Director, Research Science (Infectious Disease)

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

Provides leadership; vision and direction of an R&D development function or R&D program. May be responsible for assay, software, mechanical design verification, research and/or assay development functions. Collaborates across the division to optimize products and development programs strategy and budgets. Responsible for effective people leadership, up to R&D Director level staff. Conduct high level program management coordination and strategic decision ownership for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) molecular point-of-care devices and all related technologies. Manage direct reports at manager, and administrative levels. Also provide management guidance for their organizations to ensure market leading technology and product development. Establish product segment strategies in concert with cross functional senior management. Ensure that the Product teams have clear strategic direction.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Recruits, coaches and develops organizational talent. Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives. Creates an entrepreneurial environment.

·       Provides general direction to managers, exempt specialists and non-exempt support in various areas, groups and/or operations.

·       Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.

·       Demonstrates effective change leadership.

·       Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives.

·       Interacts internally and externally with executive level management, outside regulatory agencies, customers, vendors and suppliers.

·       Coordinates across functional areas, business units, and/or geographies in order to achieve company or area goals.

·       Utilizes technical/professional knowledge and skills to establish, interpret and execute company policies in a major segment of the company.

·       Monitors and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).

·       Makes and executes operational decisions with a strategic perspective.

·       Directs and controls the activities and budget of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups and/or operations.

·       Leads assigned departments by developing, communicating, and building consensus for goals and programs that support division, business unit and company objectives.

·       Creates mid- to long-range plans to carry out objectives established by top management; develops and calculates a budget for one or more departments to meet organizational goals; forecasts future departmental or group needs including human and material resources and capital expenditures; determines and establishes organizational structure and supervisory relationships subject to top management approval.

·       Typically makes decisions that translate programs established by top management into operational plans and schedules; work is performed without appreciable direction; consequences of erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve goals critical to the major objectives of the organization and would seriously affect the financial, employment, or public relations position of the company.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

·       Advanced degree in science and/or engineering discipline(s) required, p