Associate Program Director, Digital Health

Job Description

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. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for 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.
• 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

Abbott Medical Devices, with revenue of $19B in 2024, is a global leader in providing life changing technology for the management and treatment of people living with chronic conditions including Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Pain, and Movement Disorders. The Digital Solutions organization reports in the Medical Devices group and is responsible for leveraging digitally enabled technology to increase patient access to care and provide our customers with best-in-class experiences that support our collective mission to improve patient outcomes. This position will be onsite in Sylmar, CA.

What You'll Work On

The Associate Program Director, Digital Health leads the strategic planning, execution, and delivery of digital health initiatives, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence (AI) integration and electronic health record (EHR) interoperability. This role bridges clinical, technical, and business teams to implement innovative digital solutions that enhance patient care, engagement, and operational efficiency. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders internally, as well as external partners, to build our next generation digital offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Portfolio Leadership: Oversee the lifecycle of digital health programs from concept through deployment, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• AI Initiatives Core Team Lead: Program leadership for AI initiatives focused on optimizing the delivery of care for cardiovascular, metabolic, and neuropathic diseases
• EHR Interoperability Initiatives Core Team Lead: Program lead for projects focused on enhancing data exchange and interoperability across EHR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner), ensuring seamless integration with digital health platforms.
• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with executive leadership to define digital health roadmap, with emphasis on emerging technologies
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Lead cross-disciplinary teams including engineering, clinical, product, and external vendors.
• Project Management: Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders, leadership and external partners.
• Compliance & Quality: Ensure programs meet regulatory, privacy, and security standards (e.g., HIPAA, FDA, privacy).
• Reporting: Provide regular updates to leadership on program status, KPIs, and outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field (e.g., engineering, data science, software)
• 10 years of program management or equivalent working experience
• Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder digital health projects
• Experience with AI technologies in healthcare and EHR systems (e.g., Epic, FHIR, HL7)
• Strong leadership, communication and analytical skills
• Results oriented with focused urgency, prioritization skills and ability to recognize/escalate issues appropriately.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to evolving technologies and industry trends
• Creative problem solver, agile mindset
• Proven ability to manage to plan and resolve issues. Effectively clarify issues and actions
• Excellent reputation for building relationships across various levels of an organization
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced and changing environment and work with minimal direction
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize
• Ability to execute with quality

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or similar certification
• MBA or other related advanced degree
• Familiarity with machine learning, natural language processing, or predictive analytics in clinical setting
• Experience with interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR)
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• Agile or hybrid project management methodologies
• Medical Device experience
• Experience working in an FDA-regulated business (e.g. validated software related to medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences products)
• Experience in digital health technology, preferably in the health or medical space

The base pay for this position is $146,700.00 $293,300.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family: Project Management

Division: MD Medical Devices

Location: United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court

Additional Locations:

Work Shift: Standard

Travel: No

Medical Surveillance: No

Significant Work Activities: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.