Director Program Management

Lead the team developing Abbott Electrophysiology’s Next Generation platform projects. These are top priority programs with high visibility in a high growth business that will play a major role in shaping our future portfolio. Key performance measures include:

• Lead cross‑functional core teams and development activities to meet program objectives including scope, quality, budget, and schedule. Core responsibilities include:
  • Project planning and contracting
  • Budget planning
  • Resource planning
  • Regular executive status updates
  • Project financial metrics such as ROI, budget, COGS, and capital
  • Creating and maintaining schedules
  • Risk Management
• Devise and execute against a system‑level plan that incorporates cross‑functional dependencies including those between sub‑functions within R&D.
• Drive accountability through identifying dependencies, critical path tasks and forward looking forecasting of program and technical risks, mitigations for those risks and key team decisions with trade offs
• Adhere to the business process governance and complete phase deliverables to drive project progression.
• Communicate and drive alignment with all levels of the organization on the objectives, risks, and needs for the program.
• Identify opportunities for improving overall business performance of the program.
• Develop plans with core members to eliminate and/or mitigate risk. If risks cannot be mitigated within the core team, determine appropriate means to communicate and elevate issues to appropriate individuals within the organization.
• Analyzes the impact of changes in existing projects or addition of new projects and identifies strategies (resources allocation/project sequencing) for accomplishing all desired projects—identifies project interrelationships that affect priority and resources allocation decisions
• Manage/mentor program managers directly involved with the same project.

• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Maintain a safe and professional work environment.
• Establish and maintain the program and product Design History File.
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Identifies and implements continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness of the PMO

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Science discipline
• 12+ years of leadership experience in Engineering, R&D, and/or Quality within a medical device/biomedical, high technology, and/or regulated industry
• 5+ years in Program Management leading large scale, electro‑mechanical system programs
• Demonstrated success bringing a complex medical devices through development to commercial launch
• Disposables/high volume medical device design and manufacturing experience
• Experience managing direct reports
• Exceptional planning, multi‑tasking, and influencing without authority
• Exceptional Leadership skills
  • Strong communicator with proven executive presence
  • Effective cross‑functional collaborator
  • Result driven with strong accountability (both for themselves and for team members)
  • Proven ability to adapt and lead through change, highly visible and critical programs

• Knowledge of EP and left atrial appendage closure procedures
• Advanced level degree(s) in Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• PMP Certification

The base pay for this position is $ – $. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.