Director, Project Leadership New Product Introduction

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 115000 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. Youll 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 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 Director of Program Management this role is a key member of the PMO New Product Introduction (NPI) team and is responsible for leading a portfolio of NPI programs. This role ensures end-to-end orchestration of product readiness from development through launch and scale across global markets with accountability for delivery of complex cross-functional programs within the portfolio.

This position operates at the portfolio execution level translating business objectives into integrated program plans through established governance and integrated business planning processes while driving execution excellence across a highly matrixed environment.

What Youll Work on

NPI Program and Portfolio Leadership

• Lead major NPI programs translating strategy into executable plans and roadmaps.
• Align program execution with product roadmaps IBP processes and launch commitments.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to manage dependencies and deliver results across multiple workstreams:
  • R&D Medical and Clinical
  • Regulatory Quality and Operations
  • Commercial Marketing and Market access
  • External partners and TPMs
• Resolve execution risks and constraints impacting timelines.

Portfolio Governance and Operating Model

• Lead program governance and support portfolio decision-making.
• Provide clear status risk trade-off and recommendation updates to leadership.
• Enhance portfolio management processes tools and operating models.

Launch Readiness & Delivery Excellence

• Ensure readiness across product development regulatory digital and commercial launch activities.
• Drive consistent execution of global product launches and key milestones.

Risk Compliance & Quality Management

• Manage program risks dependencies and mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory quality and organizational requirements.
• Escalate critical issues with actionable recommendations.

Executive Communication & Decision Support

• Deliver concise decision-oriented updates to senior leadership.
• Present options trade-offs and recommendations to support timely decisions.
• Facilitate alignment on cross-functional and enterprise priorities.

Talent Leadership & PMO Capability

• Coach and develop project and program leaders.
• Drive accountability and execution excellence across teams.
• Contribute to PMO capabilities standards tools and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum 7 years experience in program/portfolio leadership within a global matrixed team preferably including experience with consumer-focused medical or software products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong leadership and the ability to collect information from multiple sources and synthesize integrate and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues
• Cross-functional experience in the areas of R&D Commercial Clinical Regulatory Quality and Manufacturing
• 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
• 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

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is

$172000.00 $344000.00

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

Project Management

ADC Diabetes Care

United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway

Standard

Yes 20 % of the Time

No

Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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