Director, HR Business Partner Global Business Services (GBS)
Arden Hills, MN, US, 55112
Additional Location(s): N/A
Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.
About the role:
This is a unique and compelling opportunity to join Boston Scientific as the Director, HR Business Partner for Global Business Services (GBS), part of our Operations group. GBS is Boston Scientific’s strategic, end-to-end service delivery function. As an enterprise business partner, GBS delivers best-in-class services through process excellence, cost leadership, and digital innovation.
In this role, you will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, aligning talent strategies with business priorities to drive innovation, performance, and scalable growth. Your focus will be on building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and creativity.
With a mindset grounded in curiosity and courage, you will help cultivate a high-impact culture where bold ideas, cross-functional partnerships, and human-centered leadership thrive. This is a rare opportunity to influence one of Boston Scientific’s fastest-growing businesses while advancing your leadership journey in a global, mission-driven organization.
Work model, sponsorship, relocation:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.
Your responsibilities will include:
Strategic business partnership:
- Partner with senior leaders to align people strategies with business goals, enabling sustainable growth and high-impact results
- Leverage market insights, financial acumen, and competitive intelligence to guide strategic decisions
- Translate business needs into HR strategies focused on organization design, workforce agility, and succession planning
- Build trusted relationships with senior executives through strategic counsel, influence, and execution
Talent management & workforce planning:
- Lead workforce planning initiatives that proactively address talent needs and risk mitigation
- Use data and analytics to generate insights and influence talent decisions
- Champion the talent agenda by assessing pipelines, identifying gaps, and developing future leaders
- Design and implement succession plans, coaching frameworks, and targeted development programs
- Partner cross-functionally to deploy impactful learning and retention strategies
- Promote a continuous learning culture at all levels of leadership
Culture & performance excellence:
- Foster a high-performance and innovation-driven culture by modeling Boston Scientific’s values and inclusive leadership behaviors
- Champion psychological safety and a sense of belonging across teams
- Support leaders in identifying and removing barriers to engagement, performance, and inclusion
Organizational effectiveness & change leadership:
- Assess organizational effectiveness and design agile structures to support business transformation
- Lead change management initiatives with empathy, structure, and clarity
- Guide teams through change with minimal disruption, ensuring strong communication of vision, context, and decisions
Digital innovation & analytics:
- Embrace digital tools to simplify HR workflows and enhance the employee experience
- Drive HR innovation in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment
- Promote data-driven decision-making across all HR activities
Collaboration & leadership development:
- Partner with Centers of Excellence to implement enterprise-wide talent, rewards, learning, and DE&I strategies
- Provide mentorship to HR colleagues and foster a culture of continuous learning
- Contribute to the development and execution of global HR strategies across functions and geographies
Qualifications:
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 15 years' experience in progressive human resources roles, preferably within complex and/or global environments
- Demonstrated expertise in workforce planning, organizational development, and change leadership
- Strong background in talent acquisition, employee development, engagement, and retention
- Proven business acumen and ability to influence at all organizational levels, including executive leadership
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and scaling HR programs globally
- Ability to work effectively across diverse populations and cultures; international HR experience is a plus
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement capabilities
Preferred qualifications:
- Global mindset with experience collaborating across geographies and functions
- Strong orientation toward customer service, results, and initiative
- Ability to operate independently and prioritize in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience designing and implementing talent strategies that support business scale, especially in growth-stage or transforming organizations
Requisition ID: 614331
Minimum Salary: $150500
Maximum Salary: $286000
The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.
Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).
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As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.
So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!
At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve.
Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.
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