Director, Materials Science and Chemistry Lab

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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:

Are you ready to make a significant impact to the integrity and safety of medical devices in discovering materials and chemistry analytical insights within Boston Scientific Corporation? As the Director of Preclinical Analytical Materials Science and Chemistry, you will lead a talented group of analytical chemists, scientists and engineers, driving the advancement of determining materials properties and behaviors across the entire Boston Scientific technical community. You will provide department leadership and functional strategic guidance to an interdisciplinary team dedicated to delivering valued and high-integrity analytical services to teams throughout the product life cycle. 

 

This hands-on leadership position involves directing the activities of a multi-disciplinary laboratory and scientific consulting service group. You will be part of a high-performance team responsible for the design, execution, and reporting of forensic failure analysis investigations and materials and chemicals characterizations for medical device components and their associated devices. This critical role requires leading best-in-class analytical laboratory practices and rigorous, intelligent material interrogations in collaboration with internal and external partners. 

 

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

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and Inspire: Guide, coach, and develop a high-performing team of consultants and laboratory analysts. Foster a culture of safety, data integrity and excellence. 
• Drive Innovation: Oversee the development of complex analytical lab services, from initial inquiry through providing professional technical deliverables. 
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with senior technical leaders, project management, and interdisciplinary partners to achieve organizational goals. 
• Ensure Quality and Compliance: Understand and navigate external and internal requirements for laboratory operations and data integrity. Champion continuous improvement and best practices. 
• Solve Complex Problems: Mentor department teams to develop creative solutions to high-complexity materials and chemistry evaluation challenges. 
• Build Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate effectively across departments to further organizational objectives and drive success. 

 

Required qualifications:

• University technology degree in Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Science Engineering.
• 12+ years of work experience in the medical device or related field with a BS, 10+ years with an MS, or 8+ years with a Ph.D.
• Proven experience in leading and a medical device materials analytical laboratory group that provides non-evolving -standard analytical services, e.g., investigative, supplier material change evaluations, analytical method development and validation, and R&D pharma analytical.
• Leadership of an analytical laboratory team of at least 20 members. Stewardship of at least $4M of annual department operating expense budget.
• At least 5 years of work experience in an analy