Senior R&D Manager

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.

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.

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.…