Lab Associate Manager

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.

Advancing possibilities for a brighter tomorrow

Purpose Statement

Drives the development of early stage product concepts and projects by applying higher level engineering or scientific expertise. Works with minimal supervision, serves as a leader for projects, mentors junior staff and interacts cross functionally to design experiments and execute deliverables according to business needs. Refining, broadening, and applying scientific expertise within and across disciplines surrounding core business principles.

Key Responsibilities 

• Remains knowledgeable of technologies within functional area, technology of expertise, and in the competitive landscape (e.g. relevant literature, attending conferences/meetings); identifies new applications for existing technologies.
• Proposes and evaluates application of new technologies and new targets for research/projects in alignment with business needs across functional areas.
• Mentors on technical or scientific area of expertise (e.g. experimental design, data analysis, and scientific techniques); may serve as a subject matter expert.
• When in supervisory role: sets and prioritizes goals and expectations of direct reports; coaches and manages performance of direct reports; promotes career and skills development for direct reports; identifies, engages, challenges, and develops individual
• Designs/documents complex experiments/protocols/test plans to align with project goals, both internal and external; executes independently and directs junior staff with execution; develops experimental path to meet POTC.
• Completes complex data analysis; for self and others, identifies and addresses problematic, potentially systematic, data; critiques results in relation to historical data; develops modified experimental paths based on results as appropriate.
• Summarizes results, generates and approves technical reports, and completes, reviews, and approves experimental documentation.
• Identifies and proposes methods and processes required for business needs; develops and integrates methods and processes.
• Participates primarily as a scientific consultant for projects of moderate complexity and secondarily for experimental design.
• Performs most experimental techniques and processes according to functional area; speaks to all experimental techniques and processes applicable to functional area.
• Identifies and proposes methods and processes required for business needs; develops and integrates methods and processes.
• Participates primarily as a scientific consultant for projects of moderate complexity and secondarily for experimental design.
• Performs most experimental techniques and processes according to functional area; speaks to all experimental techniques and processes applicable to functional area.
• Serves as a liaison between function and core team; compiles experimental results as generated by function and communicates them to core team; communicates resulting impact of the data to project team; communicates key project information to their function[CR1] 
• Completes project deliverables per the roles set forth for a CTM in the TDP or Feasibility Project guidelines for projects; identifies levers for go/no go decisions and incorporates them into project plan.
• Identifies what resources are required to meet project milestones; makes recommendations to team leader for project resource needs within function; may track and organize resources within function (people, equipment, supplies, contracts, spending).
• Completes project deliverables per the roles set forth for Team Lead in the TDP or Feasibility Project guidelines; identifies levers for go/no go decisions and incorporates them into project plan.
• Initiates and manages external collaborations/contracts relevant to project goals.

Job Scope & Leveling Guidelines

Functional Knowledge

• Requires in-depth understanding and application of concepts, procedures and practices within own job function; has broad experience in applying this knowledge in a variety of situations

Business Expertise

• Applies business practices and methods in own job function; ensures own team integration with related areas to deliver programs, services and results

Leadership

• Manages support and/or early career professionals within own job function, coordinates resources and sets short-term priorities to meet operational objectives
• Adopts and implements functional, technical, service and/or process improvements that impact the flow of the own team(s)

Problem Solving

• Identifies, anticipates, troubleshoots, and resolves day-to-day functional, technical, operational and service problems; may establish new techniques to ensure the team is able to meet its objectives
• Works under general direction and is guided by company policies, guidelines and procedures

Impact

• Makes decisions that improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team and related teams
• Guides by using policies and procedures and cascaded goals and objectives
• Provides input on resource planning, guidelines, processes and procedures

Interactions (and Communications)

• Explains information to team members, internal clients and/or peers, conveys performance expectations and handles complex sensitive issues
• Works to establish collaborative relationships with internal and external contacts in order to achieve team objectives
• Handles challenging issues with employees and/or customers (internal or external) using sensitivity; effectively diffuses contentious or uncomfortable situations

Educational Requirements

• Level 8 honours bachelor degree minimum in STEM
• 3 - 5 years experience in specified area

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 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!

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At Boston Scientific, we recognise that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative. It is essential in advancing science for life and improving patient health. 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 is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  Boston Scientific is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with a disability. Should you require a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please email TalentAcquisitionIre@bsci.com.