Principal Product Complaint Analyst

Additional Location(s):  N/A; US-MN-Arden Hills; US-MN-Maple Grove

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: Everyone at Boston Scientific works toward one goal: transforming lives by addressing the most critical challenges in the medical device industry. Patient Care is at the heart of everything we do, and ensuring quality, compliance, and positive outcomes is essential to delivering on that commitment.

As a Principal Product Analyst, you will lead strategic initiatives that enhance product quality and performance across global markets. You’ll collaborate with a high-performing, cross-functional team to solve complex challenges, applying data-driven insights to identify risks, improve processes, and drive decisions that make a lasting impact on healthcare worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change as part of a team that thrives on shared success.

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 is not available for this position at this time.

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

Your responsibilities will include:

• Consistent, positive influence on the culture of the team, setting an example as a leader of high-quality work, effective communication, dealing with adversity, and solution-oriented thinking.
• Understanding and ensuring compliance to US & OUS regulatory requirements for medical devices for complaint handling and regulatory reporting
• Participating in the Global Quality Community to lead large, highly impactful projects to improve post market quality across multiple divisions.
• Utilizing data and analytics to identify areas of risk, opportunities and priorities
• Coordinating parallel tasks and meetings to drive collaboration of multi-site and multi-functional stakeholders to support project deliverables and timelines
• Providing and presenting succinct, clear communication to senior leadership on deliverables, timelines and milestones
• Influence change and align stakeholders to make decisions with limited information
• Supporting and implementing new Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions to improve and/or standardize complaint and regulatory reporting processes
• Apply systems-thinking to a complex quality system to streamline and identify areas for improvement and identify areas of risk and provide and manage plans for improvement.
• Providing audit support in the frontroom and backroom
• Effectively identifying and escalating risks, respectfully challenging management and status quo where appropriate, providing recommendations and working to resolve issues
• Working independently across the organization
• In all actions, demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.
• Traveling as required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a scientific or technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8+ years of medical device industry experience
• Demonstrated ability to understand, shift and contribute to changing priorities
• Competency of Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Xcel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.),
• Working knowledge and practical implementation of FDA, ISO, MDD regulations within the medical device industry
• Demonstrated proficiency in project management
• Travel approximately <5% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) experience.
• Strong research, communication and presentation skills
• Effective written and oral communication, technical writing, and editing skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction or supervision
• SAS, Snowflake or similar querying/analytic software experience

Requisition ID: 619173 

Minimum Salary: $ 103700 

Maximum Salary: $ 197000 

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 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.