Strategic Pricing & Contracting PMO Leader

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.

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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’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 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 around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

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. For years, Abbott's medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it's glucose monitoring systems, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks. This is a fully onsite role.  Our location in Austin, TX or Alpharetta, GA currently has an opportunity for a Strategic Pricing & Contracting, Project Management Office Leader (PMO).  This role will be focused on driving process improvements through the EA Ops pricing & contracting, Rebates, and contract implementation teams.  This role will lead projects that increase capacity, drive efficiency, and reduce variation through eliminating wasteful activities, leverage best practices, improving contracting turnaround times, and leverages AI and existing systems.   This role will play a vital role in supporting our ongoing integration of CLM and CPQ systems. What You’ll Work On Lead and manage pricing & contracting process improvement projects focused on improving turnaround times, process efficiency, eliminate waste and increase capacity. Lead enterprise transformation initiatives focused on process standardization, operating model optimization, technology enablement, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, budget, quality, and compliance standards Facilitate current-state and future-state process design workshops to identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and improved customer experience. Leverage lean, six sigma, and AI tools to eliminate waste, reduce variation, and increase productivity. Own integrated project plans, including schedule, scope, risk, resources, dependencies, and financials Establish project governance frameworks, executive steering committees, and decision-making processes to ensure alignment and accountability across stakeholder groups. Develop and