Associate Manager, R&D

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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:

An exciting opportunity to join the growing Research and Development team in Boston Scientific’s Interventional Heart Failure group.  In this role, you’ll manage a top talent team and provide technical solutions and support to the IHF business.  The position will focus on career development and growth for our technician team, lab management/ownership, equipment and prototyping support, and general team development and functional excellence in the R&D IHF franchise. We are looking for a motivated and driven individual with strong team development skills who can drive growth and execution in a very diverse and fast-paced environment.  Come join this exciting and growing team!

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assists in and/or manages functional deliverables and ensures technical excellence for material, process, and product development support to R&D project teams.
• Supports test and prototyping equipment activities within the IHF lab space.
• Provides guidance and facilitation regarding technical strategies and approaches for execution of lab activities.
• Provides team development and training to staff, assists employees in attaining career goals, motivates individuals to achieve results, and recruits and maintains a high quality staff.
• Assists in and/or completes the development of budgets and monitors spending.
• Assists in identifying and developing department function equipment, software, supplies, and tools.
• Supports and may lead general IHF organizational initiatives.
• Assists in and/or determines appropriate staff levels, schedules and resources.  Works with lab customers and project leaders to understand priorities and plans resource and time allocation accordingly.
• Collaboratively determines project staff assignments and schedules work to meet completion dates and deliverables.
• Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships.
• Works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues.
• Monitors and evaluates project and department progress and results.
• Executes or delegates and guides non-conformance investigations and reporting.
• Supports and/or will lead a large laboratory move consisting of core equipment and resources.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering
• 5-8 years of work experience in industry, with a combination of individual contributor and project team leader or functional team leader with direct reports.
• Work experience in goal-setting and in providing on-going coaching and performance feedback to direct reports
• Demonstrated experience in coaching high performers and investing in people
• Experience managing complex equipment development and/or initiatives

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years of work experience in a medical device company