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

Lead the team developing Abbott Electrophysiology’s Next Generation platform projects. These are top priority programs with high visibility in a high growth business that will play a major role in shaping our future portfolio. Key performance measures include:

+ Lead cross-functional core teams and development activities to meet program objectives including scope, quality, budget, and schedule. Core responsibilities include:

+ Project planning and contracting

+ Budget planning

+ Resource planning

+ Regular executive status updates

+ Project financial metrics such as ROI, budget, COGS, and capital

+ Creating and maintaining schedules

+ Risk Management

+ Devise and execute against a system-level plan that incorporates cross-functional dependencies including those between sub-functions within R&D.

+ Drive accountability through identifying dependencies, critical path tasks and forward looking forecasting of program and technical risks, mitigations for those risks and key team decisions with trade offs

+ Adhere to the business process governance and complete phase deliverables to drive project progression.

+ Communicate and drive alignment with all levels of the organization on the objectives, risks, and needs for the program.

+ Identify opportunities for improving overall business performance of the program.

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

+ Analyzes the impact of changes in existing projects or addition of new projects and identifies strategies (resources allocation/project sequencing) for accomplishing all desired projects----identifies project interrelationships that affect priority and resources allocation decisions

+ Manage/mentor program managers directly involved with the same project.

+ Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

+ Maintain a safe and professional work environment.

+ Establish and maintain the program and product Design History File.

+ Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

+ Identifies and implements continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness of the PMO

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum qualification (required):

+ Bachelors degree in Engineering or Science discipline

+ 12+ years of leadership experience in Engineering, R&D, and/or Quality within a medical device/biomedical, high technology, and/or regulated industry

+ 5+ years in Program Management leading large scale, electro-mechanical system programs

+ Demonstrated success bringing a complex medical devices through development to commercial launch

+ Disposables/high volume medical device design and manufacturing experience

+ Experience managing direct reports

+ Exceptional planning, multi-tasking, and influencing without authority

+ Exceptional Leadership skills

+ Strong communicator with proven executive presence

+ Effective cross-functional collaborator

+ Result driven with strong accountability (both for themselves and for team members)

+ Proven ability to adapt and lead through change, highly visible and critical programs

Preferred qualification:

+ Knowledge of EP clinical procedure

+ Advanced level degree(s) in Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline

+ PMP Certification

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The base pay for this position is $147,300.00 – $294,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]