Director, Transformation Change & Communications
About The Position
The Director, Transformation Change & Communications will lead an integrated enterprise transformation change and communications capability within Boston Scientific’s Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO). The role translates major transformation priorities into meaningful, measurable and sustainable organizational change by bringing together strategic communications, change management, leadership activation, stakeholder engagement and organizational adoption. Working closely with senior leaders across businesses, functions and regions, the director will help the organization navigate changes to organizational structure, operating models, resource deployment and capabilities. An immediate focus is an enterprise transformation involving organizational simplification, productivity improvement, structural and indirect cost reduction, work redesign and building capabilities for the future. The director will coordinate execution, equip leaders to guide change, help employees navigate transitions with clarity and respect, and support realization and sustainability of intended business outcomes. The role is hybrid, with employees required to work in a local office at least three days per week. Locations listed include Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Arden Hills, Minnesota; additional locations may apply. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 10 years of experience in enterprise transformation, organizational change, strategic communications or a combination of these disciplines, with significant leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success leading organizational change through complex enterprise transformations, restructuring, operating model redesign or large-scale productivity initiatives.
- Proven ability to advise and influence C-suite and senior executives and translate strategic priorities into actionable plans across a large, matrixed organization.
- Strong strategic communications expertise and deep understanding of organizational change management, stakeholder engagement and adoption.
- Experience mobilizing geographically distributed teams and driving alignment across businesses, functions and regions through influence.
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect transformation initiatives to measurable business outcomes.
- Exceptional judgment and discretion when navigating sensitive organizational and employee-related matters.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, establish structure and direction, and balance strategic planning with hands-on execution.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute integrated change management and communications strategies for major enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Translate complex transformation priorities into clear narratives, stakeholder engagement strategies and actionable change plans.
- Advise ETO leadership and senior business and functional executives on navigating significant organizational change.
- Integrate communications, leadership engagement, employee readiness, adoption and stabilization activities into a coordinated transformation experience.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, organizational risks and execution barriers, and develop proactive strategies to address emerging challenges.
- Lead change management strategies for organizational redesign, operating model transformation, productivity improvement and structural cost-reduction initiatives in partnership with Enterprise Organization Health and transformation leaders.
- Partner with transformation workstreams to identify and enable organizational and behavioral changes needed to achieve and sustain targeted productivity and cost savings.
- Support initiatives involving organizational simplification, role and management-layer reduction, indirect spending optimization, process redesign and new ways of working.
- Establish change readiness, adoption and effectiveness measures to identify risks to transformation milestones and intended business outcomes.
- Develop and maintain an enterprise transformation narrative connecting organizational changes to Boston Scientific’s strategy, growth ambitions and future ways of working.
- Communicate what is changing, why it matters and how transformation initiatives support long-term organizational success.
- Build coordinated communications strategies for enterprise, business, functional and regional audiences.
- Equip executives and people leaders with messaging, tools and resources to lead employees through complex organizational transitions.
- Ensure transformation communications reflect company values and provide impacted employees with timely, clear, empathetic and respectful information.
- Build leadership alignment and accountability around enterprise transformation priorities, enabling leaders to translate strategic direction into meaningful team engagement.
- Develop stakeholder engagement and change strategies tailored to employee populations, geographies and levels of organizational impact.
- Partner with Enterprise Organization Health to align change and adoption strategies with organizational health insights, workforce implications and operating model objectives.
- Coordinate global and regional change management and communications resources to promote enterprise consistency while addressing local requirements.
- Establish employee listening and feedback mechanisms to assess sentiment, identify emerging risks and refine change strategies.
- Establish scalable change management methodologies, tools, governance frameworks and practices for enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Partner with the Business-Deployed Change Enablement team to connect enterprise transformation strategies with change execution capabilities embedded within the businesses.
- Strengthen organizational capabilities in change leadership, growth mindset, agility and adoption of new ways of working.
- Build a sustainable, repeatable enterprise transformation capability beyond individual change initiatives.
- Partner across the ETO to enable transformation through process simplification, artificial intelligence, automation and evolving operating models.
- Help leaders and employees understand and prepare for changes in roles, capabilities and ways of working driven by emerging technologies.
- Develop adoption strategies that translate new technologies and capabilities into measurable improvements in employee behaviors, productivity and business performance.
Benefits
- Employee benefits are offered; details are available at www.bscbenefitsconnect.com.
- Exempt, non-sales roles may include an annual bonus target and long-term incentives, subject to plan eligibility and other requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
