Process Engineering Director

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.                

Process Engineering Director 
 

About the Role:  
 
At Boston Scientific, the Process Engineering Director will provide a clear, single point of connection from Process Development to the Arden Hills Manufacturing Plant. The Process Engineering Director role will be responsible for building, managing, and influencing relationships/strategies with key plant stakeholders in the Arden Hills Plant (engineering, production, finance, human resources, capital equipment, materials management, facilities, program management, etc.). In addition, this person will lead Technology Development and New Product Development efforts to ensure solid alignment and execution within the Process Development function and Arden Hills site. 

This position is an on-site role based in Arden Hills, MN. 
 

Your Responsibilities Include: 
 

• Identifies and communicates the department's vision, new strategies, and projects aimed at enhancing key business metrics. 

• Exercises leadership and guidance, employing coaching and mentoring to foster a results-driven environment, and attracting and retaining top-tier talent. Assumes responsibility for succession planning and devises and executes proactive retention strategies. 

• Fosters and advances an inclusive workplace environment that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives. 

• Identifies and champions product development and functional excellence initiatives. 

• Identifies future technology and intellectual property critical to future business growth and drives implementation. 

• Cultivates a wide network of internal, external, and industry-specialist contacts.  

• Partners with and influences other functions to ensure common short and long-term business goals and strategies are met. 

• Champions the sharing and leveraging of initiatives, processes, and accomplishments across the divisions/plants. 

• Prepares for the launch of new products as they are handed over from R&D through to the successful launch into a production scale operation. 

• Development and implementation of capable processes using Six-Sigma tools. 

• Development of necessary Manufacturing Process’s on-site ensuring optimization of layout and process flow. 

• Development of Process’s which fully meet our Regulatory and Quality requirements working in close relationship with QA and Manufacturing/Business counterparts. 

• Oversees the specification and purchase of capital equipment ensuring balance between optimizing our technological capabilities and return on investment. 

• Working closely with R&D to ensure that design for manufacturability is a key consideration in initial product design. 

• Understands and comply with all the regulations governing the quality systems.  

• Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to patient safety and product quality. Ensures 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. 

• Develops and manages budgets and schedules, ensuring alignment with corporate requirements. 
   

What We’re Looking For: 
 

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 

Requisition ID: 594756

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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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.