Senior Manager, R&D

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Use multidisciplinary engineering knowledge to manage and participate in design and development of innovative medical devices and subsystems in support of Abbott’s strategic plan. Leads and manages a team of R&D engineers developing new products and maintaining legacy products. Manages and conducts development work as part of a major project. Oversee and perform analyses to develop design specifications and performance requirements working with senior management to ensure market compatibility.

Provides technical information concerning engineering techniques. Provides leadership and mentoring to R&D engineers and technicians.

The Senior Manager of R&D in Abbott Vascular’s New Brighton location is a broad and dynamic role that spans activities that range from developing long range strategy to assisting with daily execution of product development activities and programs. The role has direct management responsibilities over R&D engineering functions within Abbott Vascular R&D. This individual will play a role in technical stewardship of Abbott Vascular’s product innovations, working cross-functionally to keep Abbott’s products in a leadership position long-term.

With the Abbott Vascular R&D leadership team, the individual will be responsible for attracting and developing the top technical talent necessary to successfully execute Abbott Vascular’s product plan; will share in identifying and implementing innovative solutions and best practices, creating and scaling robust processes; and ultimately will develop products that meet or exceed customer requirements for quality, safety, and effectiveness and Abbott’s requirements for marketability.

This role requires a proven track record of leading high performing teams and delivering fully developed medical products to market. The Senior Manager will interact and collaborate with a broad set of stakeholders, including directors and executives throughout the organization, physician customers, external suppliers, OEM partners, and service providers.

• Responsible for hiring and retaining diverse, highly qualified staff and providing career coaching, growth, and personal development.
• Accountable for staff development: critiquing, instructing, mentoring, coaching, and evaluation.
• Accountable for the performance of subordinates and work output of managed subcontractors.
• Responsible for leading and fostering an innovative and ambitious culture within R&D that is consistent with Abbott Vascular’s core values.
• Translates mission and vision into actionable, quantitative plans.
• Sets expectations and objectives for direct reports and monitors progress.
• Participates in Abbott Vascular’s business cycle including strategic planning, organization and talent planning, and annual operating planning.
• Collaborates on new device planning, knowledge sharing, and innovative design.
• Works not only with engineering direct reports and peers but also with partners from marketing, regulatory, clinical affairs, quality, and operations.
• Supports lifecycle management of current and future products from ideation, through development, to sustaining.
• Drives innovation in all aspects of product development.
• Prepares and delivers presentations to senior management and cross-functional teams as required.
• Direct and makes decisions to resolve systematic problems and to improve…