Senior Project Lead
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
As part of the supplier engineering function, the Sr. Project Lead serves as the central facilitator between Global Sourcing, Manufacturing Operations, and other key divisions to drive supply chain optimization. This role acts as a liaison between suppliers and BSC teams to plan and execute new product development projects and drive Material VIP opportunities for sourced components.
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA for this position at this time.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Leading Material VIP projects including ideation, priority setting, and monitoring performance to schedule, technical, and cost targets
- Partnering with material VIP project owners to coordinate activities required and complete material VIP projects; remove barriers and escalate issues to drive progress
- Planning and executing material cost reduction projects (MVIP) to achieve plant, division, and category goals; assess the financial impact for new business opportunities and value-add engineering projects
- Serving as the subject matter expert and providing input and data to influence internal and supplier component design and manufacturing processes
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams (PMO, R&D, PD, ME, Commercial, SQE and Purchasing) to plan and execute NPD projects and Material VIPs
- Delegating project tasks and mitigating potential risks; establish cadence and provide key stakeholders with updates on project performance, schedule, and cost
- Identifying continuous improvement opportunities to drive efficiency for material VIP and Product Life Cycle Process (PLCP)
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in any engineering or science-related discipline with at least three years of engineering experienceProject management experience with ability to create process flows and execute deliverablesPreferred Qualifications
Experience managing projects involving multiple functions and sitesStrong leadership skills with ability to influence change and drive performance cross-functionallyWorking knowledge of BSC products and processesStrong problem-solving and critical thinking skills; analytical and process-drivenUnderstanding of statistical methods, six sigma methodologies, and DOEExperience with components qualification or dealing with product and process changes