Sr. Manager, Program Management

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 Plymouth, MN location in the EP division.

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Sr. Manager, Program Management, you'll have the chance lead the dedicated team developing one of Abbott Electrophysiology’s newest therapy catheters.  Develop a disruptive technology in electrophysiology that promises to revolutionize patient treatment and prove its safety, efficacy, and efficiency.  This is a top priority program with high visibility in a double-digit growth business that will play a major role in shaping our future portfolio.

What You’ll Work On

• Optimize the plans driving the development effort with an 80% confidence schedule and contract agreed to with executive leadership
  • Leverage a dedicated cross functional core team to update plans and ensure functional leadership is in alignment
  • Incorporate input from the extended team assigned to develop the product
  • Coordinate resources to optimize team efficiency and manage budget to plan
• Lead and inspire the dedicated development team to select a design
  • Cast vision highlighting the unmet need that describes the “why” behind the program
  • Use your experience in developing complex medical device disposable products to guide the team through challenges
  • Balance development speed with feature scope while meeting Abbott’s high-quality expectations
• Release the product for clinical investigations
  • Fastidiously maintain scope while identifying and mitigating program risks
  • Collaborate with teams developing complimentary system components to ensure success of the total solution
  • Apply your knowledge and experience with FDA and EU MDR to optimize the path to release
  • Maintain and update key deliverables to follow portfolio management process at various stage gates
  • Schedule and manage monthly business review meetings to communicate progress to Portfolio Review Board (PRB)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science discipline
• 12+ years of leadership experience in a medical device, biomedical or high technology industry 

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced level degree(s) in Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Extensive medical device industry experience
• 4+ years project management of sterile disposable medical devices

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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