Operations 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.

Operations Project Manager

Purpose Statement

Support Ops. related projects and tasks involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the support of Operations throughout the site.

Key Responsibilities & Scope

• Lead cross functional, Ops. related projects.
• Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort.
• Prepares project plans, schedules, and budgets by using project management tools.
• Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.
• Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings.
• Providing operational oversight for project execution, including schedule adherence, budget compliance, and risk assessment
• Creating reporting mechanism and tracking methodology
• Support the R&D transfer to production processes.
• Requires in-depth conceptual, practical and technical and/or functional knowledge of principles and theories in own job function and general understanding of related job functions.
• Works independently guided by company policies, guidelines and procedures, receiving guidance on complex and unprecedented problems.
• Regularly participates in discussions and presentations in small, cross-functional meetings, logically presenting information to convey key messages.

Minimum Education and Experience (or Equivalent):

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering, IT or Business). 
• 5+ years of experience working and leading project initiatives.
• Prior experience leading cross-functional projects with comfort managing and working with teams both in-person and virtually.
• 5+ years of business experience using a full life-cycle project management methodology (Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, etc), including the application of change management principles (Kotter)
• Business experience demonstrated through business knowledge, leadership skills and product / process development capabilities.
• Working knowledge in regulated medical device / pharmaceutical industry an advantage.
• Functional knowledge of the order to cash business processes is an asset.

Requisition ID: 581212

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!