Sr. Advocacy & Alliances Operations Specialist

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 122000 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.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• 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 is within Abbotts Cancer Diagnostics business. Abbotts Cancer Diagnostics business was established through the acquisition of Exact Sciences bringing together Abbotts global diagnostics leadership with Exact Sciences expertise in cancer screening and diagnostic testing. Together were advancing the early detection of cancer and improving outcomes for patients through innovative accessible testing solutions. Our combined portfolio and reach allow us to bring life-changing diagnostic technology to more patients providers and health systems worldwide.

As the Senior Advocacy and Alliances Operations Specialist youll oversee the operations that support the external and cross-functional work of the Advocacy and Alliances team within Screening Medical Affairs helping ensure effective program management workflow coordination insight sharing process improvement and strategic engagement.

What Youll Work On

• Lead program management tracking and monitoring of external Advocacy strategic engagements including maintaining an inventory of key organizations relationship owners engagements next steps relationship status and sponsorship benefits in accordance with Compliance requirements.
• Manage internal cross-functional Advocacy engagement by identifying collaboration opportunities with key organizations distributing advocacy learnings grantee case studies and best practices and supporting select cross-functional strategic planning across Medical Affairs and partner functions.
• Develop and maintain Advocacy content and reporting resources including MLR-approved communications key organization backgrounders and bios meeting notes reports case studies internal updates geographic activity tracking annual surveys team retreats and the annual Advocacy Impact Report.
• Support business processes and operations for Advocacy and Alliances activities including pre- and post-event briefings event planning and evaluation post-meeting reports role and responsibility tracking vendor management compliant material review and development of slide decks training content FAQs and scientific communications resources.
• Drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement by identifying process gaps optimizing workflows harmonizing Advocacy content across Medical Affairs tracking material update needs and partnering with Corporate Communications Government Affairs Marketing Market Access Health Equity Medical Communications Medical Education and other stakeholders to align shared strategic engagement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business or a relevant field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelors degree.
• 5 years of experience in related field.
• Strong knowledge of program management within life sciences advocacy or public health space.
• Demonstrated competence using information technology MS WORD MS EXCEL PCs and databases; advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and EndNote.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and/or knowledge of public health advocacy or cancer screening.

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The base pay for this position is

$78000.00 $156000.00

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

Medical & Scientific Affairs

ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

United States > Madison : 5505 Endeavor Ln

Standard

Yes 10 % of the Time

No

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

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