Associate 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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

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.

Working at Abbott

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

This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

As an Associate Director, project leadership, you will be responsible for Managing one or more projects with moderate to high complexity. Expedite, manage, and coordinate a multitude of interrelated activities within constraints of limited human and financial resources and changing priorities. Complies with quality system. May be required to establish / manage project budget.

In this role, you will lead high-performing cross-functional teams to ensure speed and innovation remain a core competency and that the team is focused, energized and on-track to meet the overall strategic and commercial objectives of our product launches.

This position requires natural leadership and a high level of independence, the ability to collect, synthesize, and integrate information from multiple sources, and to resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues. This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You’ll Do

• Define, plan, coordinate and integrate activities associated with existing products updates or geographic expansion commercialization within the overall business portfolio on time, on budget and on strategy. These activities include coordination of artwork and labeling, in-house and third-party manufacturing, inventory phase in and phase out, procurement and other activities.
• Coordinate input from multiple areas or multiple project managers on related projects. Identify resource requirements, cost, and time schedules. Develop an implementation plan, conduct risk assessment, and develop contingency plans to accommodate unforeseen events.
• Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that long- and short-term business goals are attained. Recognize the broader implications of actions and proposals on the final project outcome, related systems and activities, and general business strategy.
• Lead cross-functional teams through project planning exercises to develop detailed schedules and integrated project plans. Utilize project scheduling software to plan and track projects.
• Drive cross-functional teams to meet milestones and deliverables established in project planning and agreed upon with senior leadership. Creates a work environment that supports team effectiveness. Provides feedback to team members on performance.
• Develop