Senior Project Manager, NPD

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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.

Location: Maple Grove, MN

Work Mode: 3 Days required onsite.  No remote employees.

About the role:

This Project Management opportunity is within our Coronary Therapies division working with the dynamic and high growth Coronary Imaging business. We are looking for a Project Manager experienced in New Product Development to be the Program Lead for an active PDP. This person will be responsible for making key decisions to ensure project deliverables are met or exceeded. 

Responsibilities Include:

• Key decision maker across resourcing, budgeting, technical, and design, leveraging input from subject matter experts, team members, and functional management.
• Gathers input from stakeholders, builds and executes against budget and schedules, communicates on project status to leadership and project teams.
• Leads cross-functional team(s) to evaluate, design, build, and implement solutions to support the project outcomes.
• Develop and implement overall project plan, including cost, schedule, risk, performance and monitor progress against business key objectives and goals.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders, across regions, and business units to develop the individual project strategies and secures necessary resources to deliver project results.
• Identifies, communicates, and manages technical risk and knowledge gaps. 
• Determines both technical and business trade-off decisions, tracks, and reports on status, and resolves roadblocks to support project outcomes.
• Builds team ownership and commitment to project plan; mentors and/or coaches other functional and project managers
• Communicates key decisions and status to leadership. Liaison between the team and governing bodies – Franchise Leadership Team (FLT), Project Investment Board (PIB), Cardiology Investment Board (CIB)

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering or Project Management.
• 7+ years medical device project leadership experience.
• Understanding of PLCP & PDP systems and processes.
• Action oriented strategic thinker, with a natural ability to collaborate with a wide array of stakeholders across the globe.
• Communicates impactfully and concisely at a senior management level and across business units.
• Must be willing and able to travel internationally ~10% of the time.
• Works under minimal supervision.

Preferred qualifications and competencies:

• PMP certification.
• Previous New Product Development experience and/or knowledge of the Product Development Process (PDP)
• Knowledge of BSC Quality systems and methods.
• Strong organization, execution, and communication skills.
• Candidate to be comfortable in front of all levels of the organization as well as external customers.
• Candidate to have strong leadership and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships within project teams. 
• Problem solving technical expertise.

Requisition ID: 594713

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!