Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs - Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA)
Arden Hills US-MN$138k–$262kPosted May 8, 2026
Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills
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About the role:
Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.
The Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs – Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) is responsible for leading global regulatory strategy and execution for Boston Scientific’s Pulsed Field Ablation portfolio, the company’s most strategically critical and fastest-growing segment within Electrophysiology.
In this role, you will provide strategic regulatory leadership and serve as the primary regulatory point of contact for PFA strategy, escalations, and program-level decision-making across new products, sustaining activities, global expansion, and compliance initiatives.
You will partner closely with R&D, clinical, quality, medical safety, operations, program management, and global and regional regulatory teams to support business objectives.
This role owns regulatory decision-making for a rapidly expanding and increasingly complex PFA portfolio and leads a high-performing regulatory team to deliver predictable, high-quality regulatory outcomes worldwide.
Your responsibilities will include:
Regulatory strategy and execution:
● Define and execute regulatory strategies for the PFA portfolio across the product lifecycle, including development, clinical, submission, approval, launch, sustaining, and global expansion
● Oversee preparation and submission of global regulatory applications and documentation, including 510(k), PMA, IDE, EU MDR/CE mark, supplements, reports, and international registrations, as applicable
● Provide regulatory leadership on clinical strategies and regulatory positioning for PFA clinical programs and next-generation initiatives
● Provide technical, clinical, and strategic regulatory guidance during strategy development, submission preparation, and regulatory pathway planning
● Assess regulatory risks, timeline impacts, and decision trade-offs, and provide recommendations to business and functional leadership
● Review and edit submissions and other regulatory deliverables prepared by team members
Leadership:
● Serve as the primary regulatory owner for the PFA portfolio, providing direction on key issues, escalations, and cross-functional decisions
● Provide day-to-day leadership, prioritization, mentoring, and escalation support for regulatory managers and team members
● Establish project priorities, allocate workload, and ensure appropriate regulatory support across the portfolio
● Lead, develop, and mentor a team of regulatory managers and senior individual contributors
● Build leadership depth, succession capability, and regulatory excellence within the PFA regulatory organization
● Support broader electrophysiology regulatory affairs initiatives, including organizational priorities, capability building, and process improvements
Internal and external stakeholder collaboration:
● Drive collaboration and alignment with cross-functional stakeholders to integrate regulatory considerations into product and business decisions
● Coordinate strategic alignment across key sites and partners supporting PFA execution
● Lead strategic interactions with FDA, notified bodies, competent authorities, and other regulatory agencies
Compliance and process improvement:
● Provide regulatory support for audits, inspections, post-market issues, field actions, and other compliance...