IT Project Lead

Additional Location(s): Costa Rica-Coyol

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 IT Project Lead is primarily responsible for supporting the delivery of acquisition integration projects. This individual will partner with our program/project managers, IT functions, and business functions to ensure efficient and high-quality project leadership. The individual will receive direct exposure to BSC acquired businesses, commercialization strategies, employee integration strategies, and the BSC product development lifecycle. The IT Project Lead will lead business systems integration projects, directing all phases from inception through completion. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Estimates IT projects: Establishes estimates and ensures clear project definition, proposal, and plan.
• Manages projects: Develops project plans and estimates outlining work plans, timelines, roles and resources; Leads cross-functional project team functional experts and business partners; Ensures team progress to ensure achievement of all milestones and deliverables while managing risks and issues; Provides updates to management and all stakeholders of progress through frequent communications of findings at regular intervals via reports and meetings.
• Manages multiple overlapping complex projects in parallel over varying durations. Seek and flag risks as they occur and source any expertise not readily available.
• Develops recommendations: Develops and delivers project recommendations to management and all stakeholders; Presents changes in IT program/project including technology selection and development, total cost of ownership and ability to drive business outcomes; Develops implementation strategy.
• Manages implementation of projects: Develops implementation plan outlining work plans, timelines, roles and resources; Identifies and leads implementation team including local business and IT representatives; Works with functional team members to ensure that all supporting infrastructure including program guidelines, processes, training programs, organizational structure and new roles are developed and communicated.
• Leads the work of employees assigned to the project from technical and business partners to build a high performing team.
• Manages project budget, and development and manages schedules and performance standards, tracking accountability of team to objectives.
• Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge.  May mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.
• Applies tactical skills in (1) Managing day to day goals & activities, focusing on execution. (2) People: Assigning individuals or teams with domain expertise to specific actions. (3) Meeting Specific Objectives (Hitting Milestones & Release Dates) over short & medium duration projects.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of work experience with delivery and support of software development solutions and environments
• 5+ years of leading projects with directing all phases from inception through completion.
• Software development lifecycle and methodologies, including Waterfall and Agile
• Previous experience working in a cross-functional, highly matrixed business environment.
• Ability to travel globally to support acquisition integrations up to 15%.
• Advance English Level

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP ECC6 or S4 or other ERPs
• Experience with Software Validation Methodologies
• Experience with leading acquisition integration projects.
• Experience delivering and maintaining systems within a medical device or a highly regulated environment. 
• Project Management (PMP certified)

Requisition ID: 587521

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 is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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