Sr. Program Specialist - TAVI Training

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.
• 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 Plymouth, MN location in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

As the Sr. Program Specialist - TAVI Training, you'll have the chance to be responsible for executing effective medical education, training, and marketing events and programs in line with medical education objectives, and marketing campaigns, developing and delivering lead generation programs.

What You’ll Work On

• Coordinate, plan and organize internal and external business-related functions related to Abbott training programs.
• Develop on-site and off-site plans and budgets.
• Investigate, coordinate, arrange and contract for hotel accommodations, facilities, audio visual services, transportation, food and beverage, communications, and additional services required to support programs.
• Direct multiple service contractors and subcontractors.
• Collaborate with training staff/management and physician faculty to create program agendas, materials, communications, and supplies that ensure that the training objectives are successfully met. This requires that proposals, budget management, project management and logistics are effectively managed for all participants and faculty.
• Organize and facilitate program planning meetings to ensure that all parties involved are properly informed and contributing, as necessary, to assure program success.  This can include both internal stake holders, and external physician contractors.
• Manage all aspects of registration for courses including invitations, travel and hotel accommodations, and rooming lists.
• Attend events as needed to support from a logistical perspective and to ensure that details associated with participants, lodging, equipment needs, guest speakers and agendas, supplies and documentation are attended to and that problems are corrected.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of programs by soliciting participant feedback and formulating recommendations to determine successes and areas of improvement, which will be used to improve subsequent program effectiveness.
• Ensure all appropriate documentation related to the program (facility, faculty, participants) have been obtained and retained in compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of Medtech-related experience, and project/program management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, and computer-based skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work both