Director of Clinical PMO

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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: 

The Director of the Clinical PMO (cPMO) will serve as a strategic and operational leader for clinical project execution supporting the Watchman, Electrophysiology, and Cardiac Rhythm Management/Diagnostics division. This individual will oversee a team of project and portfolio managers who support the clinical study teams with excellence in schedule, risk, and budget management, while ensuring timely PMA submissions and regulatory milestones are delivered on time with high quality. This role is critical in driving the maturity and strategic value of project and portfolio management in a clinical study setting. The Director must act as a change agent—advocating for project management fundamentals in all areas while embedding best practices across cross-functional teams. This role will foster strong collaboration with peer leaders across the clinical department to ensure project management principles are deeply integrated into all aspects of clinical execution, strategic planning, and decision-making.

Work mode: 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a Hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our Arden Hills, MN office at least 3 days per week. 

Visa Sponsorship: 

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Recruits, coaches, and develops organizational talent. Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.
• Creates an entrepreneurial environment. Provides general direction to managers and cross functional team members
• Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action. Demonstrates effective change leadership.
• Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives.  Interacts internally and externally with executive level management, outside regulatory agencies, customers, vendors and suppliers.
• Coordinates across functional areas, business units, and geographies to achieve company or area goals.
• Utilizes technical/professional knowledge and skills to establish, interpret and execute company policies in a major segment of the company.
• Monitors and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).
• Makes and executes operational decisions with a strategic perspective.
• Directs and controls the activities and budget of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups and/or operations.
• Provide direct and matrixed leadership across the team, ensuring alignment to clinical franchise goals and corporate priorities.
• Oversee execution of complex, multi-center clinical trials for PMA/IDE and other pivotal submissions.
• Ensure clinical project managers deliver on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Maintain accountability for schedule integrity, risk management, resource allocation, and quality across the clinical portfolio.
• Champion the Value Improvement Process (VIP) management initiatives in alignment with franchise and clinical operations leaders.
• Drive adoption of lean portfolio management, dashboard reporting, and resource optimization.
• Collaborate with peers across Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Quality, Clinical Operations, and Global Marketing.
• Actively contribute to enterprise-wide PMO forums, sharing clinical best practices and enhancing the broader project management culture.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 10 years of experience in Project Management, including 5 years of program or portfolio management.
• Experience leading programs in medical device field or similar regulated industry
• Strong executive presence, comfortable communicating with and presenting to all levels and able to tailor communications to the audience.
• Strong problem-solving skills with track record of managing complex projects.
• Ability to collect information from multiple sources and the ability to synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues.
• Demonstrated leadership of project managers or cross-functional teams in clinical trials or medical device programs.
• Expertise in clinical trial operations and regulatory pathways (e.g., PMA, IDE, EU MDR).
• Upto 15% travel domestically

Preferred qualifications:

• Clinical Trial and project management experience
• Experience implementing or scaling project management functions in clinical or R&D settings
• MBA or Advanced technical degree preferred
• PMP certification preferred
• PLCP lifecycle knowledge preferred

Requisition ID: 607800

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. 

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