Project Manager I

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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.                

 

Project Manager I

 

About the role:

• This Project Manager will lead projects in the Peripheral Interventions (PI) Division and more specifically, play an integral role in helping the Vascular Franchise to meet strategic objectives.
• Primary responsibilities include leading a new product development project team – across functions, business units and manufacturing sites - to successfully deliver a defined product to the business.  The scope and size of projects will vary and can include all project activities from initial kickoff through product launch.

 

Key Skills / Competencies

• Communication – Communicates effectively with all levels of the organization.  Listens actively and encourages the open exchange of ideas and opinions.
• Influence – Influences and motivates others over whom they have no direct control or authority.  Wins support through strategic relationships and persuasive communications.
• Collaboration – Models and promotes collaboration and works effectively with others across the project team, organization and stakeholders to achieve goals.
• Team Leadership – Builds trust and generates enthusiastic support from team members, fellow peers, senior management and delivers high impact leadership results.
• Planning – Creates a comprehensive and realistic project plan with prioritized initiatives that align with project goals and builds on previous lessons learned.
• Execution – Drives results by acting with speed and agility and by assigning clear authority and accountability, integrating and aligning efforts across units and functions, and monitoring progress against objectives.

 

 Responsibilities include:

• Lead cross-functional teams across business units and manufacturing sites and manage multiple projects from small to large scope, including schedule, scope, costs and resources.
• Develop and implement overall project plan, including cost, schedule, risk, performance and monitor progress against business key objectives and goals.
• People Management: Manages cross-functional development teams; leads teams and helps diverse and dispersed project team members to execute towards overall project goal(s); provides input to functional managers on team and team member performance; develops and maintains strong relationships with functional heads.
• Product/Technology Management: Manages the technical challenges of technology application and new product development; identifies, communicates, and manages moderate to high levels of technical risk.
• Project/Program Management: Manages key initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes; develops and implements project plan; builds team ownership and commitment to project plan; mentors and/or coaches other functional and project managers; manages project risks.
• Process Management: Implements TDP/PDP; leads team to complete activities to current policies and practices; Identifies process improvements affecting multiple projects.
• Communications and Reviews: Responsible for team and cross-functional communications; liaison between the team and governing bodies – Franchise Leadership Team (FLT), Project Investment Board (PIB), Business Planning Team (BPT); leads phase and business reviews, responsible for project meeting minutes, issues log, metrics, and other key communications.  Communicates and influences resolution of cross-functional issues.

  

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering or Project Management
• 4+ years of relevant experience
• Cross-functional project team leadership experience
• Must be willing and able to travel, sometimes internationally, ~10% of the time
• Works under minimal supervision

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior medical device and/or regulated industry experience
• The capability to easily navigate, manage and articulate core functional processes
• Leads courageously by confronting problems directly; moves forward optimistically under conditions of uncertainty
• Stays current on important trends that impact the business; places custo