Principal HR Project Manager, Global Total Rewards

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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:

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

Join Boston Scientific’s Global HR Project Management Office and play a key role in driving strategic initiatives that shape the future of Total Rewards for employees around the world. As the Principal HR Project Manager, Global Total Rewards, you will lead high-impact projects supporting compensation, benefits, and rewards programs while partnering across HR, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-wide solutions and operational excellence.

This role is ideal for a strategic and collaborative project management professional who thrives in a fast-paced global environment and is energized by leading initiatives that improve employee experience, modernize processes, and drive meaningful organizational impact. You will help advance innovative project delivery practices and contribute to the evolution of an AI-first mindset within HR project management.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our Marlborough, Massachusetts, office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portfolio of strategic projects supporting Boston Scientific’s global Total Rewards organization, ensuring alignment with business priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Partner with HR, Total Rewards, IT, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, define value drivers, allocate resources, and execute project strategies.
• Lead medium- to high-complexity projects using traditional and agile project management methodologies.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resource plans, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies using tools such as Microsoft Project and related PMO platforms.
• Drive execution by coordinating project activities, tracking milestones, managing dependencies, and proactively addressing risks and issues.
• Lead technology-enabled initiatives in partnership with IT teams and external vendors, including projects involving HR systems and digital process improvements.
• Create clear and engaging visual project plans, dashboards, and executive-level communications that support decision-making and stakeholder alignment.
• Facilitate project governance meetings, status reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities to strengthen team performance and delivery outcomes.
• Influence and collaborate across a complex global organization to drive adoption, accountability, and successful change implementation.
• Mentor and support project team members by sharing project management best practices and contributing to PMO operational excellence initiatives.
• Help shape and advance an AI-first project management playbook by identifying opportunities to leverage AI tools, automation, and modern delivery practices within HR project management.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in project management, PMO, transformation, or strategic program delivery.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience leading medium- to high-complexity projects or programs within a global or highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with project planning, resource management, risk mitigation, and process improvement methodologies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience supporting Human Resources, Total Rewards, compensation, benefits, or employee experience initiatives.
• Experience managing technology-enabled or software implementation projects in partnership with IT teams and external vendors.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Agile, SCRUM, Lean, or related project management experience or certification.
• Learning agility with the ability to adapt to evolving priorities, technologies, and business needs.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to build relationships across functions and levels.
• Experience supporting organizational change management initiatives.
• Demonstrated leadership through professional, volunteer, or community involvement.
• Experience leveraging AI tools, automation, or modern project delivery practices within project management workflows.

Requisition ID: 629122

Minimum Salary: $106800 

Maximum Salary: $202900 

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.