IT Program Manager

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 role provides expertise in portfolio, program, and project management to BTS.  Responsible for creating, updating, and managing the QRC portfolio, program and project management processes.  Provides portfolio priority advice to senior management. Responsible for ensuring specific operational targets and goals for the teams are met and that policies and guidelines are followed and adhered to by the teams. Manages the QRC project managers. Manages the development of the annual planning functions and ensures smooth collaboration with other IT business functions to improve business performance and maximize opportunities through the portfolio.

This is a high exposure role expected to produce exceptional levels of excellence in overseeing BTS QRC projects and investments.  Provides governance and oversight for programs and projects along with maintaining overall portfolio financials. Communicates resource allocation based on resource availability and prioritized.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide expertise on delivery of programs and projects within a System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) regardless of delivery method (i.e. Waterfall, Hybrid, Agile)
• Champion strong IT governance within the project management framework and mentor project managers in its development and continuous improvement
• Provide direct leadership to QRC project managers.
• Create a strategic portfolio inventory by identifying all ongoing projects, initiatives, and programs, categorizing them based on relevant strategic goals, and prioritizing and adjusting projects based on strategic importance.
• As new QRC project initiatives are received, prioritize them and drive end-to-end process improvements in such a way that enables growth and delivers cost estimation improvements.
• Develop and maintain a strategic portfolio management roadmap for all new and current QRC projects.
• Facilitate adherence to PM Processes and establish group-specific PM Processes when needed.
• Responsible for the systematic management of investments, projects, and activities within QRC.
• Work with project leaders to ensure project tracking is accurate. 
• Serve as primary portfolio contact for Divisional BRMs and IT Service Managers
• Lead annual planning process including project, financial and prioritization reviews.
• Partner with OCM leadership to ensure readiness and communication expectations are included in project delivery.

Required Qualifications & Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 10 years’ experience in project management, business systems analysis, software development or deployment, with a minimum of 9 years managing projects. 
• Strong understanding of project management methodology, software development life cycle phases, and software development methodologies.