Our DE&I strategy

Diversity, equity and inclusion in our organization

Innovation thrives when people of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, backgrounds, experiences, orientations and beliefs share their ideas. By encouraging learning and challenging the status quo, we can achieve the greatest breakthroughs for patients around the world.

Learn more about our strategy and the programs that bring it to life below.

Build

We believe fueling innovation and diversity at Boston Scientific starts with accessing a broader range of talent through inclusive hiring practices.

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Attracting new talent with broad perspectives

By partnering with professional organizations that represent a variety of diversity dimensions, such as the National Association of Asian American Professionals, we are bringing some of the best minds to our teams and building a sustainable pipeline of diverse talent.

Our efforts to attract diverse talent

Inclusive hiring practices

We continually assess our hiring materials and practices, including our focus on diverse slates to provide rich pools of candidates with the opportunity to compete for open roles.

Collaborating for change

We proudly partner with leading organizations and institutions that promote and support the development of talent from underrepresented groups.

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Recruiting with purpose

We identify, participate in and sponsor recruitment events involving individuals with disabilities, military talent, LGBTQ+ individuals and more.

Belong

Our strong culture is rooted in our values. Our purposeful DE&I programs and initiatives embrace diverse perspectives and avenues to embed a sense of belonging based on mutual respect and trust.

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Developing leaders through employee resource groups (ERGs)

Our ERGs offer employees opportunities to meet, learn and grow outside of their day-to-day jobs as well as the ability to provide important insights that impact our DE&I efforts. More than 9,200 employees participate in over 125 ERG chapters, including more than 10 virtual chapters.

How we’re enriching our culture of inclusion

Inclusive ERGs

Our ERGs foster thriving communities to help our employees connect and succeed.

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Self-ID

Gathering inclusive data is essential to fostering an inclusive culture. We implement self-ID touchpoints so we can better understand gaps, enhance overall employee engagement and experiences, and refine programs, policies and processes that will help us effectively work toward our DE&I goals.

Inclusion councils

We have more than 50 inclusion councils, which consist of employees who volunteer to accelerate DE&I efforts and outcomes at the division, function, region, country or site level.

Fair and equitable pay

Pay equity is the foundation of an inclusive workplace. See how we evaluate and achieve pay equity.

Learn more about pay equity

Supporting working parents

Working parents have a full-time job before the work week begins. See how we help employees focus on their families.

Learn more about supporting working parents

Culture of health and well-being

We offer inclusive policies, benefits and programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Learn more about culture of health and well-being

Employee listening and retention research

We actively seek employee feedback, create opportunities for candid, courageous dialogue and look to data and trends to continually improve the retention of our talent.

Advance

We recognize and provide development opportunities across our workforce to ensure that employees at all levels experience meaningful careers.

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Give real opportunities for valuable work experience (GROW)

Employees who build our medical devices inspired our GROW development program and are furthering their careers into business roles, with programs at 10 locations across our global footprint.

How we're investing in our employees' development

Career growth programs

We offer a range of development and advancement opportunities for all employees, including mentorship, sponsorship and leadership development programs for women and multicultural employees.

For example, GROW helps us develop and retain frontline employees. Our Accelerated Diverse Talent (ADT) initiative supports the development of women and multicultural talent with the potential for advancing to more senior leadership roles. We also have the EXCELerate opportunity for high-potential women leaders, which is a multi-year program that matches each participant with executive career mentors and advocates.

Embedding inclusive behaviors

We require all employees to complete unconscious bias training and encourage them to set their own inclusion and engagement goals. Employees can also take our Anti-Racism and Cultural History (ARCH) curriculum to develop skills to recognize and address systemic racism, bias and prejudice, which is required for people leaders.

Developing leaders as inclusion champions

Our leaders play an important role in coaching and creating a safe and equitable workplace for their teams. Leaders must complete DE&I training to raise awareness about important issues and challenges — including systemic racism and potential bias — to enhance their cultural competency. And as part of our evaluation process when hiring or promoting senior leaders, we consider how candidates have demonstrated inclusive behaviors.

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Extending our approach

Discover more about how we are advancing equity in health care and our communities.

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All data as of December 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.