Boston Scientific Process Engineering Director 

United States, Minnesota 

343255466

About the role:

This position is an onsite role based in Maple Grove, MN.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identify and communicate the department's vision, new strategies, and projects aimed at enhancing key business metrics
• Exercise leadership and guidance, employing coaching and mentoring to foster a results-driven environment, and attracting and retaining top-tier talent; assume responsibility for succession planning and devise and execute proactive retention strategies
• Foster and advance an inclusive workplace environment that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives
• Identify and champion product development and functional excellence initiatives
• Identify future technology and intellectual property critical to future business growth and drive implementation
• Cultivate a wide network of internal, external, and industry-specialist contacts
• Partner with and influence other functions to ensure common short and long-term business goals and strategies are met
• Champion the sharing and leveraging of initiatives, processes, and accomplishments across the divisions/plants
• Prepare for the launch of new products as they are handed over from R&D through to the successful launch into a production scale operation
• Develop and implement capable processes using Six Sigma tools
• Develop necessary manufacturing processes onsite, ensuring optimization of layout and process flow
• Develop processes which fully meet our Regulatory and Quality requirements, working in close relationship with QA and Manufacturing/Business counterparts
• Oversee the specification and purchase of capital equipment, ensuring balance between optimizing our technological capabilities and return on investment
• Work closely with R&D to ensure that design for manufacturability is a key consideration in initial product design
• Understand and comply with all the regulations governing the quality systems
• Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to patient safety and product quality; ensure all direct reports are well-versed in their commitment to patient safety and product quality, up to date with their training requisites, and fully compliant with all pertinent regulations governing their functions
• Develop and manage budgets and schedules, ensuring alignment with corporate requirements
  

Required qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven leadership experience including 5+ years direct people leadership experience leading technical teams
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Process development or new product development experience
• Strong financial acumen with a solid understanding of budgets

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to expand influence within Boston Scientific – collaborate across divisions and with new acquisitions
• Manufacturing experience
  

Maximum Salary: $ 286000

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.