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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.

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.

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.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

• This is a remote position
• Qualified candidates preferred to live in the Houston or Denver area.
• The territory covers West Region with occasional support to East and Central
• Easy access to major metropolitan airport
• Traveling up to 75 %
• Must have a Valid Driver’s License.

A technical expert focused on the end-to-end delivery of the AlinIQ Digital Health applications and at the delivery center on Abbott's consumer healthcare strategy. Core responsibilities of this role include complex IT implementation, testing, training, and escalation management. Along with the technical aptitude, this role is client facing, and individuals need to also possess excellent communication, critical thinking, and other soft skills to ensure high client satisfaction. These individuals have also shown an ability to understand the specific nuances of our applications and may be ready to mentor, with guidance, newer or less skilled employees in a specific application.

• Responsible for the end-to-end implementation, testing and training of the Abbott Digital applications with a focus on quality and customer satisfaction.
• Apply technical IT and networking knowledge to analyze user needs; gather customer requirements, design integrated, scalable and comprehensive informatics solutions to improve the automation and informatics solutions for clinical diagnostic healthcare customers.
• Must be able to multi-task and coordinate with a complex network of departments throughout all levels of an organization such as sales representatives, lab managers, project managers, IT personnel, HIS and LIS personnel, internal and external vendors and contractors, and senior level management as needed.
• Develops a proven mastery of the Abbott processes and ability to lead by example across the Area delivery organization.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Adheres to and promotes the Abbott Code of Business Conduct.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Medical or Hospital Informatics or related disciplines
• Minimum 2 years in the healthcare industry.
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant information technology experience outside of healthcare.

• Master’s degree is preferred
• Middleware application workflow, configuration and operational management experience
• Pre-analytical transport solutions workflow, and inventory management solutions workflow, configuration and operational management
• Sels experience is preferred

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives : www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.