Boston Scientific Principal Project Manager 

United States, Massachusetts, Marlborough 

920919252

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Management: As a member of the HR PMO, you will manage the portfolio of strategic projects for the Human Resources Total Rewards team. Collaborate with global Total Rewards team to prioritize projects with clear value statements, align with stakeholders, allocate resources, and drive strategic changes across our global organization.
• Project Leadership: Lead medium to complex projects using your expertise in traditional and agile project management techniques. Prepare project plans, resource plans, schedules, and budgets using tools like Microsoft Project. Direct project execution by assigning tasks, tracking schedules, identifying risks, and developing contingency plans.
• Methodology and Partnerships: Utilize appropriate methodologies and partnerships to ensure project success. Initial projects will require experience in managing software projects in collaboration with IT and vendors.
• Visual Planning and Communication: Create visual plans that motivate and engage project resources. Communicate project status through standard reports and participate in departmental and customer status update meetings.
• Issue Resolution: Collaborate creatively with team members, project customers, and others to resolve project issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct retrospectives to foster a continuous improvement mindset and enhance team performance.
• Community Leadership: Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and assisting or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques. 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required and 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in planning, managing, and completing projects of medium to high complexity
• Learning agility
• Ability to influence across a complex global work environment
• Stakeholder management and communication planning skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Experience in business process analysis and design

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership experience (e.g., community, volunteer activities, leadership roles, leading with inclusiveness)
• Familiarity with human resources and total rewards practices including benefits and compensation administration
• SCRUM master, agile, or lean experience is a plus