Director, Project Leadership

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.

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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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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.
  
  

The Opportunity

Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) is looking for Director of Project Leadership, based in Alameda, CA. The position holder responsible to driving cross-functional Digital Product Programs, and capabilities from initial concept to market launch that drive the Consumer strategic objectives.

You will set Digital Product strategy, evaluate ideas, prioritize features, define releases with R&D, manage product roadmap, timelines, budget, coordinate and drive ADC worldwide R&D, Operations, Regulatory, Quality and Commercial activities associated with these projects.

What You'll Work On

• Develops strategy, prioritization, and plans for improving consumer experiences in hardware, mobile / web products and services
• Formulates, harmonizes and consolidates project scopes, plans, strategies, and budgets for one or more projects, working closely with functional Project Managers and Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions
• Confirms the ongoing strategic rationale and value proposition for projects
• Leads project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting of projects
• Ensures Division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution
• Drives for resolution in cross-functional problem solving, communication, and integration
• Liaises with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to prioritize activities across programs to balance resource availability, program deliverables, schedule, and business needs
• Liaises with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to monitor business processes
• Executes programs to completion and assures successful market entry, or makes a timely recommendation to Management to terminate a program if required by technical, commercial or other developments that may result in project failure if not resolved through creative problem solving
• Has the flexibility to quickly adapt and produce in a rapidly changing environment, meeting aggressive product launch schedules
• Ensures that the cross-functional members work as a “team” focused on business unit goals identified and managing program and solution interdependencies
• Conducts review meetings with Country Affiliates
• Supports product rollout and geographic expansion
• Champions PMO best practices to drive better project planning, execution, project prioritization and change management within Commercial Programs
• Establishes and monitors KPIs to assess delivery performance
• Identifies areas for process improvement, and defines and implements solutions, liaising with other stakeholders such as Project Owners, functional managers and senior management as appropriate
  
  

Accountability

• Responsible for strategic scoping, value definition, and successful and timely implementation of product commercialization projects
• Accountable for liaising with senior management in driving alignment on key decisions, and reporting to senior management on project status
• Accountable for driving scope, budget, and quality tradeoffs, not only for a given project, but across portfolio in conjunction with other stakeholders to optimize portfolio value creation
• Limited, direct fiscal responsibility for departmental expenses and indirect responsibility, along with departmental budget holders, for ensuring that functional budgets are consistent with project scope and plans
• Responsible for direct reports, but mostly responsible for leading a matrixed team with to ensure that the team is appropriately resourced and that team members are defining plans and adhering to commitments
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years experience as a Project Director/Project Manager in a medical device or software company, preferably including experience with consumer-focused products.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Typically, the incumbent would have a Bachelors or Master's degree in a business or a technical discipline.
• Technical background in engineering, computer science, chemistry or physics preferred.
• MBA desirable.
• Experience with hardware and software development of complex systems
• Cross-functional experience in the areas of R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Manufacturing are desired.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices is a plus (eg FDA, ISO, QSR design controls).
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing medical device / software projects from concept to market.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels of the organization within a variety of departments.
• Strong leadership, and the ability to collect information from multiple sources, and synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 8. Excellent negotiation and influence skills.
• Has expertise in working with external suppliers, partners and/or customers.
• Proficient with use of various software applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Powerpoint.
• Experience in Medical Health Records and sensitive data processing
• Experience in Project Management tools such as MS Project, Product Board or JIRA
• Ability to travel up to 20%
  
  

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• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
  
  

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The base pay for this position is $164,900.00 – $329,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.