Senior Program Manager

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott's life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations - with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

We currently have and opportunity for a Senior Program Manager that can be based out of either our Lake Forest, IL or Carlsbad, CA sites.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Manage Abbott Rapid Diagnostic (ARDx) Division Biologics program and associated projects with moderate complexity. Overall program objective is to build biologics sourcing and development into a key advantage delivering differentiated performance, reliability, and cost for ARDx. This will be achieved through cross-functional alignment and continuous assessment of current and future biologics needs, risks, and opportunities across all network spend (both internal & external). Oversee Division governance and driving tactical and strategic plans across multiple stakeholders. Ensures alignment to ARDx financial Plan and OEM.

• Define Division strategy to support overall program objective. Achieve alignment with stakeholders and refine as necessary as environment changes.
• Develop governance and associated processes to enable strategy.
• Develop methodology to define business needs and assess against internal and network capacity and capabilities. Continuously evaluate in formal process to ensure proactive identification of gaps, risks, and opportunities.
• Work with stakeholders to close gaps, minimize risks, and realize opportunities.
• Establish / own program guiding principles and measure compliance. Escalate as appropriate in cases of non-compliance.
• Ensure integration with existing/new Division and Business Unit processes.

Expertise and Problem Solving Duties:

• Coordinate input from multiple areas or multiple project managers on related projects. Identify resource requirements, cost, and time schedules. Develop an implementation plan, conduct risk assessments and develop contingency plans to accommodate unforeseen events.
• Lead cross-functional teams through project planning exercises to develop detailed schedules and integrated project plans.
• Develop alternatives to major business problems. Assist management in selecting the specific action plans that will best meet the identified long-term business issues. Anticipate long-term future problems, resolve current issues, learn and adjust based on prior results and prior project leadership experience.
• Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that long and short term business goals are attained. Recognize the broader implications of actions and proposals on the final project outcome, related systems and activities, and general business strategy.
• Prepare and present project progress reports to keep management and team informed. Identify problems, their resolution, trends, and their impact on project success; propose recommendations for management action.

Accountability/Required Supervision:

• Negotiate project outcomes and deliverables to meet the conflicting demands of time, money and deadlines. Maintain project expenses within budget.
• Provide leadership on strategic business issues. Drive cross-functional teams to meet milestones and deliverables established in project planning and agreed upon with senior leadership.
• Accountable for the successful completion of project tasks under direct or matrix control. Level loads work to ensure effective use of available resources.

Leadership Activities:

• Solicit the cooperation of a diverse group of disciplines and functions in a tactful and persuasive manner.
• Lead others in the completion of project tasks. Manage a cross-functional team which may consist of senior level individual contributors. Creates a work environment that supports team effectiveness. Provides feedback to team members on performance.

Level of interpersonal skills:

• Interact with senior level management to reach agreement regarding significant program strategies. Interface with other disciplines, customers, internal clients, and project staff and internal/ external experts as required.
• Prepare and presents written and oral reports and other presentations to internal and external audiences. Adjusts presentation style and content to suit the audience.
• Negotiate resources, both human and financial.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) Engineering, business, or similar or an equivalent combination of year of educational and work experience.

8-10 years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred

• Has successfully led several high complexity projects from beginning to end.
• Demonstrated technical skills and management judgment appropriate to the project.
• Demonstrated expertise in PM tools and processes.
• Supply Chain experience / familiarity highly desired.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The salary for this role is between:

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JOB FAMILY:

Project Management

DIVISION:

CMI ARDx Cardiometabolic and Informatics

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : J55

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Carlsbad : IBIS BioSciences

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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