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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.JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 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 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 based on site daily in our Lake Forest, IL location in the Abbott Core Diagnostics Digital Health Solutions business, which is on a mission to transform diagnostics using data and digital technologies.

As the Program Manager, you areresponsible for leading complex programs for product development and commercialization in Digital Health business. While the emphasis of the role will be in product development and release, programs will involve all major business functions (e.g. R&D, commercial, product management, service, operations, legal, IT) and third party partners. This high-impact PM will additionally be instrumental in building the culture and capabilities within program management across the business, including core team structure, governance, templates, tools, and overall execution framework. You will represent the program to the organization, reports core team progress, program recommendations, risks, and resolutions of issues to senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will be an expert in project management fundamentals, have demonstrated strong program-level execution, and be a change agent in building a strong PM culture.

What You'll Work On

• Manage projects, programs and/or portfolios spanning the cross-functional areas, including:

  • Engineering & new product development

  • Product management & marketing

  • Service & supply-chain operations

  • Support functions, including Regulatory, Legal, Medical Affairs, IT

• Manage high-complexity projects containing multiple workstreams, including core team and extended teams.

• Manage projects involving global stakeholders in many time-zones across the world, with day-to-day work with cross functional members and partners in United States, Europe.

• Drive culture of core team effectiveness by ensuring clear expectations, adequate resource planning, and accountability structure.

• Drive initiatives to improve program management practices and tools, including: (1) implementation of waterfall vs. agile, (2) governance templates, (3) prioritization framework.

• Follows all regulatory policies, procedures, privacy, and security standards in accordance with government agencies.

• Develops plans with core members to eliminate and/or mitigate risk. If risks cannot be mitigated within the core team, determines appropriate means to communicate and elevate issues to appropriate individuals within the organization.

• In partnership with engineering and cross functional leaders, identifies opportunities for improving overall performance of the program.

• Works closely with functional core team leaders and mentor when necessary.

• Maintains a safe and professional work environment.

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a technical or engineering discipline

• 8+ years of experience required for progressively responsible experience in engineering or related technical discipline.

• 15% or more of international travel is required, you must be able to travel with a current travel visa.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing programs with complex requirements in a highly regulated industry.

• Expert-level demonstrated knowledge in technology lifecycle processes (SDLC, agile, waterfall, Scaled Agile etc.)

• Knowledge and understanding of software technologies and technology stack including on-premise enterprise systems, cloud-native architectures, micro-services, and AI tools.

• Experience managing programs in large enterprises with established processes.

• Familiarity with healthcare services and products, experience in a regulated industry is ideal.

• Certifications in Project Management such as PMP or Agile Scrum Master.

• SAFE Agile knowledge.

Apply Now

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

Connect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.

The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 - $198,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:Product DevelopmentDIVISION:CRLB Core LabLOCATION:United States > Lake Forest : CP01ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Yes, 15 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:NoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf