Quality Director

Boston Scientific•Marlborough, MA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Quality Director will serve as a senior leader responsible for driving strategic direction, execution excellence, and enterprise alignment across critical Quality initiatives. This role operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, leading high-impact workstreams within global programs to ensure delivery of business-critical outcomes. This leader will define the vision and priorities for their scope, make complex decisions in dynamic environments, and ensure strong accountability across stakeholders. Success in this role requires the ability to influence at the executive level, navigate ambiguity, and translate strategy into measurable results.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelors Degree.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in complaint trending, post market surveillance, or related experience.
Medical device experience required.
Experience participating in strategic planning processes, and able to understand and identify critical drivers of strategy.
Experience at identifying and clearly articulating plans within a highly matrixed, global organization.
Ability to use data and inputs to conduct SWOT analyses, predict future state, build scenarios

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree preferred
High sense of urgency and commitment to execution
Strong communication and collaborative leadership skills
Ability to serve as a consultant; use adept questioning to get beyond symptoms to root causes; able to identify, separate and synthesize the key points; able to tailor complex messages to different audiences; a pragmatic problem-solver who can imagine the possible, and make it practical.
Ability to lead without authority and facilitate agreement on paths forwards with teams to create coherent alignment towards end goals.

Responsibilities

Set the vision and strategic direction for assigned Quality program deliverables, ensuring alignment with broader enterprise priorities
Define and continuously refine priorities based on business needs, risk landscape, and organizational goals
Translate strategic objectives into clear roadmaps, initiatives, and deliverables with measurable outcomes
Ensure alignment between global strategy and execution across regions, functions, and business units
Anticipate future needs and proactively shape the evolution of the Quality function
Serve as a key decision-maker for complex, high-impact issues, balancing risk, speed, and business value
Lead trade-off decisions across competing priorities, resources, and timelines
Establish and drive clear escalation pathways, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues
Provide guidance and direction to teams on navigating ambiguity, risk, and operational challenges
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on critical decisions impacting program success
Engage and influence senior stakeholders across Quality, R&D, Operations, and Commercial functions
Drive alignment on priorities, roles, and expected outcomes across the workstream
Reinforce accountability by establishing clear ownership, governance structures, and performance expectations
Ensure delivery of committed outcomes, proactively addressing gaps and risks to execution