Senior Quality Director- PMO and Strategy

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills; US-MA-Marlborough

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:

In collaboration with the Quality Leadership Team, this position will lead the development, evaluation, and execution of our global Quality Strategy. In partnership with the leadership team this position will focus on the 'what' we deliver across the function, with Best4 Quality Strategy at the center. Identify and bring key insights and best practices into leading our Strat Plan and AOP cycles, enabling Quality leadership to build strategic initiatives to support the business. Distill and use local plans as an input to corporate strategy, to advance our support to the business and enable BSC’s growth through a sustainable, agile, best-in-class Quality function. Develop and lead our strategic portfolio review process. Lead a team of project managers who will execute on these critical activities.  This individual is curious and analytical, able to distill clarity from complexity, and can manage complex projects from start to finish. 

Work Mode: This role is hybrid requiring you to be onsite 3 days per week. This role can be based out of the Minnesota sites or Marlborough, MA.

Core Responsibilities:

• Drive key planning activities (e.g., Strat Plan, AOP, Forecast) ensuring they are aligned to the over-arching Quality Strategy. Provide insights and guidance to adjust where needed.
• Manage or mentor project managers responsible for executing different projects within the strategic portfolio or tactical Quality projects executed through the Quality Systems Governance Board (QSGB)
• Partnering with key stakeholders to develop a full understanding of the business strategy, competitive landscape, risks, and opportunities.
• Work with HRBP for HR to define the required organizational capabilities needed to win and deliver strategy.
• Bring a consultative approach to defining, designing, and developing Quality strategy and portfolio planning review process. 
• Collaborate across Quality leadership developing long-term & annual business plans
• Support the QSGB as well as QMP Project Managers
• Ability to establish strong relationships and be viewed as a trusted partner
• Drive planning process & evaluate investment & headcount needs across strategic priorities 
• Manage planning progress ensuring plans are completed within agreed upon timelines.
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders– including identifying macro trends, scoping needs, developing strategic framework, creating implementation plans, timelines, deliverables, etc.  
• Develop communication materials to present to key stakeholders 
• Prepare presentations, recaps and other materials needed to manage and communicate insights and strategic recommendations to key executives and stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelors Degree
• Minimum of 15 years of related experience
• Minimum of 10 years of direct or indirect management experience
• Participation in strategic planning processes and ability to understand and identify critical drivers of business strategy
• Expert at identifying and clearly articulating capability plans.
• Ability to use data and inputs to conduct SWOT analyses, predict future state, build scenarios
• Experienced in designing and executing capability assessments using quantitative (e.g., surveys design and interpretation) and qualitative (e.g., interviews, focus groups, facilitated workshops) methods
• Execution skills and ability to deploy differing methodologies depending on what works best – classical waterfall project/program management, or agile cross-functional sprints
• Knowledge with Strat Planning and Annual Operating Plan, knowledge of standard P&L metrics

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or advanced degree is preferred
• High sense of urgency and commitment to execution 
• Strong communication and collaborative leadership skills 
• Ability to serve as a consultant; use adept questioning to get beyond symptoms to root causes; able to identify, separate and synthesize the key points; able to tailor complex messages to different audiences; a pragmatic problem-solver who can imagine the possible, and make it practical.
• Ability to lead without authority and facilitate agreement on paths forwards with teams to create coherent alignment towards end goals.

Requisition ID: 626174 

Minimum Salary: $ 173100 

Maximum Salary: $ 328900 

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).

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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.

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.