Director, Global Technical Learning & Competency Development

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 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.

• 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 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

Abbott Diabetes Care currently has an opportunity for a Director of Global Technical Learning & Competency Development. This person will manage educational programs for the ADC R&D Digital team and will be responsible for: 1) Continuously assessing educational needs; 2) Create a long term vision and implement best-in-class learning journeys that engages employees and delivers strategic developmental content to all R&D Digital team members; 3) Support divisional and corporate training strategies; incorporate these into specific training programs; achieve corporate and divisional training goals, aligned with current ADC goals, processes and platforms;  4) Partner with other training functions and leverage current/future educational initiatives across ADC globally.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead ADC technical education program: partner with R&D leadership to identify needs and develop a comprehensive long-term education plan to all Digital team members to ensure the development of skills and knowledge necessary to achieve overall business and functional goals.
• Develop clear mission, vision, strategies for the technical education program through effective tracking of goals, objectives and priorities to ensure alignment with long term needs of division.
• Work closely with Commercial and other functional training teams to leverage existing programs and tools, share best practices and assure a cohesive training/education approach to all ADC employees.
• Implement programs within agreed timelines and budget.
• Develop scheduled communications to various internal audiences and manage team meetings to ensure management and companywide awareness/buy in to programs.
• Proactively suggest and recommend new ideas and creative ways to engage audiences.
• Ability to manage changing scenarios due to onsite needs and requirements.
• Ensure training expertise to provide quality training and skill programs that meet organization/division needs.
• Work with departments (HR, OEC, C&P, etc.) to ensure compliance and documentation of policies.
• Oversee training documentation.
• Oversee and help develop/design management tools to support training.
• Keep abreast of current trends in training and development.
• Develop and assign training programs and learning journeys.
• Implement and maintain effectiveness of quality system by understanding and adhering to Code of Business Conduct and all Operating Guidelines.
• Lead and facilitate programs that relate to providing training, using most current learning techniques, instructional design contents and innovative delivery methods to ensure information transfer.
• Coordinate / review budgets, capital plans, cost improvement programs.
• Establish internal / external executive management relationships to provide added value to training programs and delivery conduct new hire training when necessary.
• Continuously update training and skill materials.
• Work with representatives and managers to assess effectiveness of training programs and tools by identifying training strengths and deficits.
• Participate in advisory panels to ensure continuation of superior training.
• Keep abreast of key industry publications.
• Set and drive priorities consistent with business objectives of R&D organization; plan, maintain and assign training