Director, Program Management – Business Enablement

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About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were 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 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

Reporting to the Divisional Vice President Global Strategic Initiatives this role is a key member of the PMO leadership team and is responsible for the Business Enablement portfolio spanning customer experience commercial enablement and quality programs. This role ensures end-to-end program orchestration from development through deployment and scale across global markets and includes oversight of all cross-functional programs in the portfolio. Unlike program-level roles the G22 leader owns the portfolio system (governance prioritization and operating model) that enables consistent high-quality execution of initiatives at scale. Key projects may include (1) global website platforms for commercial and ecommerce sites (2) implementation of new AI tools that enhance customer service agent productivity and improve customer experience (3) building a roadmap that enables personalized marketing

This position operates at an enterprise level supporting the translation of business objectives into actional projects and programs through established business controls and integrated business planning process. The Program Management Director will lead across a highly matrixed environment ensuring alignment to strategy while driving execution excellence and building organizational capability.

What Youll Work On

Business Enablement Portfolio Leadership

• Translate enterprise and divisional strategy into executable portfolio plans and prioritized roadmaps
• Ensure all business enablement portfolio initiatives align to product roadmap Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and strategic priorities
• Orchestrate dependencies across
  • Product ecosystems
  • Business enablement systems
  • Internal functions (BTS/IT Regulatory Quality Commercial Global Strategic Marketing)
• Resolve cross-system constraints impacting delivery timelines

Portfolio Governance and Operating Model

• Define and lead portfolio governance structures (e.g. PMR intake and prioritization processes)
• Establish decision frameworks escalation pathways and performance tracking mechanisms
• Ensure disciplined execution through repeatable processes and consistent standards
• G22 leaders are responsible for building operating structures and governance at scale

Launch Readiness & Delivery Excellence

• Define and enforce go-live readiness criteria across programs:
  • Development maturity
  • Quality controls
  • Commercial launch preparedness
• Drive consistent high-quality execution across global product launches and releases

Executive Communication & Decision Support

• Provide clear decision-oriented insights to senior leadership
• Frame options trade-offs and recommendations for portfolio decisions
• Ensure timely escalation of issues requiring executive alignment

Talent Leadership & PMO Capability

• Build and lead a high-performing project and program leadership organization (G18G21)
• Develop succession pipelines and leadership capability across the PMO
• Drive adoption of best practices tools and standard ways of working

Experience Youll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years experience in program/portfolio leadership within a global matrixed team preferably including experience with consumer-focused medical or software products.
• Associates Degree (/- 13 years)

Preferred Qualifications

• Cross-functional experience in the areas of Commercial BTS/IT and Quality
• Knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (eg FDA ISO QSR design controls).
• Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise-level portfolios and influence senior stakeholders and to collaborate effectively with global stakeholders across multiple time zones.
• Deep expertise in governance design operating models and portfolio prioritization
• Strong executive communication and decision-making skills
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing teams
• Experience with portfolio management tools and reporting frameworks preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership and the ability to collect information from multiple sources and synthesize integrate and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10000 people have healthier hearts improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders and liberate more than 500000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

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.

Diabetes

Were focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. Were revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission: why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbotts Electrophysiology (EP) business were advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbotts Heart Failure (HF) business were developing solutions to diagnose monitor and manage heart failure allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

Were empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day more than 10 million tests are run on Abbotts diagnostics instruments providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA RNA and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas including infections disease cardiometabolic informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the worlds greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands including Similac PediaSure Pedialyte Ensure and Glucerna to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest live

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