Senior Quality Laboratory Manager

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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:

Boston Scientific is seeking a dynamic leader for the Arden Hills Analytical Laboratory to serve as Senior Quality Laboratory Manager. In this role, you will lead the analytical chemistry, drug characterization, and equipment support teams who provide robust analytical testing for internal Boston Scientific customers.

This position will work closely with Arden Hills site Operations, Supplier Quality, and Rhythm Management and Urology divisions to proactively plan laboratory resources to ensure new product development, process and material changes, sustaining improvement projects, and quality control testing demands will be supported today and in the future. Within the laboratory, this leader will drive strategic initiatives to improve quality, testing resiliency, test methods, culture, and resource planning.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leads a team of employees in the achievement of organizational goals.Fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops direct reports on their career journey.
• Builds collaborative relationships with internal customers to understand current and future laboratory testing needs and priorities.
• Using project management skills, proactively plans resource allocations to align with project deliverables/testing demands and helps the team identify correct priorities when testing conflicts arise.
• Leads drug characterization and analytical chemistry team which conducts investigational and quality control testing; owns combination product drug batch release, retention, and stability testing programs.
• Supports the coordination and review of analytical chemistry testing conducted internally or at externally approved laboratories.
• Leads equipment support team which conducts equipment calibration and preventative maintenance activities to support the suite of equipment utilized by the Arden Hills Analytical Laboratory.
• Establishes and promotes a work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality System.
• Provides quality and/or management support for equipment control, software/equipment qualifications, test method validations, and process change assessments.
• Conducts laboratory investigations per Boston Scientific CAPA processes.
• Drive site or department level initiatives and strategic objective projects to improve culture, performance, agility, and compliance.
• Develops laboratory budget, business and quality metrics, and department goals. Manages adherence to budget and reviews their team's metric and goals.

What we're looking for:

Required qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar
• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of direct or indirect supervisory experience with a passion for leadership and team development
• Minimum of 2 years of laboratory or quality experience following cGMP and GDP requirements and principles
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, both technical and conversational
• Ability to utilize fundamental project management skills and tools for project and resource planning

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar
• Pharmaceutical or drug combination product industry experience as part of laboratory or quality function
• Laboratory experience in liquid or gas chromatography analysis
• Medical Device or regulated industry experience
• Embraces a culture of proactive quality/compliance and continuous improvement
  
  

Requisition ID:603158

Minimum Salary:$122100

Maximum Salary: $232000

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) - see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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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.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn't just business, it's personal. And if you're a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company's policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specificprohibited substancetest requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.