Senior R&D Manager

Boston Scientific • Maple Grove, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Boston Scientific is hiring a Senior R&D Manager for its WATCHMAN business. The role focuses on managing early-stage products through initial feasibility and helping set strategy throughout the product lifecycle. The manager will lead a team developing next-generation left atrial appendage closure devices to address unmet clinical needs, strengthen market leadership, and expand access to therapies.

The position provides people and technical leadership to engineers. It requires sound technical judgment, experience developing medical devices across the product lifecycle, and the ability to build trusted relationships with direct reports, cross-functional partners, and senior leaders. The role is based at the Weaver Lake facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and follows an on-site model requiring presence at the office at least four days per week. Some travel may be required, anticipated to be less than 20% and potentially international. Boston Scientific will not offer or take over employment-visa sponsorship 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.
• 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.
• Proven 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 or 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 combined with 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, empowering team members to challenge assumptions and solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, develop, and retain technical talent, while building 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, apply sound technical judgment, and make efficient, risk-based decisions.
• Provide direction and guidance to employees with significant independence and technical responsibility.
• Create an environment that encourages candid discussion, challenges to assumptions, knowledge sharing, and peer learning.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across the product lifecycle, ensuring sound engineering decisions, effective risk management, and compliance with 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 with Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Process Development, and Test Engineering, as well as 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.

Benefits

• Core and optional employee benefits are offered; details are referenced 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior