Manager I, Acquisition Packaging Engineering

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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: 

At Boston Scientific, our products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat a wide range of medical conditions including heart, digestive, pulmonary, vascular, urological, pelvic health, and chronic pain conditions.  We are a leading innovator of medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world.  We continue to innovate in key areas and are extending our innovations into new geographies and high-growth adjacency markets.

As a Packaging Acquisition Manager, you will lead efforts to ensure acquired product packaging complies with all relevant regulations, standards, and business requirements. This role involves managing packaging engineering activities for acquired companies, aligning with critical business timelines and objectives. You will also manage and develop a cross-functional team to drive packaging implementation throughout the integration process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Guide, coach, direct, and develop the Acquisition Packaging team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Perform mid-year and annual performance reviews, providing continuous feedback and support to direct reports to motivate and enhance their professional growth.
• Engage with divisional leadership and project teams to develop and own packaging integration strategies, project plans, and execution to meet franchise development needs.
• Take ownership of the packaging function, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and driving strategic initiatives.
• Ensure the safety, quality, and compliance of acquired product packaging and labeling by collaborating with associated functions, including Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Packaging, and Operations.
• Identify and resolve all issues related to product packaging integration into Boston Scientific’s quality system, maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.
• Provide expert guidance and approval on technical and integration strategies, approaches, and processes to ensure optimal packaging solutions.
• Manage business partners involved in the packaging approach, review, and approval process, ensuring adherence to established procedures and standards.
• Review, provide feedback, and approve packaging design documents, ensuring they meet all necessary requirements.
• Communicate and escalate any issues appropriately to maintain compliance and quality standards.
• Attend cross-functional business team meetings to discuss strategy, scope, and implementation, acting as the stakeholder for Packaging.
• Escalate topics as needed to ensure that packaging considerations are adequately addressed in project plans.
• Lead change management communication across the business, ensuring that all stakeholders are informed and aligned with changes in packaging processes and strategies.
• Manage the development, monitoring, and publishing of departmental operational metrics to track performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Drive the continuous improvement of department tools and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Determine project staff assignments and schedule work to meet completion dates and project deliverables, ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Establish and maintain cross-functional team relationships to facilitate collaboration and successful project outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in packaging engineering.
• At least 1 year of experience in people management and technical leadership.
• Proven project management skills with the ability to influence and drive performance across functions.
• Strong change management and conflict resolution skills, with experience managing ambiguous situations.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally up to 20%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in people management and technical leadership.
• Experience in designing packaging for Class II or Class III medical devices.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels.
• Highly organized and results-oriented, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects efficiently.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships

Requisition ID: 598366 

Minimum Salary: $ 99100 

Maximum Salary: $ 188300 

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 identify, 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.