Principal Scientific Affairs Specialist, Drug Eluting Technologies

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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:
The Principal Scientific Affairs Specialist, Drug Eluting Technologies is an individual contributor role within the Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICTx) SciAffairs team that specializes in device-based drug elution techniques and technologies.  In this role, you will drive strategic initiatives in medical science and medical education that are directly related to the various drug eluting product lines within the BSC ICTx  portfolio. You will become the subject matter expert in drug eluting technologies responsible for driving scientific investigations, generating and disseminating medical and scientific data, analyzing competitive landscapes from a scientific perspective, and developing specialized scientific content that supports, informs, and influences ICTx product strategy.  You will provide professional and timely cross-functional support to Global R&D, Clinical, Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Medical Education teams.
 

Work Mode:
This is a Maple Grove, Minnesota-based hybrid role with 3 days in-office when not traveling for customer engagements. 
 
Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.
 
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:

• Plan, develop, and execute clinical and scientific data generation/dissemination strategies
• a deep Develop understanding of, and stay up-to-date on, the clinical science and other relevant, industry-wide scientific content related to drug eluting ICTx product lines
• Contribute to the development of education and support tools to be used by both internal and external global teams
• Create a library of educational materials aligned with organizational strategic objectives, clinical strategies, and commercial priorities
• Partner closely with regional medical affairs and medical education colleagues to ensure global impact of activities 
• Develop, facilitate, execute, and track longitudinal strategic publication plans in close partnership with clinical affairs, R&D, and other internal stakeholders
• Contribute to non-IDE publication related activities associated with drug eluting technology product lines
• Regularly summarize and disseminate up-to-date study results and key messaging points to internal and external teams
• Identify drug eluting technology users and KOLs, develop (and execute) engagement strategies in partnership with other functional partners, and provide customer-facing feedback associated with KOL needs
• Engage with scientific societies, external influencers, and internal stakeholders in support of drug eluting technology strategies
• Partner closely with medical education to identify, and/or organize, symposia opportunities for internal partners and steer presentation topic discussions

 

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in medical device industry, or 1+ years with advanced medical or scientific degree
• Fluency in understanding and interpretation of clinical data
• Ability to travel up to 30%, both domestically and internationally. 
• Proven collaborative track record
• Customer facing experience, KOL engagement/relationship building necessary
• Ability to quickly digest/interpret/explain scientific data
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable cross function and cross franchise success
• Strong presentation and communication skills 
• High sense of urgency and commitment to execution
• Must have the ability to manage simultaneous priorities, changing deadlines, and limited resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in scientific publication
• Experience with drug eluting technologies
• Advanced medical or scientific degree
• Previous experience in a global role
   

 

 

 

Requisition ID: 604383 

Minimum Salary: $ 82600 

Maximum Salary: $ 156900 

 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and