Senior IT Architect

Additional Locations: Costa Rica-Heredia

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At our company, we value diversity and believe it is our greatest strength. We are committed to empowering women, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and creating opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Our belief is that your diversity enriches our work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background. Additionally, we have a Gender Equality Policy that reflects our commitment to fairness and equality in the workplace.

Hybrid Roles:

Boston Scientific's hybrid workplace includes Working from Home and onsite. You will have the opportunity to discuss details in the interview. 

About the Role:

The Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs (QA RA) Information Technology function at BSC is seeking a customer-centric and technically skilled solution architect. This person will be focused on evaluating Quality & Regulatory business needs across the enterprise, assessing products and capabilities to meet those needs, and helping to deliver and support solutions that enable business strategies and objectives. Partnering with our IT QA & RA team members and their stakeholders, the person in this role will iterate on and oversee the IT QA RA technology strategy, roadmap, and solutions that meet stakeholders’ needs. This role provides architectural direction for business processes and technologies for their area of responsibility within the IT organization in accordance with Enterprise Architecture guidelines.

Your responsibilities:

• Develops solutions to complex technical problems by challenging traditional technical assumptions.
• Identifies innovative uses of Information Technology to provide a competitive advantage for BSC.
• Drives strategic architecture changes throughout the organization.
• Defines, promotes, and supports the principles and standards of the enterprise architecture.
• Architecturally consults and supports multiple large, complex, cross-functional or divisional projects.
• Champions a policy, process, or technology that delivers significant advances.
• Demonstrates direct methods of influence at the corporate and global level through development of industry recognized publications.
• Recognizes architectural problem areas and determines ways to effectively resolve them.

• Own the intake process for functional IT needs
• Create cross-functional collaboration by speaking expertly on both the business goals and the technology vision
• Collaborate with the broader BSC IT Architect community to ensure functional needs are represented
• Define, promote, and support the principles and standards of the enterprise architecture
• Develop and maintain working relationships with a diverse group of business, functional and technical teams
• Translate business goals into appropriate solutions while assessing feasibility and optimization of the solution
• Develop proof of concepts to demonstrate proposed technical solutions
• Participate in the development of cost/benefit analyses; drives buy/rent/build analyses
• Make recommendations on implementation of applications that meet the business capability requirements by assessing both existing and new solutions
• Demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex solutions and value to all key stakeholders
• Identify opportunities for business process improvements
• Work collaboratively, effectively, and efficiently with stakeholders to ensure alignment and prioritization of goals and resources across multiple stakeholders, project priorities, and organizational initiatives 

Behavioral Skills:

• Strong team building skills, with ability to build quick and effective work rapport with distributed team members
• Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders
• Must be self-motivated in learning new concepts and willing to share knowledge and skills with other team members
• Outspoken and passionate about delivering well designed solutions that exceed business objectives and drive business success
• Well organized and capable of managing multiple priorities 
• Highly advanced analytical and reasoning skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, self-directed, action-oriented environment
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills including oral, written, and listening skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of combined IT Analyst, Developer or Architect experience
• 5+ years working on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software platforms
• Must have experience collecting and documenting business capability needs and recommending solutions in a strategic plan
• Proven leadership in partnering with external vendors and business partners on projects
• Experience in regulated environment
• Experience working in a matrix environment and delivering projects and services via a combination of internal, contract, and outsourced resources
• Ability to travel a small percentage of time as needed (less than 25%) 
• English language required C2: 90-95%
• Please submit your CV in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical device, life sciences industry background preferred
• Experience with Agile methodologies preferred
• Experience developing IT solutions supporting Quality and Regulatory functional processes (e.g. Complaint Management, CAPA, Regulatory Approvals, Device Tracking)

Requisition ID: 601141

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!

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At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination, and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.