Director, Project Leadership

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 115,000 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 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

Reporting to the Divisional Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, this role is a key member of the PMO leadership team, accountable for the execution, governance, and continuous improvement of ADC’s Integrated Business Planning (IBP) function.

This position operates at an enterprise level, shaping how ADC prioritizes, plans, and delivers its most critical initiatives through IBP. The Director will lead across a highly matrixed environment, ensuring alignment to strategy while driving execution excellence, leading critical issue response efforts, and building organizational capability.

What You’ll Work On

Program, Execution and Issue Response Leadership

• Lead enterprise, cross-portfolio programs that span multiple domains (e.g., Privacy, Compliance, Digital/Customer Platforms), either directly or through Program Managers
• Formulate, harmonize and consolidate project scopes, plans, strategies, and budgets for one or more projects, working closely with functional Project Managers and other Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions.
• Lead and develop Program Managers responsible for strategic, cross-functional initiatives
• Provide leadership for the Issue Response Team, driving coordinated, rapid response to high-priority issues, escalations, and business-critical events
• Ensure clear governance, decision-making rigor, and executive visibility during issue response situations
• Drive consistent, high-quality delivery across complex, interdependent programs
• Serves as the liaison between the team and management

IBP & Enterprise Portfolio Leadership

• Own the end-to-end performance of ADC’s Integrated Business Planning (IBP) function, ensuring alignment of strategy, priorities, and execution
• Drive integration of portfolio planning, prioritization, and resource alignment within IBP processes
• Lead prioritization and trade-off discussions to optimize value delivery across ADC
• Integrate customer and market insights into portfolio prioritization and planning decisions

Governance & Operating Model Excellence

• Define and continuously evolve IBP governance frameworks, including decision rights, escalation pathways, and planning cadences
• Establish and standardize operating models, processes, and execution standards across Portfolio Operations and the broader PMO
• Ensure IBP is effectively integrated with key business processes (e.g.