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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.

Senior Manager, Quality Operations and Compliance

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 works out of our **Princeton, NJ** location in the **Abbott Point of Care** , Diagnostics Division. 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.

The **Senior Manager Quality Operations and Compliance** will manage experienced Quality Assurance professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Often heads one or more sections/functions or a small quality department. Interprets policies, processes and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units. Assignments are defined in terms of activities and objectives. Work is reviewed for adequacy in meeting objectives.

What You’ll Work On

+ Interacts frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels.

+ Routinely operates as a liaison with customers and suppliers.

+ Participates and presents at meetings with internal and externals representatives.

+ Interaction typically concerns resolution of operational and scheduling issues.

+ Responsible for managing one or more quality system elements/functions as defined in the site Quality Manual.

+ Implements the quality plan in accordance with the quality objectives/goals and maintains the effectiveness of the quality system.

+ Recommends staffing and other necessary resource requirements needed to achieve business goals and compliance requirements.

+ Resolves project team issues with minimal oversight.

+ Responsible for ensuring that functional areas of responsibility have adequate training programs for adhering to all safety requirements and business EHS goals.

+ Manage the development and implementation of quality goals.

+ Emerging leader that demonstrates strong leadership competencies.

+ Decision making that has impact on work processes and outcomes, that could cause serious delays and considerable expenditure of a additional time, human recourses and funds.

+ May define and implement critical parameter for design control and related systems throughout the product lines.

+ May oversee the Nonconformance and Real-time data management portions of the quality System.

+ May maintain effective Quality Metrics and define and execute activities to resolve decreases in performance.

+ May support NPD at all stages of development process and ensure its compliance to FDA and other agencies.

+ May assist R&D in validation of NPS tools

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelors degree scientific or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

+ Minimum of 5 years experience in function or related field.

+ Two years of direct supervisor experience.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Master’s degree preferred.

+ Must have demonstrated solid knowledge and experience in discipline.

+ Demonstrated leadership competencies. Considered a Subject Matter Expert.

+ Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects.

+ Flexibility, strong problem-solving skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, solid organizational ability, negotiations skills with ability to drive cross functional teams. Emerging leader that demonstrates strong leadership competencies.

**Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** https://abbottbenefits.com/ (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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 $111,300.00 – $222,700.00. 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]