About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the [_Freedom 2 Save_](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and [_FreeU_](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.
As a Senior Manager, Project Leadership , you will work with a cross functional team to set strategy, evaluate ideas, prioritize features, define releases, manage product roadmaps, timelines, and budget while coordinating with cross functional ADC and Abbott team members worldwide. You will be responsible for reporting project status and progress to ADC senior Management. This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the most complex or critical projects.
- Manage execution of projects in accordance with organization's new product introduction management methodology.
- Develop project plans, budgets and implementation strategies.
- Directly and indirectly manage the work of project managers.
- Monitor and report on progress and performance against the project plan.
- Identify and resolve risks and issues to minimize delays.
- Evaluate and authorize changes that significantly impact the scope, budget, or timeline of a project.
- Select and manage ongoing relationships with external contractors so that the organization receives satisfactory standards of service.
- Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team to ensure that projects are completed on-time, within budget and according to project specifications.
- Decompose ambiguity into a structured launch plan, clarifying tradeoffs and driving alignment across senior stakeholders.
- Confirm the ongoing strategic rationale and value proposition for projects.
- Ensure Division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution.
- Liaise with other project leaders, functional managers, and management to prioritize activities across programs to balance resource availability, program deliverables and schedule, and business needs.
- Executes programs to completion and assures successful market entry, or makes a timely recommendation to management to terminate a program.
- Identify areas for process improvement, and define and implement solutions
- Serve as a mentor, trainer, and change agent to other stakeholders as processes are defined and implemented.
- Depending on the program, the incumbent may not have direct reports, but will lead a matrix team with a high degree of accountability to ensure that team is appropriately resourced and that team members are defining plans and adhering to commitments.
Experience You'll Bring
Required- Bachelors or Masters degree in a business or technical discipline
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
- Has successfully led several high complexity projects from beginning to end.
- Demonstrated expertise in project management tools and processes.
- Experience in product development, project management and/or business process implementation, ideally in the fields of medical devices and/or pharmaceuticals.
- Experience with hardware and software development.
- Experience in running clinical trials and generating outcomes to support market access.
- Demonstrated excellent leadership fundamentals and public speaking.
- Cross-functional experiences in the areas of R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Supply/Demand planning and/or Manufacturing, are desirable.
- Require the ability to collect information from multiple sources, synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues
- Require strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work and negotiate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organization and across variety of departments to align plans and resolve conflict.
- Require process-oriented thinking, focused on continuous improvement and lessons learned; have demonstrated ability to define and implement complex and interdependent business processes.
- General knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (eg. FDA, ISO, QSR design controls.)
