Sr Program Manager, Product Development

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.

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.

Overview The Senior Program Manager, Product Development will be responsible for organizing and executing programs to support the product development pipeline, leading them toward successful completion while providing project/program management experience, rigor, and consistency across product development. This is a hands-on role that requires close collaboration with all levels at Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. Essential Duties Include, but are not limited to, the following: Lead and coach multiple efforts and teams to deliver work successfully. Apply project management methodologies and best practices. Work with business stakeholders to define strategy and requirements in order to define and execute a collection of projects across the business. Develop schedules, budgets, risk management plans, and lead the team to success. Maintain detailed program metrics around initiative goals and communicate progress to key stakeholders. Make critical decisions based upon a combination of data analysis, experience, and judgement. Formulate, organize, and monitor inter-connected projects to include coordination of cross-project activities. Develop and mentor program and project team members. Listen, influence, negotiate, and mitigate conflict while building relationships achieving desired results. Partner with multiple internal cross-functional teams and successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously.  Facilitate the organization’s development of objectives, key performance indicators, and results tracking. Collaborate with management to escalate issues or critical risks associated with project staffing. Apply project management methodologies and best practices. Work with business stakeholders to define strategy and requirements in order to define and execute a collection of projects across the business. Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to influence and persuade while remaining results orientated.   Ability to prioritize and balance multiple competing priorities within and across multiple projects at the same time. Ability to work in a matrix management organization with primary responsibility for project success while relying on a team of resources, which may or may not be direct reports. Strong facilitation and teamwork skills. Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.  Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.  Maintain regular and reliable attendance.  Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.