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JOB DESCRIPTION:Job Title

Program Manager

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 Livermore, CA location in the Abbott Heart Failure, Acelis Connected Health business. Our Heart Failure solutions are helping address some of the World’s greatest healthcare challenges.

As the Program Manager, you are responsible for leading complex programs helping to build program management fundamentals for the Acelis Connected Health Business. Programs will span all major business functions (e.g. operations, commercial, revenue cycle, legal, software, IT) whereby new product development will primarily focus on digital products. This high-impact PM will additionally be instrumental in building the culture and capabilities within program management across the business, including core team structure, governance, templates, tools, and overall execution framework. As such, the right candidate will be an expert in project management fundamentals, have demonstrated strong program-level execution, and be a change agent in building a strong PM culture.

What You’ll Work On

• Manage projects, programs and/or portfolios spanning the following functional areas:New product development within software & IT
• Revenue cycle management
• Customer service & supply chain
• Sales & marketing
• Manage high-complexity projects containing multiple workstreams, including core team and extended teams.
• Drive culture of core team effectiveness by ensuring clear expectations, adequate resource planning, and accountability structure.
• Drive initiatives to improve program management practices and tools, including: (1) implementation of waterfall vs. agile, (2) governance templates, (3) prioritization framework.
• Follows all regulatory policies, procedures, privacy, and security standards in accordance with government agencies including all HIPAA requirements.

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a technical or engineering discipline.
• 5+ years in a program management role.
• Experience managing new product development for digital products.
• Experience managing programs with complex requirements in a highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated knowledge in technology lifecycle processes (SDLC, agile, waterfall, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in Product or Project Management.
• Familiarity with healthcare services and products.
• Certifications in Agile Scrum Rolls.

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The base pay for this position is

$114,000.00 – $228,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Manufacturing

DIVISION:

HF Heart Failure:

LOCATION:

United States > Livermore : 6465 National Drive

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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