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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) is looking for R&D Program Management Director based in Alameda, CA (also available in Milpitas, CA). This role leads a department of R&D Program Management professionals responsible for leadership of ADC’s Dose Guidance portfolio (formerly Bigfoot Biomedical products), internal algorithm development and other strategic initiatives.
You will set development strategy, evaluate ideas, prioritize R&D tasks, develop release plans with business leadership, create and monitor timelines, coordinate and drive all development activities in the assigned portfolio of programs.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:
- Manage direct staff leading programs in the Dose Guidance portfolio.
- Develop and implement development strategies to support business needs. Continually adjust to updated priorities and critical deadlines.
- Partner closely with functional managers and Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions
- Leads project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting of projects
- Ensures Division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution
- Drives for resolution in cross-functional problem solving, communication, and integration
- Partners with peers leading hardware, mobile app, and cloud portfolios to deliver seamless product feature sets.
- Has the flexibility to quickly adapt and produce in a rapidly changing environment, meeting aggressive product launch schedules
- Ensures that the cross-functional members work as a “team” focused on business unit goals identified and managing program and solution interdependencies
- Conducts review meetings with executive leadership focused on product development progress
- Supports product rollout and geographic expansion
- Champions program management best practices to drive better project planning, execution, and change management across ADC
- Collects best practices across Abbott and can support divisions beyond ADC
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline such as Biomedical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Minimum 7 years experience as a Project Director/Project Manager in a medical device organization, preferably including experience with consumer-focused products.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a business or a technical discipline.
- Technical background in engineering, computer science, chemistry or physics preferred.
- Experience in drug delivery and/or patient monitoring systems
- Experience with hardware and software development of complex systems including those leveraging algorithms to improve performance.
- Cross-functional experience in the areas of R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Manufacturing are desired.
- Knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices is a plus (eg FDA, ISO, QSR design controls).
- Demonstrated track record of successfully managing medical device / software projects from concept to market.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels of the organization within a variety of departments.
- 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. Excellent negotiation and influence skills.
- Has expertise in working with external suppliers, partners and/or customers.
- Proficient with use of various software applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint.
- Experience in Medical Health Records and sensitive data processing
- Experience in Project Management tools such as MS Project, Product Board or JIRA. Familiar with best practice use of program management tools and processes.
- Ability to travel up to 20%
The base pay for this position is $169,300.00 – $338,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
