Global Supplier Engineering Lead

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills

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 Global Supplier Engineering Lead (GSEL) is a strategic technical leadership role that plays a critical role in defining partnerships with world-class suppliers to advance innovative medical technologies and make a significant impact on a global scale. As the technical owner for the Connectors and Cable Assemblies category (C&CA), the GSEL collaborates closely with divisional R&D and senior leaders across the organization to define global strategies, influence early product architecture and supplier capability roadmaps, supplier engagement models, and shape long-term technology direction to ensure Boston Scientific remains an industry leader in innovation, while fostering a resilient and scalable supply base for future growth..

Boston Scientific ranked #2 among medical device companies on Forbes America's Best Places to Work for Engineers 2026. Whether your passion lies in systems, software, human factors, or beyond, this is a place where you can grow your career and be part of something bigger—advancing science for life.

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.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Defining and governing global supplier capability and technical roadmaps
• Leading the category’s technical direction and ensuring alignment across divisions and regions
• Monitoring innovations, emerging technologies, and industry trends to guide the long‑term category strategy

• Serving as the primary technical partner for category‑relevant R&D teams
• Influencing divisional technology direction and ensuring supplier capabilities enable future product needs
• Maintaining deep understanding of the full product lifecycle and how supplier performance shapes strategy

• Engaging early in new product development to shape sourcing strategy and supplier selection
• Accelerating development timelines by minimizing rework and enabling optimal design solutions
• Participating as a technical authority in governance forums and critical decision‑making reviews

• Setting technical directions for supplier engineering and advising supplier quality and commercial sourcing
• Guiding the development of tools and frameworks necessary for a high‑performing global category team
• Mentoring junior supplier engineers to elevate technical talent across regions

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline  
• Minimum 7 years of technical experience supporting complex mechanical or electrical systems
• Experience developing long‑term technical strategies and influencing at senior leadership levels
• Ability travel to up to 20% globally

Preferred qualifications: 

• Experience in medical devices, regulated manufacturing, or GMP environments
• Ability to lead cross‑functional technical teams without direct authority
• Effective communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders across all organizational levels
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop internal and external relationships 
• Ability to mentor and provide technical leadership to engineering talent
• Strong strategic thinking with systems‑level problem‑solving capability

Requisition ID: 623221 

Minimum Salary: $ 102100 

Maximum Salary: $ 194000 

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).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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 identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.