Quality Director of Manufacturing

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.           

*This position is onsite 5 days per week in the Maple Grove location

About the role:
The purpose of the Director of Manufacturing Quality role is to provide significant functional and technical knowledge of the quality, regulatory, and compliance systems and processes supporting local/regional/international business objectives. Provides department leadership, including allocating and managing to the department, including allocation and management of department resources to accomplish business objectives. Ensure compliance of quality system activities and objectives (programs, policies, processes, and procedures) along interacting, negotiating, and influencing decision-makers both internally and externally. 

Your key responsibilities will include:
Talent Management: Recruit, coach, and develop organizational talent. Foster a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential.
Leadership: Provides leadership and direction and their departments to ensure alignment. Drives the culture by modeling the BSC core values and behaviors. Demonstrate effective change leadership and keep the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision-making.
Quality Systems: Has advanced knowledge of the quality systems and applies the knowledge to create the highest quality products, exceed customer requirements, and comply with regulatory requirements. Review and analyze the effectiveness of the quality system and identifies opportunities for design growth and support.  
Regulatory Compliance: Facilitates and leads compliance with all applicable regulations through a robust quality system and communication with regulatory authorities. Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).
Operational Management: Make strategic operational decisions, control activities and budgets for functional areas, and develop and execute business plans and budgets.
Crisis Management: Oversees robust response teams to effectively manage and resolve crises; leading leaders to exercise crisis management best practices and to proactively mitigate future crises.   
Communication: Communicates and Influences quality policies, strategies, and procedures to the organization through written documents, presentations, and discussions with both internal and external key stakeholders. 
Cost Reduction: Employ Quality/Reliability System Processes to execute the appropriate strategy and results achievements often leading to continuous improvements and cost savings.  
Continuous Improvement: Actively spread best practices and process improvements across the organization. 

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 9 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of people management experience
• Experience in managing large-scale, complex operations/programs/projects
• Experience in Quality Systems and methods
• Experience in the Medical Device Industry
• Experience using problem-solving methodologies applied to technical problems
• Be able to work full time onsite in Maple Grove, Minnesota
• Strong collaboration skills to partner effectively with another quality director as part of “twin engine” org structure

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years relevant industry experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 7+ years of people management experience with at least 2 years leading people supervisors/managers
• Advanced degree
• Degree in Engineering
• Experience with BSC Quality systems and methods, products and customer needs
• Lean business/VIP experience
• Experience leading teams in a site quality setting
• Engineering or manufacturing background with ability to understand technical models
• Cross-functional and/or cross-site experience
• Leading culture advancement and results in technical problem solving
• Financial experience in cost center planning and execution responsibility
• Excel in collaborative leadership with the ability to influence

Requisition ID: 602180 

Minimum Salary: $ 150500 

Maximum Salary: $ 286000 

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.

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 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 identify, 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.

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.