Principal, Change Enablement Lead - AI Transformation

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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

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

Boston Scientific's Active Implantable Systems (AIS) R&D organization is seeking a Principal, Change Enablement Lead to join our AI Transformation core team and drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering workflows across R&D. This is an exciting opportunitty to join a growing team that will enable the re-imaging of how work gets done across our R&D engineering functions. This role owns the human side of the transformation — building the AI champions program, developing role-specific training and enablement content, and maintaining the workflow playbooks that help engineers adopt new AI-enabled ways of working with confidence.

You will partner closely with the Transformation Lead and Project Manager on communications and change-readiness tracking, and with the Corporate HR  Transformation Office on ADKAR-based adoption milestones and the HR L&D team on enablement programs.  The ideal candidate brings a human-centered, experience-driven approach to change and is comfortable translating complex technical transformation into clear, compelling adoption strategies for diverse engineering audiences.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an onsite work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least four 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

• Manage and mature the existing AI champions program across AIS R&D functions, including recruiting, coordinating and supporting champions.
• Develop and maintain role-specific training and enablement content for AI-enabled engineering workflows.
• Parter with external consulting rescouces to support their work to develop and maintain workflow playbooks and adoption materials as new AI-enabled workflows move from pilot to production.
• Define and execute an ADKAR-based (Prosci) change strategy in partnership with the Corporate HR Transformation Office.
• Identify behavioral and process drivers of adoption and resistance, and translate those insights into targeted change and communication strategies.
• Co-lead program communications and change-readiness tracking with the Transformation Lead and Project Manager.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to understand audience needs, pain points and persona-based experiences, shaping tailored enablement approaches for each engineering function.
• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment, secure buy-in and ensure measurable adoption outcomes across workstreams.
• Continuously assess and refine the change enablement strategy using adoption data, feedback and business metrics; institutionalize training content and playbooks as workflows scale.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in change leadership, ideally supporting enterprise-level transformations.
• Experience designing and executing human-centered, experience-driven change management strategies.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling strategies that drive understanding and adoption across diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex enterprise environments and deliver multiple initiatives from strategy through implementation.
• Experience working within a technical or engineering environmnet.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills across all levels of an organization.
• Experience leveraging GenAI and modern communication techniques to shape change or communication strategies.

Preferred qualifications

• ADKAR/Prosci or equivalent change management certification.
• Experience building training, enablement or champion programs in an engineering, R&D or technical organization.
• Background in instructional design, learning and development, strategic communications or organizational psychology.
• Experience in medical device or another regulated life sciences environment. 

Requisition ID: 633250 

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.

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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.

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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.