Senior R&D Manager
About The Position
Boston Scientific is hiring a Senior R&D Manager in its WATCHMAN business to lead early-stage products through initial feasibility and help set strategy throughout the product lifecycle. The role leads a team developing next-generation left atrial appendage closure devices intended to address unmet clinical needs, strengthen market leadership, and expand access to therapies for patients worldwide. The Senior R&D Manager provides people and technical leadership to engineers. The role requires sound technical judgment, experience developing medical devices across the product lifecycle, and the ability to build trusted relationships with employees, cross-functional partners, and senior leaders. Responsibilities span talent development, technical and product governance, cross-functional and business leadership, resource planning, and assessment of business development opportunities. The position is based at Boston Scientific’s Weaver Lake facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and follows an on-site model requiring attendance at the office at least four days per week. Some travel may be required, anticipated to be less than 20% and potentially including international travel. Boston Scientific will not offer or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience in product development, engineering, medical devices, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience leading and managing technical teams.
- 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.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across functions.
- Ability to communicate technical issues and risks clearly, concisely, and transparently across organizational levels.
Nice To Haves
- Background in early/FIM (First-in-Man) cardiac device development.
- Systems engineering background and prior management experience.
- 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 and a sense of urgency.
- Strong personal drive, individual accountability, and bias for action.
- Commitment to fostering curiosity, continuous improvement, learning, accountability, knowledge sharing, and candid communication, with team members empowered to challenge assumptions and solve problems.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, coach, develop, and retain technical talent to meet current business needs and build future technical and leadership capabilities.
- Set clear performance expectations and foster 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 operating with significant independence and technical responsibility.
- Create an environment that supports candid communication, challenges assumptions, knowledge sharing, and learning.
- 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 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 with Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Process Development, and Test Engineering, and 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, and recommend potential business opportunities.
- Keep Boston Scientific’s values and organizational objectives at the forefront of decisions and actions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
