Senior Paralegal

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:
As a Senior Paralegal in the Litigation group, the selected candidate will focus on government investigations, intellectual property, and product liability cases, working closely with inside litigation attorneys, litigation manager and paralegals during all phases of the litigation process. Duties will include early case investigation, witness interviews, document collection, and directing the discovery process. The selected candidate will be responsible for proactively managing cases and claims as directed by attorneys, which requires problem-solving, effective written and verbal communication, and excellent interpersonal relationship skills.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrate a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures
• Provide litigation support to global litigation team focused on government investigations, intellectual property, and product liability litigation
• Provide guidance to Boston Scientific Corporation business partners
• Lead strategy and execution for cases, claims and/or subpoenas
• Research, gather, analyze, and organize documents, while maintaining metadata extractions and chain of custody continuity
• Implement litigation processes and procedures into workflow, including complaint reporting, legal hold populations, preservation requirements, case assessment and onboarding, matter management, identification of data sources, constructing timetables, document tracking and settlement processing
• Ensure protection of proprietary personal and patient-specific data
• Conduct witness interviews
• Summarize cases and prepare reports for managers and attorneys
• Assist in developing legal arguments
• Understand litigation applications and systems
• Attend seminars and training sessions as needed to remain current and informed on applicable laws and regulations
• Be actively involved in non-litigation initiatives, such as Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement and Volunteer programs

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of paralegal experience managing complex litigation at a law firm and/or at a public company (medical device industry experience strongly desired)
• Excellent research, writing, communication, and project management skills
• Ability to multi-task, be a team player and work independently with limited oversight
• Good judgment and excellent interpersonal skills

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Requisition ID: 563496

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!