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Global Business Capabilities Director - Digital Activation

Abbott
Lake Forest, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Jul 2026
💰 $298,700/yr($149,300/yr$298,700/yr)

About the role

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Global Business Capabilities Director - Digital Activation 

Location: Lake Forest , IL 

 

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 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 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:  

 

As our Director of DHS Business Capability, you are responsible for leading and managing the DHS business deployment, implementation and adoption of the capabilities and processes required to deliver a digital solution within the organization.  Working with the business stakeholders, you are responsible for aligning the Digital solutions capabilities with the overall business strategy, objectives, and goals of the organization. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON: 

 

  • Implement standardized project planning and control processes and ensure tools are effectively used across all ADD projects. 

  • Establish processes to support project management standardization. 

  • Provide division-wide perspective to focus on root issues and solutions for project execution (not technical issues). Acts as a catalyst and key interface with project managers, PDMRB, and Core R&D to establish and maintain effective project management practices. -Facilitate portfolio and resource management as part of the annual SDP process. 

  • Ensure the proposed SDPs are based on realistic timelines. -Educate/train project managers, project team members, timeline coordinators, and functional areas on key in

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