Senior Project Leader

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:

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

This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.   

Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) is seeking a Senior Project Leader to join the Program Management Organization, which is responsible for the development and launch of data sharing features and partner integrations based on the FreeStyle Libre platform, the world's #1 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution. As a leader of data sharing programs, you will bring complex integration projects to market with partners that expand connected users on the Libre ecosystem.

As a Senior Project Leader, this role will manage the internal and external cross-functional teams supporting partnerships.  This role acts as the lead interface between ADC and external partners, requiring continuous executive stakeholder management.  Senior Project Leaders supporting partnerships are a key element of the ADC PMO organization.

This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You’ll Work On

• Leads end-to-end program management for features and project initiatives, working closely with functional Project Managers and other Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions
• Confirms the ongoing strategic rationale and value proposition for projects
• Maps, monitors, manages dependencies, and reporting of projects -- and able to sequence work to prevent downstream delays
• Synthesizes complex technical detail into a clear, cohesive narrative for leadership, adapting the story and level of detail for each audience
• Owns a portfolio of active initiatives; partners with peer program managers and workstream leads to pull status, balance priorities, surface risks, and keep the portfolio view current and trustworthy
• Establishes and creates a strong collaborative rhythm for project teams that keeps deliverabls on track and accountable to commitments
• Ensures Division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution.
• Drives for resolution in cross-functional problem solving, communication, and integration
• Liaises with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to monitor business processes
• Serves as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders (partners, vendors, cross-division) on data sharing initiatives and program status, adapting tone and detail for an external audience
• Operates independently with minimal oversight, exercising sound judgment to navigate ambiguity, make decisions, and keep programs moving without needing direction at every step
• Builds, maintains,