Sr IT Business Relationship Management R&D

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. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 bachelors 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:

TheIT Business Relationship Management (BRM)partners with the Rapid Diagnostics Infectious Disease R&D organization to fulfill their application portfolio strategic objectives and business needs. This role ensures the full application portfolio enhances the organizational strategy through successful consistent and predictable delivery of programs projects and applications for the Commercial and Marketing Organization.

The BRM works directly with business clients to understand end-to-end business processes and translate needs into IT opportunities and investments the goal of which is to enable and standardize business processes where applicable. The BRM works in collaboration with IT delivery and support teams as well as business partners to align and integrate with the overall business strategy.

What Youll Work On:

The IT BRM-R&D role is the primary liaison between IT and the following Rapid Diagnostics Infectious disease business functions including either of the following:

• Research and Development
• Product Software
• Clinical

This role will manage the relationship with business clients by applying IT and business knowledge / experience to build business cases and identify requirements needed to implement process and technology solutions aimed at resolving business issues and meeting business needs.

Project delivery involves working with the Corporate IT Plan / Build and Support organizations for implementation and support of technology investment. The role requires knowledge of the software development lifecycle the Abbott Shared Services model and the Abbott support resolution processes.

Additionally this role will manage portfolio and tactical projects aimed at improving business effectiveness and / or assist on larger projects which have Cross-Divisional / Corporate impact.

To be successful the role requires:

• Understanding of the end-to-end business processes in the primary functional areas
• Experience with and knowledge of Product Software Development R&D Systems and Clinical Systems is preferred

The individual in this role will utilize soft skills to:

• Build and enhance relationships with the Divisional business community
• Collaborate with team members across functions and levels
• Lead cross-functional groups to common goals
• Effectively communicate with Executive Management
• Partner with the business to develop long-termstrategic plans

Finally the role will assist the Infectious Disease IT BRM Director in:

• Financial planning and project budgeting
• Tracking business-owned and supported applications for SLC compliance
• Developing Long-Range-Plan for future IT investments

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOULL BRING

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science Business Administration or another discipline relevant to Information Technology or the Healthcare industry.

• 10-12 years of IT experience in large or midsized multinational Pharmaceutical Medical Device Diagnostics or other Health Care organization.
• Successful track record and experience leading teams both with direct and indirect responsibility.
• Experience in setting IT strategy and business IT alignment.
• Ability to collaborate with business leads understand business strategy/processes look for innovative solutions to drive business enhancements both for internal business users and external customers.
• Work effectively with all levels of management up to and including Division Directors and VPs.

• Experience creating business cases/RCE.
• Successfully managed project portfolio with projects ranging from $1M-$10MM and / or operating budgets of $7MM to $12MM.
• Proven experience and understanding of the complete software life cycle (SDLC) including privacy and security aspects along with modern technologies.
• Experience with vendor management overseeing successful delivery.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Proven leadership skills self-directed with strong work ethic.
• Strong organizational skills and proven ability to multi-task across multiple programs successfully.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience managing R&D initiatives and delivering technology solutions that support scientific innovation streamline research processes and ensure compliance within regulated environments.
• Knowledge of Modern technologies like AI/ML cloud (AWS/Azure) etc.

MISC:

• This is anonsite rolelocated in Lake Forrest IL. This isnota remote role/opportunity.

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In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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