Senior Technical Writer

Innovation - Diversity - 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.                

 

Job Title:  Senior Technical Writer   - Cardiology R&D

Location: Arden Hills, MN

 

Purpose Statement

You will work collaboratively with development teams to create customer-facing manuals and labels necessary to support Boston Scientific’s worldwide regulatory, marketing, and sales objectives. By joining our Technical Communications team, your work will be a part of the life-saving products used around the world.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate, coordinate, and lead major cross-functional writing projects; and negotiate project priorities, deliverables, and timelines to meet the needs of compliance and supported functional areas
• Explore new writing methods, technologies, and strategies to recommend and implement innovative solutions
• Provide work direction, mentor, and train writers and supported groups
• Plan, analyze, and create content using technical writing theories, methods, and tools
• Assist with administrative authoring tasks, including routing documents for approvals, and reviewing documents for accuracy and conformance to standards
• Interpret and apply Boston Scientific processes to ensure compliance with regulatory and standard-based requirements
• Ensure document content quality by managing and organizing information for accuracy, consistency, and readability
• Establish and manage content across different documents and product types in a manner that promotes consistency and efficiency
• Identify, analyze, recommend, and implement innovative solutions to drive continuous improvement in technical writing processes and practices

 

Quality System Responsibilities

In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 6+ years of related experience, or master’s degree plus 4+ years of eperience
• Experience technical writing in the medical device or other regulated industry
• Experience with InDesign and the Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with an XML-based content management system
• Strong collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and projects
• Attention to detail
• Ability to adapt and innovate in a changing environment
• Ability to assist in project scoping and planning

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a content management system or labeling system
• Ability to operate within complex processes
• Experience in technical writing used for translated documentation

 

Requisition ID: 591097

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.