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Training and Development Specialist I

Work mode:  Onsite
Onsite Location(s): 

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:

 

The Training and Development Specialist I supports production readiness by facilitating new-hire onboarding, developing engaging learning solutions, and coordinating staffing activities. This role partners with production leaders, production-floor employees, trainers, support functions, and contracting agencies to ensure employees receive consistent, timely, and effective training. The Specialist applies established instructional-design practices and works with fellow team members to deliver training solutions that meet business, Quality System, and regulatory requirements.

 

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.

 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a fully-onsite work model requiring employees to be in our local office five (5) days per week.

 

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

 

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

 

Your responsibilities will include: 

 

  • Facilitate new-hire onboarding programs for production employees, including classroom instruction, demonstrations, guided practice, learner support, and program logistics
  • Create, revise, and maintain instructor-led, digital, and blended learning content, including presentations, facilitator guides, participant materials, job aids, eLearning modules, and other training resources
  • Develop clear, objective knowledge assessments that measure learner understanding and support documented training-effectiveness requirements
  • Design hands-on learning activities, simulations, demonstrations, practice exercises, and skills-based experiences that prepare learners to transition safely and effectively to the production floor
  • Coordinate approved headcount requests by reviewing staffing needs, maintaining accurate request and roster information, communicating class capacity, and monitoring candidate status through onboarding
  • Serve as a primary communication link among contracting agencies, production leaders, hiring partners, facilitators, and other stakeholders to resolve scheduling, placement, attendance, and onboarding issues
  • Build strong working relationships with production-floor teams; observe work processes, gather feedback, identify training needs, and align learning content with actual job requirements
  • Partner with supervisors, production coordinators, certified trainers, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Human Resources, and other subject-matter experts to validate training content and ensure requirements are accurately represented
  • Evaluate learner and stakeholder feedback, assessment results, onboarding outcomes, and operational needs to recommend improvements to training content and delivery
  • Maintain training materials, records, trackers, and related documentation in accordance with established procedures, document-control practices, and applicable regulatory requirements
  • Support training-related projects, corrective and preventive actions, continuous-improvement initiatives, and other duties as assigned

 

Required qualifications:

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in education, training and development, instructional design, human resources, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • Experience facilitating instructor-led training, onboarding, workshops, and/or group learning activities
  • Experience creating presentations, facilitator resources, job aids, eLearning, knowledge assessments, and hands-on learning activities
  • Strong written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Ability to work on-site and spend time in classroom, office, and production-floor environments


Preferred qualifications: 

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
  • Working knowledge of Articulate 360 and Adobe Captivate
  • Experience supporting new-hire onboarding and training in a manufacturing, medical-device, or other regulated environment
  • Experience coordinating contingent-labor staffing, headcount requests, candidate rosters, or contracting-agency communications
  • Experience working directly with production teams and translating operational requirements into practical learning solutions
  • Experience with a learning management system, training-record system, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and basic data tracking or reporting tools

 

 

Requisition ID: 633626

Minimum Salary: $51000 

Maximum Salary: $96900 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.


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