Project Leader

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 

The Opportunity

This position is a 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 Project Leader, you will be part of the Digital Project Management Organization, which is responsible for the development and launch of new Digital products based on the FreeStyle Libre platform, the world's #1 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution. As a leader of new systems programs, you will drive complex projects to commercialize products including wearable sensors, glucose readers and product software.

You will assist with Digital Product strategy, evaluate ideas, prioritize features, define releases with R&D, manage product roadmap, timelines, budget, coordinate and drive ADC worldwide R&D, Operations, Regulatory, Quality and Commercial activities associated with these projects.

What You’ll Work On

• Leads a matrix team with a high degree of accountability for balancing scope, budget, and quality decisions, collaborating with other stakeholders to optimize portfolio value creation.

• Formulates, harmonizes, and consolidates project scopes, plans, strategies, and budgets for one or more projects, working closely with functional Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions.

• Liaises with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to prioritize activities across programs to balance resource availability, program deliverables, schedule, and business needs.

• Drives alignment on key decisions and report on project status, while preparing and presenting information as needed to ensure project continuity, maintaining high visibility and accountability.

• Confirms the ongoing strategic rationale for projects, and for the ongoing planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting of projects.

• Executes programs to completion, ensuring successful market entry, or promptly recommends termination to management if technical, commercial, or other developments indicate potential project failure, unless resolved through creative problem solving.

• Ensures division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution while driving for resolution in cross-functional problem solving, communication, and integration.

• Has the flexibility to quickly adapt and produce in a rapidly changing environment, meeting aggressive product launch schedules.

• Champions PMO best practices to drive better project planning, execution, project prioritization, and change management within Commercial Programs.

Experiences You’ll Bring

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in a discipline appropriate to the project or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Minimum 7 years of related work experience.

• Extensive knowledge of project management processes.

• Capable of comprehending the core solution being developed or deployed, including its business value, roadmap, alignment with overall strategy, and associated risks.

• Extensive in-depth knowledge of project planning techniques and working knowledge of automated project planning tools required.

Preferred

• Previous work experience in the medical devices industry.

• Process-oriented thinking, focused on continuous improvement and lessons learned – demonstrated ability to define and implement complex and interdependent business processes.

• Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work, influence, and negotiate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organization and across companies to align plans and resolve conflict.

• Strong presentation skills – creating top-notch presentations and communicating at all levels with clarity and precision.

• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach; resolve conflict; deliver difficult messages; execute with limited information and ambiguity.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a large/complex company environment.

• Strong proficiency in tools such as MS Office Suite, Productboard, Confluence, and/or JIRA.

• General knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (e.g., FDA, ISO, QSR design controls).

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

The base pay for this position is

$112,000.00 – $224,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Project Management

DIVISION:ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Yes, 15 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No

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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