Principal Scientific Affairs Specialist

Additional Location(s): N/A

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:

The Principal Scientific Affairs Specialist strategically partners with Atrial Fibrillation Solutions (AFS) physician key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop and disseminate the clinical and scientific evidence supporting key BSC Electrophysiology (EP) and Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) technologies. This incumbent will create and support strategic clinical and scientific initiatives in support of podium, investigator-led research, and scientific symposia to endorse BSC's high-growth adjacencies and key AFS products. Additionally, a successful individual will establish strong collaborative relations with internal cross-functional partners (clinical, marketing, and R&D) to reinforce commercialization through scientific affairs.

This is a hybrid position (in the office minimum of three days per week) with the flexibility to be located in Arden Hills, MN, or Marlborough, MA. You will have the opportunity to discuss your preferred working location with your Talent Acquisition Specialist.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain clinical and technical expertise with key AFS products and therapies inclusive of understanding the clinical practice landscape (medical society guidelines, scientific publications, key clinical trials) to support appropriate evidence considerations.
• Identify and develop strong, credible scientific partnerships with strategically targeted KOLs focusing on AFS technologies to generate strategic evidence initiatives.
• Solicit and incorporate KOL feedback on scientific content to collaboratively build the scientific story around BSC AFS technologies/therapies.
• Provide KOLs with content development support for scientific and educational forums supporting BSC technologies.
• Create and support podium opportunities to disseminate key scientific evidence in support of BSC's high growth adjacencies and key AFS products with an understanding where similar non-BSC devices and alternative therapies fit in the current clinical practice landscape.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners to select symposium venues, program scope, and faculty with strategic scientific content highlighting clinical state of the art.
• Partner with faculty to identify and develop scientific symposium objectives, content, and key educational messages.
• Develop scientific speaker resource materials that can be leveraged by physician speakers.
• Establish strong collaborative relations with internal cross-functional partners (clinical, marketing, and R&D) to reinforce and align the clinical and commercial messages through scientific affairs. Build and maintain a clinically strategic understanding of data assets (bench, preclinical, clinical, post-market) in partnership with internal functional partners to generate scientifically and clinically relevant evidence sets.
• Serve as scientific liaison between KOLs and internal teams by providing KOLs with key BSC scientific evidence. Convey KOL input to influence internal strategy relative to evidence gaps, clinical trial design, competitive device features.
• Develop and execute BSC's evidence generation strategy through the ISR program in partnership with the ISR Chair/Committee, Clinical, HEMA and the Franchise.
• Train and educate the commercial organization on key data releases in partnership with Sales and Marketing. Attend scientific conferences and programs in relevant therapeutic areas to maintain current knowledge.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required in Life Science area; MD or MS / PhD preferred in a related field Minimum 5 years of medical education/clinical/pre-clinical/product development/marketing/field clinical/engineering experience (cardiovascular and/or structural heart and/or EP preferred);
• Proven experience in the medical industry (clinical, scientific communications, medical affairs, medical education, product management, product development, R&D, medical sales, or field clinical engineering) and in an FDA-regulated environment preferred
• Overnight travel (15-25%) to scientific conferences and other meetings within and outside the United States

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience in EP and/or LAAC medical devices
• Prior experience in academic research and scientific symposia as a participant or organizer
• Prior experience leading project teams and managing timelines using project management methodologies

Requisition ID:601968

Minimum Salary:$99100

Maximum Salary: $188300

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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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!

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