Project Leader, PMO

Abbott • CA

66d • $146,700 - $293,300

About The Position

This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) is seeking a Project Leader in the Business Enablement PMO. This person will be responsible for program leadership of projects aimed at delivering a unified, consistent and best-in-class digital customer experience. As a leader in the PMO you will drive complex projects aimed to improve NPS, acquisition and retention targets and other key experience metrics for our FreeStyle Libre platform customers, the world's #1 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business or technical discipline with 10 years of relevant experience in product development, project management, and/or business process implementation, ideally in the fields of medical devices and/or pharmaceuticals.
• Strong technical experience in cross-functional program management and team leadership.
• Ability to collect information from multiple sources, synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work and negotiate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organization and across variety of departments to align plans and resolve conflict.
• Process-oriented thinking, focused on continuous improvement and lessons learned; have demonstrated ability to define and implement complex and interdependent business processes.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• General knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (eg FDA, ISO, QSR design controls).

Nice To Haves

• Experience delivering digital solutions to consumers in app-based or web based platforms.
• Experience working in a global environment, partnering with people from many different time zones and cultures in parallel.
• Familiarity with agile delivery approach, backlogs, and sprints.

Responsibilities

• Harmonizes strategies and integrates effort across multiple projects.
• Works closely with functional Project Managers, Product Owners, and other Subject Matter Experts from IT, R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions.
• Leads project planning, scheduling, budgets, risk/issue monitoring and reporting of projects.
• Executes programs to completion and assures successful market entry.
• Ensures big picture thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution.
• Drives for clear communication and issue resolution in cross-functional problem solving.
• Coordinates with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to prioritize activities across programs to balance resource availability, program deliverables and schedule, and business needs.
• Serves as the connection between project execution teams and management- escalates issues or asks for support, takes action when a shift in direction or approach is called for, and simplifies communications as the voice of the project.
• Confirms the ongoing strategic rationale and value proposition for projects.
• Makes timely recommendations to Management to terminate, shift direction, or call a creative thinking workshop if required by technical, commercial or other developments that may result in project failure.
• Identifies areas for process improvement and defines and implements solutions to improve ways of working.
• Serves as a mentor, trainer, and change agent to other stakeholders as processes & ways of working are defined and implemented.

Benefits

• 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 bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees