financial mapping to current and future projections and publication/data planning to key medical conferences and journals.
• Establishes, develops and aligns compliance standards with ISR execution to include procedural development (SOP/WI, KSD) development and process improvement (VIP, efficiency gains).
• Expert project and portfolio manager who maintains progress of 100+ global projects while prioritizing critically strategic studies.
• Balances clinical operations knowledge, people leadership, process management, grant execution, financial acumen and contracting judgment with compliance to global regulations to maximize business results.
• Leads, understands and applies global procedures to ISR execution to include regulatory awareness, data collection and export, clinical processes, product delivery, free of charge.
• Assumes direct--reporting relationship with ISR Coordinators based in the EU (to include some understanding of local work councils and employment laws) and manages performance, sets goals and establishes expectations for execution and career development.
• As manager of a very large portfolio, leads/influences other grant coordinators across divisions in establishing streamlined policies and procedures that maximize operational efficiency/consistency while minimizing risk.
• Responds quickly to dynamic situations and requests for data and status updates.
• Utilizes clinical and process knowledge to ensure compliance is maintained in a dynamic and fast-paced global program. This may include novel process development to reduce cost and time for things such as free product delivery, contracting solutions, data uses and education to new internal and external users.
• Balances competing priorities with ease while responding immediately to urgent business changes
• Ensure external database users have an effective experience through the grant submission, review and decision process. Maintains confidential and sensitive information targeted to ensure a positive customer-centric experience.
• Establishes metrics, key performance indicators, reporting and communication tools to ensure internal stakeholders are informed of study status in a timely manner
• Works up, down and across diverse global stakeholders to deliver results and updates while anticipating and navigating issues.
• Makes independent decisions and responds to directives as needed to drive deliverables and maintain progress while keeping all relevant stakeholders updated.

Required qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in project management clinical project management, grant management, and/or therapeutic area expertise in interventional cardiology and related fields. Personnel management would also be needed/highly beneficial.
• Quantify what experience in lieu of a degree is non-profit grant management experience may be considered. Extensive experience in clinical, regulatory, quality and legal/compliance fields could qualify in place of BS/MS (maybe)
• 10% Travel

Preferred qualifications:

• MS/MBA/MPH preferred
• Interventional cardiology knowledge needed, clinical cath lab experience a bonus
• Grant applications, clinical protocol writing, general project management, financial acumen, Regulatory/quality knowledge, strong executional and process skills, document management, legal contract drafting, management/supervisory skills
• relationship building, influence management, communication skills, problem-solving (adaptability), data analysis, creative/critical thinking, time management, decision-making

Maximum Salary: $ 243000

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.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.