Principal Project Manager

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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:

Come join the HR Project Management team and make a global impact managing projects that enhance our employees’ Total Rewards.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Management: As a member of the HR PMO, you will manage the portfolio of strategic projects for the Human Resources Total Rewards team. Collaborate with global Total Rewards team to prioritize projects with clear value statements, align with stakeholders, allocate resources, and drive strategic changes across our global organization.
• Project Leadership: Lead medium to complex projects using your expertise in traditional and agile project management techniques. Prepare project plans, resource plans, schedules, and budgets using tools like Microsoft Project. Direct project execution by assigning tasks, tracking schedules, identifying risks, and developing contingency plans. 
• Methodology and Partnerships: Utilize appropriate methodologies and partnerships to ensure project success. Initial projects will require experience in managing software projects in collaboration with IT and vendors.
• Visual Planning and Communication: Create visual plans that motivate and engage project resources. Communicate project status through standard reports and participate in departmental and customer status update meetings.
• Issue Resolution: Collaborate creatively with team members, project customers, and others to resolve project issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct retrospectives to foster a continuous improvement mindset and enhance team performance.
• Community Leadership: Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and assisting or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.  Participates in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.

Work Mode:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Visa Sponsorship:
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required and 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in planning, managing, and completing projects of medium to high complexity
• Learning agility
• Ability to influence across a complex global work environment
• Stakeholder management and communication planning skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Experience in business process analysis and design

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership experience (e.g., community, volunteer activities, leadership roles, leading with inclusiveness)
• Familiarity with human resources and total rewards practices including benefits and compensation administration 
• SCRUM master, agile, or lean experience is a plus
   

Requisition ID: 599514

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!