BHR Manager
Abbott Laboratories
- Location
- Puerto Rico - Arecibo
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- H-1B history
- 28 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Sep 11, 2026
About this role
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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION
BHR Manager , this position will provide support to Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management, located in Arecibo, PR. Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Arecibo location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. As a BHR Manager will s erve as the primary strategic partner to the business, developing HR strategies, needs assessments and resulting HR solutions. Responsible for ensuring the effective "delivery" of all HR programs and services. Responsible for HR results in the business, including client satisfaction, HR effectiveness and associated financial results. Establishes, builds and maintains strong relationships with key HR partners from all Practice Areas and Service Centers to ensure elements of HR are successfully coordinated to meet business needs; includes relationship management, leadership, HR roles / responsibilities, and service delivery commitments. Be the ambassador of the HR organization to represent the services and resources available to the business and help manage the collective reputation of the HR organization as a whole. Coordinate and implement HR strategies to meet organizational needs of a major segment of the business. Ensure actions and delivery of Practice and Service Centers align with overall HR Strategy and meet the needs of the business. What You’ll Do Responsible for compliance and applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. HR Strategy Develop proposals and recommendations to resolve strategically important issues affecting a major business segment. Prioritize critical projects based on business need and available resources. Delivery Management Manage and leverage human and financial resources within scope of delivered project services while supporting a major segment of the business. Secure organizational commitment to fund and implement said projects. Facilitate and implement change thru change management. Relationship Management Manage delivery of HR services across a major segment of the business. Ensure appropriate amount of resource planning is accounted for by the Practice and Service Centers to support the needs of the respective business segment. Responsible for managing business needs of multiple senior leadership teams. Know the business. Significant depth of knowledge of critical success factors and challenges for a major business segment and its role in the larger Abbott business models. Risk Assessment Must be able to understand and utilize historical and broad organizational data when weighing business HR decisions and actions. Able to understand all the