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Additional Location(s):  US-IN-Spencer; US-IN-Bloomington; US-IN-Evansville; US-IN-Fort Wayne; US-IN-Gary/Merrillville; US-IN-Indianapolis; US-IN-Lafayette; US-IN-South Bend; US-IN-Terre Haute

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 this role:

Boston Scientific is seeking a dynamic and driven Medical Affairs Manager to join our team. The Medical Affairs Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the strategic direction of medical affairs for specific therapeutic areas, ensuring clinical insights are integrated into different product plans, and ensuring alignment with regulatory and compliance guidelines. This role offers a unique opportunity to work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to drive innovation and support life-changing healthcare solutions.

This position is open for remote candidates. You will have the opportunity to discuss your preferred working location with your Talent Acquisition Specialist.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Clinical Expertise: Provide medical and scientific support to internal teams, ensuring clinical data is properly communicated and leveraged for decision-making.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals (HCPs), and academic institutions to gather insights and advocate for the safe and effective use of Boston Scientific products.
• Medical Education and Training: Design and deliver medical education programs for internal teams, healthcare professionals, and external stakeholders.
• Clinical Trial Support: Oversee and provide guidance on clinical studies, including study implementation, site selection and data dissemination. Collaborate with clinical operations to ensure alignment with scientific and commercial goals.
• Critical Skillsets: Strategic thinking and planning; project management; clinically and technically astute, very comfortable presenting and discussing clinical data with physicians.
• Understand and strategically deploy Medical Education and Clinical Communication resources at identified institutions by matching the institutions’ clinical data and clinical communication needs, as well as fellows educational and physician/HCP skills training needs to BSC resources.
• Create strategic Medical Affairs plans for assigned institutions and geography.
• Engage identified HCPs, KOLs and regional thought leaders to demonstrate the clinical outcome and benefits of company products, technologies and therapies, to exchange clinical, safety and comparative-effectiveness information, to explore clinical areas of need and to discuss corporate initiatives.
• Effectively execute activities of major significance to the organization and serve as primary point of contact between institution and BSC MedEd/ClinComm.
• Identify key opinion leaders (KOLs) in the industry, expert speakers, and well-known academicians who can deliver defined curriculum as well as provide technical and clinical insight with real-world applications of Boston Scientific products for use at Medical Education programs.
• Assist in the execution of Medical Education program clinical tasks to include agenda development, faculty selection, needs assessment development support, acting as clinical lead for a program, review of presentations, faculty invitations and correspondence, and assistance with Technology Expo. Assist with the strategic planning and execution of local medical educational initiatives within assigned geography.
• Maintain connection to specific franchises regarding developments in clinical data, commercial initiatives, and product updates or availability to both inform functions with VOC and to enable leveraging of the information with HCPs/institutions as appropriate.
• Assist in activities related to Investigator Sponsored Research and Grant requests as appropriate and required

Required qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor's degree required in healthcare or related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in medical affairs or a related field within the healthcare or medical device industry.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with KOLs, HCPs, and internal stakeholders.
• Upto 75% travel required

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong leadership capabilities, with experience managing and mentoring teams. 
• Preferred master's degree (MBA, MSc, MS, SM, MM, MHA, M.Bus, MASc)
• Ability to manage simultaneous priorities, changing deadlines, and limited resources
• Strategic skills and experience developing account-level or product-level business/strategic plans
• High sense of urgency, attention to detail, and commitment to execution

Requisition ID: 591586

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

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’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Boston Scientific maintains a prohibited substance free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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.

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