Meetings & Conference Services, Sr. Manager

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

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

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 Laboratories is seeking an onsite Senior Manager of Conferencing and Event Services. This role will oversee the entire lifecycle of conference spaces in the Chicagoland area and manage global project intake. This role will ensure that all aspects of AV and conferencing services are aligned with your organization's goals and operational needs. This position will be based onsite at Abbott Laboratories Chicagoland Headquarters.

Service Location(s): Abbott Laboratories Headquarters Chicagoland, IL(USA)

Core Job Responsibilities: 

• Manage the delivery and operations of Abbott’s Conferencing capabilities including Conference Space, Collaboration tools, Audio & Web conferencing, and Streaming. 
• Oversees strategic Collaboration projects, in alignment with organizational goals. 
• Provides leadership across all capabilities to ensure roadmaps are developed and being executed on through strategic projects and key initiatives. 
• Prioritize work based on return on investment, customer satisfaction, product performance, short/long term impact and overall strategic company goals. 
• Define, lead and build a high performing, collaborative team.  Hold team members and others accountable for consistently following through on commitments and ensuring that results are achieved. 
• Works with internal personnel, managed service partners, and key vendors to ensure service levels are consistently met for critical services. 
• Manages day to day operations of Abbott’s conferencing platforms such as WebEx, and MS Teams 
• Manages intake and platform support in the execution of large events, ensuring smooth, quality delivery and performance. 
• Ensures solutions are compliant with legal, privacy and security requirements. 
• Develops and implements business continuity and disaster recovery protocols to minimize disruption to business operations in the event of emergency situations or data loss. 
• Provide training and education to employees to drive adoption of conferencing tools. 
• Establishes efficiency and efficacy standards, providing recommendations for improvement of IT infrastructure. 
• Analyzes IT infrastructure and systems performance to assess operating costs, productivity levels, upgrade requirements, and other metrics and needs. 
• Organizes and manages technical project plans in accordance with the strategic plans of the IT organization and senior leaders within the organization and analyses and recommends appropriate solutions to requests.
• Communicates effectively to provide optimal support of all departments' information systems needs and to prom