Senior R&D Manager

Boston Scientific Gruppe; Maple Grove (MN); On-site; USD 126,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Maple Grove, MN seeks a Senior R&D Manager to lead the development of next-generation interventional cardiology devices within the Emerging Technologies Division. You will guide a talented engineering team to deliver innovative cardiac pumps and heart failure devices.

The role requires strong technical judgment, a track record across the product lifecycle, and the ability to build trusted relationships with reports, cross-functional partners and senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or biomedical engineering, or related discipline.
• Proficiency in design controls and risk management with regulatory understanding.
• Experience leading technical teams in a matrixed, global organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead people and technical leadership across the product lifecycle, ensuring sound engineering decisions.
• Guide teams through challenges, manage risk, and align with patient needs and business goals.
• Build strategic partnerships and collaborate across Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations and external partners.

Skills

People leadership

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Budget planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or biomedical engineering

Job description

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Maple Grove

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:

Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Boston Scientific as a Senior R&D Manager, leading the development of innovative interventional cardiology products within the Emerging Technologies Division.

In this role, you will lead a talented team focused on developing next-generation cardiac pumps and interventional heart failure devices to meet unmet clinical needs, strengthen our market leadership and expand access to life-changing therapies for patients around the world.

As a Senior R&D Manager, you will provide people and technical leadership to a team of highly talented engineers. Success in this role requires strong technical judgment, a track record of developing medical devices across the product lifecycle and the ability to build trusted relationships with direct reports, cross-functional partners and senior leaders.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an on-site work model, requiring employees to be in our Arbor Lakes facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota, office at least four days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Some travel may be required; anticipated less than 20% but could include international travel.

Your responsibilities will include:

People leadership

• Recruit, coach, develop and retain technical talent to meet current business needs while building future technical and leadership capabilities.
• Establish clear performance expectations and foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, inclusion, accountability and continuous learning.
• Empower team members to solve complex problems, exercise sound technical judgment and make efficient, risk-based decisions.
• Provide direction and guidance to employees who operate with significant independence and technical responsibility.
• Create an environment where employees can speak candidly, challenge assumptions, share knowledge and learn from one another.

Technical and product leadership

• Provide technical leadership and governance across the product lifecycle, ensuring sound engineering decisions, effective risk management and compliance with applicable design control and quality system requirements.
• Assess project capabilities and staffing needs, partnering with technical leads and program managers to position teams for successful technology and product development.
• Guide teams through technical challenges, escalations and trade-off decisions while maintaining focus on patient needs, product quality and business objectives.

Business and cross-functional leadership

• Build strategic partnerships across Boston Scientific to advance departmental and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate across functions, including Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Process Development and Test Engineering, as well as with external development and manufacturing partners.
• Support project and departmental budget planning, monitor spending and adjust resource plans to meet business priorities.
• Assess Business Development opportunities. Participate in due diligence efforts. Provide recommendations on potential business opportunities.
• Keep Boston Scientific's values and organizational objectives at the forefront of decisions and actions.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in product development, engineering, medical devices or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Proven track record of developing medical devices from early-stage development through full product launch and sustaining activities.
• Proficiency in design controls and risk management, with an understanding of regulatory expectations for medical device product approvals.
• Experience working within highly matrixed, global organizations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across functions.
• Ability to communicate technical issues and risks clearly, concisely and transparently across all organizational levels.

Preferred qualifications:

• Background in cardiac device development.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with external manufacturing partners, Operations, Test Engineering and Process Development.
• Track record of building, developing and leading high-performing engineering organizations.
• Passion for understanding clinical needs and partnering directly with physician customers to identify and solve complex problems, including delivering technical presentations.
• Highly creative problem-solving skills combined with a sense of urgency.
• Strong personal drive, individual accountability and bias for action.
• Commitment to fostering an environment of curiosity, continuous improvement, learning, accountability, knowledge sharing and candid communication where team members feel empowered to challenge assumptions and solve problems.

Minimum Salary: $125800

Maximum Salary: $239000

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life byprovidinga broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological,neurologicaland urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn .

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