Program Manager, Integrated Business Planning

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:

Program Manager, Integrated Business Planning

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

This position works out of either our Santa Clara, CA OR Plymouth MN locations, supporting our Structural Heart medical device division.   Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As the Program Manager, you’ll have the chance to influence and lead our business planning approach for Structural Heart. You will be a key leader in implementing the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process and framework. Post implementation of IBP, you will manage the process, driving efficiencies and  aligning our strategic goals with our operational and financial plans. 

What You’ll Work On

• Leads the team through the translation of management and customer needs into project goals.
• Drive change management activities to ensure a successful implementation of integrated Business Planning.
• Facilitate connections between our product portfolio strategy, commercial demand and operational capacity and supply.
• Identify resource requirements, cost and time schedules for all Projects.
• Develop an implementation plan, conduct risk assessments, and develop and implement contingency plans to allow for and accommodate unforeseen events and changes in strategy.
• Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that long and short term business goals are attained.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies, quality system, ethics policy, and project goals.
• Accountable for the successful completion of project tasks on time and within budget. Accountable for managing resources (direct and matrix) assigned to project regarding project tasks. Includes mentoring and providing feedback within a team.
• Assure project requirements are met. (i.e.Compliance, Design Control, etc.) Establishes and manages team charter including project timeline. Manage the decision making process.
• Participate in identifying project funding needs.
• May function as the project contact with third party vendors. Interface with other disciplines, customers, internal clients, project staff and internal and external experts as required.
• Prepare and present written and oral reports and other presentations to internal and external audiences. Interact with senior level management to present significant Program strategies.
• Interprets Results / Recommends Options: Determine if results match requirements. Ensures that the necessary documentation is in place to meet quality and regulatory requirements.
• Draws Inferences: Assimilates disparate information from multiple sources, analyzes for trends, adjusts results and draws inferences. Resolves disparate information.
• Integrates Issues: Synthesizes and underlying causes to make judgments; recognizes the impact and interconnections in the organization and/or system, develops and recommends alternatives that support project strategies. Ensures that consistency is maintained across project.
• Creates Project Charter: Establishes project