Senior R&D Manager
About The Position
This is an exciting opportunity to join Boston Scientific as a Senior R&D Manager, leading the development of innovative interventional cardiology products within the Emerging Technologies Division. In this role, you will lead a talented team focused on developing next-generation cardiac pumps and interventional heart failure devices to meet unmet clinical needs, strengthen our market leadership and expand access to life-changing therapies for patients around the world. As a Senior R&D Manager, you will provide people and technical leadership to a team of highly talented engineers. Success in this role requires strong technical judgment, a track record of developing medical devices across the product lifecycle and the ability to build trusted relationships with direct reports, cross-functional partners and senior leaders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in product development, engineering, medical devices or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience leading and managing technical teams.
- Proven track record of developing medical devices from early-stage development through full product launch and sustaining activities.
- Proficiency in design controls and risk management, with an understanding of regulatory expectations for medical device product approvals.
- Experience working within highly matrixed, global organizations.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across functions.
- Ability to communicate technical issues and risks clearly, concisely and transparently across all organizational levels.
Nice To Haves
- Background in cardiac device development.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with external manufacturing partners, Operations, Test Engineering and Process Development.
- Track record of building, developing and leading high-performing engineering organizations.
- Passion for understanding clinical needs and partnering directly with physician customers to identify and solve complex problems, including delivering technical presentations.
- Highly creative problem-solving skills combined with a sense of urgency.
- Strong personal drive, individual accountability and bias for action.
- Commitment to fostering an environment of curiosity, continuous improvement, learning, accountability, knowledge sharing and candid communication where team members feel empowered to challenge assumptions and solve problems.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, coach, develop and retain technical talent to meet current business needs while building future technical and leadership capabilities.
- Establish clear performance expectations and foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, inclusion, accountability and continuous learning.
- Empower team members to solve complex problems, exercise sound technical judgment and make efficient, risk-based decisions.
- Provide direction and guidance to employees who operate with significant independence and technical responsibility.
- Create an environment where employees can speak candidly, challenge assumptions, share knowledge and learn from one another.
- Provide technical leadership and governance across the product lifecycle, ensuring sound engineering decisions, effective risk management and compliance with applicable design control and quality system requirements.
- Assess project capabilities and staffing needs, partnering with technical leads and program managers to position teams for successful technology and product development.
- Guide teams through technical challenges, escalations and trade-off decisions while maintaining focus on patient needs, product quality and business objectives.
- Build strategic partnerships across Boston Scientific to advance departmental and organizational objectives.
- Collaborate across functions, including Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Process Development and Test Engineering, as well as with external development and manufacturing partners.
- Support project and departmental budget planning, monitor spending and adjust resource plans to meet business priorities.
- Assess Business Development opportunities. Participate in due diligence efforts. Provide recommendations on potential business opportunities.
- Keep Boston Scientific's values and organizational objectives at the forefront of decisions and actions.
Benefits
- Access to the latest tools, information and training
- Support in advancing skills and career
- Support in progressing ambitions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
