Group Manager, Strategy

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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.

The Strategy Group Manager will play a critical role in shaping our divisional strategy and future vision. This position will lead the day-to-day management of the strategic planning and annual operating plan (AOP) processes while driving divisional portfolio and market research projects that shape the company’s strategy, growth, and competitive positioning. This role requires high collaboration with R+D Leadership, FLTs, Upstream and Downstream Marketing Leadership.

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.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

• Lead the portfolio process across Endoscopy. This includes:
• Measure and communicate our portfolio health and balance; make recommendations to improve our investment strategy: positive financials, programs that bring us closer to balance targets, programs that complete our market segment strategy, meaningful inch ups
• Ensure that risk is clearly captured across the portfolio and evaluate new ways to assess risk (all types, internal/external)
• Conduct formal postmortems from recent projects and apply to determination of hybrid type
• In partnership with Upstream Marketing lead and FLTs, increase regional engagement and highlight regional portfolio gaps
• In partnership with R+D Leadership, utilize the hybrid portfolio strategy to make recommendations on portfolio acceleration
• Oversee the portfolio process, ensuring robust, data-informed decision making, decision maker and portfolio advisor engagement, and organizational alignment
• In partnership with Upstream Marketing and R&D, create a unified portfolio strategy/vision, encompassing our current portfolio footprint, competitive threats, and future areas of investment
• Work with the R&D organization to support the R&D Deep Dive
• Develop clear, compelling communication materials (e.g., presentations, reports, dashboards) for leadership teams and the organization (to ensure alignment on the portfolio strategy)
• Lead Strategic Plan and Annual Operating Plan: including building and refining the story, alignment with regions, collecting cross functional input and driving engagement in working sessions, ongoing strategy development. Actively make recommendations on improvements to our divisional strategic processes
• Propose and conduct assessments to inform the strategic plan, including identifying opportunities and risks, growth opportunities, and defining plans with clear deliverables, milestones, accountabilities, and measures of success, and deliver insights and recommendations to senior leadership to support decision-making
• Manage cross-functional teams and work streams to ensure timely delivery of strategic projects and initiatives
• Manage and prioritize divisional qualitative and quantitative market research, including longitudinal tracking studies to inform an understanding of trends over time
• Lead team of senior level professionals focused on execution of strategic market research projects

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, business development, or related fields
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic planning processes and deliver complex cross-functional projects
• Strong analytical and financial skills;…