Associate Director, Software Engineering - Digital Solutions

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:

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.
• 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 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.

Abbott’s Digital Solutions organization, part of the Medical Devices group, partners with our Diabetes, Cardiovascular, and Neuromodulation businesses to develop and commercialize digital technologies that expand access to care, optimize medical procedures, and improve chronic disease management.  Together with Abbott’s life-changing medical devices, Digital Solutions leverages technologies such as AI and data interoperability to enable people to live life to the fullest.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an Associate Director, Software Engineering to join our team and establish EHR Interoperability capabilities and team within Digital Solutions Technology function for a diverse and growing portfolio of digital health products and digital health platforms. This position reports directly to the Head of Software Engineering, Digital Solutions and will be instrumental Digital Solutions’ expansion and impact in the area of EHR Interoperability.  

This position will incubate and advance the usage of industry standards and consistent Interoperability technology stack across Medical Devices.  You will drive technical execution of world-class Interoperability and Connectivity solutions providing efficient means to improving clinical workflow and outcomes for patients, providers and customers.

This position will have the responsibility and oversight of Digital Solutions Interoperability software development and development operations, associated regulated and compliant cloud infrastructure, and platform integration with Abbott Medical Devices Division products.

What You’ll Work On

Software Product Development

• Work closely with Digital Solutions leadership and portfolio program teams to prioritize Connectivity investments that support Abbott Medical Devices’ strategic direction; Assist in assessing and developing business cases for prioritized use cases.
• Provide hands on technical leadership support to cross-functional portfolio teams and ensure development and deployment of scalable Interoperability solutions between EHRs and Abbott Medical Devices products.
• Support program portfolio management and execution across Digital Solutions to ensure the objectives of program(s) including scope, resourcing, budget, and schedule.
• Guide development and documentation of requirements, test plan protocols, standard operating procedures, specifications, and test procedures. Ensure platform team complies with these policies, procedures, and processes.
• Interface with appropriate cross-functional teams and internal and external resources (regulatory, quality, IT, customers, etc.) to ensure platform development meets regulatory, compliance, legal and customer requirements.

Strategic Leadership

• Act as the primary authority within Digital Solutions group related to Interoperability solutions
• Provide strategic input into Interoperability platform product development, risk management, and lifecycle planning

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