Director, Program Management & Business Excellence

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 with Purpose: Oversee portfolio-level activities, ensuring strategic alignment and success across existing and future programs as part of the leadership team.
• Drive Results: Manage program scope, risks, schedules, resources, and budgets to achieve outstanding outcomes.
• Collaborate and Influence: Work cross-functionally and across sites to resolve conflicts and elevate program success, while leading the ACH product development operational cadence.
• Mentor and Develop: Identify and nurture talent within the team, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
• Communicate Effectively: Partner with senior leadership informing of progress, challenges, and strategic recommendations.
• Lead and Innovate: Take charge of portfolio-level activities, driving both current programs and future strategies.
• Strategic Prioritization: Master the art of prioritizing programs and cadence, owning the delivery of cadence of product releases that guide our success.
• Dynamic Management: Navigate the complexities of program scope, risks, schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure our portfolio thrives.
• Financial Stewardship: Oversee the portfolio budget for both expenses and capital expenditures, ensuring every dollar counts towards our mission.
• Influential Leadership: Use your judgment and decision-making skills to manage through influence across the organization, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Conflict Resolution: Tackle cross-functional conflicts head-on, ensuring smooth sailing for all portfolios and programs.
• Collaborative Leadership: Lead the various steering committees alongside the other functional leaders, shaping the future of our initiatives.
• Team Readiness: Assess program team readiness before pivotal steering committee meetings, ensuring we’re always prepared to shine.
• Elevate Challenges: Bring critical issues to Leadership, ensuring transparency and proactive solutions.
• Empower and Train: Identify, develop, and train core teams, cultivating leadership skills across the organization.
• Accountability Champion: Hold program teams accountable for delivering high-quality, complete deliverables as they transition through phase reviews.
• Safety First: Maintain a safe and professional work environment, prioritizing the well-being of all team members.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• 10 years leading projects in the medical device, biomedical, or high-tech industries, with a preference for medical device expertise.
• 4 years managing technical staff, with a broad, in-depth understanding of the medical device industry.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex business and technical aspects of large-scale development programs.
• Familiarity with cross-division business unit models in a highly matrixed, geographically diverse environment.
• Strong skills in setting goals, providing constructive feedback, and building positive relationships to drive results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging with all levels of the organization, including senior management.
• Exceptional planning, multi-tasking, and follow-up skills, with a knack for holding others accountable.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time, with occasional international trips.

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
• Excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit
• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges

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.