Director, HR Business Partner

About the role: 

As the Director, HR Business Partner (HRBP) for the sales organization, you will serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders across the division. In this highly visible role, you will shape and execute people and organizational strategies that enable business growth, strengthen brand impact, and support Boston Scientific’s mission of advancing science for life. 

You will operate as a trusted member of the sales leadership team, translating business strategy into actionable talent, organization, and culture initiatives across a complex, highly matrixed, global environment. This role requires strong business acumen, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the ability to influence the most senior levels of the organization. 

The Director, HR Business Partner will collaborate closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) and HR peers across the enterprise to deliver integrated, high-impact HR solutions aligned with Boston Scientific’s HR model and enterprise strategy. 

Work model, sponsorship, relocation: 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our Marlborough, MA office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

Shape and drive people strategy: 

• Partner with senior sales leaders to design and execute people and organizational strategies that enable business priorities, brand growth, and enterprise impact 

• Develop deep understanding of the commercial strategies, talent needs, and external market dynamics to proactively advise leaders 

• Serve as a strategic HR leader on commercial leadership teams and cross-functional enterprise forums 

• Integrate people strategies into Strategic Plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) processes 

Workforce and organizational planning: 

• Lead workforce planning efforts to ensure the right capabilities, capacity, and structures are in place to support current and future business needs 

• Partner with leaders to assess, design, and evolve organizational structures that promote agility, collaboration, and speed to impact 

• Drive clarity in roles, decision rights, and ways of working across a globally dispersed organization 

Talent attraction, development, and succession: 

• Lead the commercial talent agenda, including talent assessment, succession planning, pipeline development, and leadership readiness 

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to attract and retain top marketing, communications, policy, and market access talent globally 

• Coach leaders on building strong, diverse teams and developing future-ready capabilities 

Culture, engagement, and inclusion: 

• Champion Boston Scientific values and behaviors, fostering a culture of inclusion, innovation, accountability, and high performance 

• Equip leaders with tools and insights to embed inclusion and engagement into everyday leadership practices 

• Support culture-shaping initiatives that strengthen employee connection, purpose, and alignment with the brand and enterprise mission 

HR leadership and enterprise collaboration: 

• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated solutions across talent management, total rewards, employee relations, employee experience, inclusion and culture, and organizational effectiveness 

• Ensure effective adoption of Boston Scientific’s HR model, processes, and systems within Global Marketing 

• Serve as a mentor and coach to HR colleagues, modeling inclusive leadership and enterprise mindset 

• Integrate data-driven insights and AI-supported workforce analytics to shape proactive talent, organizational, and capability strategies 

• Leverage emerging technologies, including AI enabled HR tools, to enhance decision-making, workforce insights, and the delivery of scalable, high quality HR solutions 

Change leadership: 

• Lead and support complex change initiatives, including organizational transformation, capability shifts, and leadership transitions 

• Apply structured change management approaches to ensure sustainable adoption and measurable outcomes 

• In partnership with the Transformation and Strategy team, help lead the acceleration of AI across global functions including but not limited to, workforce planning, role redesign, skills taxonomy, learning pathways, and talent decisions (build/buy/borrow) to ensure our commercial organization has future-ready capabilities. Responsibilities include partnering on upskilling and reskilling programs, embedding AI literacy into performance and leadership expectations, and engagement across geographies to sustain transformation. 

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree  

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in a progressive Human Resources or relevant business environment  

• HRBP experience supporting a commercial leadership team 

• Demonstrated success as a senior HR Business Partner supporting complex, global, and matrixed organizations 

• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategy to brand, reputation, and enterprise outcomes 

• Proven ability to influence and coach senior executives as a trusted advisor 

• Experience leading workforce planning, organizational design, and large-scale change initiatives 

• Strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building engaged, high-performing teams 

• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills 

Preferred qualifications: 

• Prior experience supporting marketing, communications, public affairs, market access, or other externally facing functions 

• Demonstrated global mindset with experience working across regions, cultures, and functions 

• Track record of developing and implementing tailored talent strategies for diverse professional populations 

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to evolving business needs, and drive results with a high degree of accountability 

• Experience leveraging AI and emerging technologies to inform organizational design, workforce planning, and the evolution of workflows, including assessing how AI can reshape roles, capabilities, processes, and how work gets done across the organization. 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration, innovation, and purpose-driven leadership. This role offers the opportunity to shape the people strategy behind some of our most visible and mission-critical work—strengthening our brand, advancing access to care, and improving patient outcomes worldwide.