Senior Manager, 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:

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 is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. 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 looking for a Senior Manager, Project Leadership, based in Alameda, CA. You will lead the planning, strategy, and execution of innovative Data Sharing and Digital Partnerships. Working across cross-functional teams, internally and externally with Partners, you will evaluate opportunities, prioritize investments, and drive the delivery of high-impact programs. In this role, you will lead complex, high-impact programs from concept through launch, ensuring alignment across stakeholders, timelines, and business objectives. This role will also supervise project leaders assigned to the portfolio.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the strategy, prioritization, and delivery of complex inter-company (Partnerships) Data Sharing initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and consumer needs.
• Hire, manage, mentor, and develop Project Leaders, fostering a high-performing organization while providing leadership across cross-functional and matrixed teams.
• Define and maintain program roadmaps, business cases, scope, schedules, budgets, and release strategies.
• Drive portfolio prioritization and strategic decision-making, balancing business value, resource constraints, Partner considerations, dependencies, and timelines.
• Partner with stakeholders across R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions from both ADC and external Partners to ensure successful program delivery.
• Establish clear program objectives, success metrics, and KPIs, and hold teams accountable for results.
• Proactively identify, assess, mitigate and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies while driving timely resolution of complex cross-functional challenges.
• Lead product launches, market introductions, and geographic expansion efforts, ensuring readiness and execution excellence.
• Evaluate and approve significant changes to program scope, budget, timeline, and resource allocation.
• Influence and align senior leaders and stakeholders, both Internal and External, by translating ambiguity into clear strategies, priorities, and actionable plans.
• Develop compelling executive presentations and communications, leveraging strong storytelling skills to effectively convey program status, business impact, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Present complex information clearly and effectively, enabling informed decision-making and organizational alignment.
• Champion PMO best practices, c