Business Relationship Manager - Commercial

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.

The Opportunity

The Business Relationship Manager - Commercial will be the primary liaison between the ARDx businesses and Commercial Delivery Teams. The BRM Commercial Systems is responsible for documenting the IT portfolio of ARDx business unit(s) with respect to Commercial Technologies.   This position will help ensure the portfolio enhances organizational strategy through successful, consistent and predictable delivery of programs, projects and applications. The Business Relationship Manager - Commercial will stay aware of the evolution of technologies and consider regulations relevant to the business area. This role will help coordinate across teams and experts to provide insight to the business unit(s) on how to best develop and leverage IT capabilities for the organization(s).

The role functions as the primary point of contact for IT needs for ARDx business units with respect to Commercial. They understand and contribute to the business unit strategy and translate business strategy in an aligned IT strategy and portfolio of programs, projects and applications. Through their close connection to the business, they will have a constant awareness of evolving requirements in the business area(s) and will influence the IT stakeholders and vendors in addressing these evolutions in the most efficient way. The incumbent possesses the ability to assess the overall needs of multiple business units and to negotiate an accepted portfolio meeting the most strategic needs of the BU.  Where needed, they will involve IT business consultants and external technology experts and will advise business unit(s) about similar strategies employed by other similar companies.

The Business Relationship Manager - Commercial will influence and partner with business and IT leaders (Manager, Director, Sr. Director level) to manage and align the IT portfolio.  They will closely collaborate with other parts of ARDx IT, adjacent business departments, and external partners to ensure adequate and timely delivery of agreed services, in line with agreed service levels.  They will also partner and collaborate with key IT staff of other Abbott divisions and corporate functions in order to support cross-divisional business initiatives and explore IT synergies and efficiencies. They will agree with management and align with overall global governance on the portfolio of programs, projects, and applications, and ensure that unit long range plan and budgets are aligned while negotiating for and securing resources to meet the long- range needs of the area.  The Business Relationship Manager - Commercial will support IT budgets and project capital/RCE expenditures continually looking for opportunities for cost reductions and cost avoidance.

Main Responsibilities

• Partner with ARDx IT Directors and Commercial Delivery Management to coordinate and recommend strategic decisions that impact the business unit, ma