Senior Program Manager (New Product Development)

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.

Senior Software Program Manager (New Product Development) – Pleasanton, CA 

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.

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Heart Failure HF division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies in heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. 

We are recruiting for a Senior Program Manager-New Product Development to join our Heart Failure (HF) R&D Team working out of our locations in Pleasanton, CA, or Atlanta, GA.  This is a high growth business division working on Mechanical Circulatory Support and Pressure Measurement Systems.  You will be responsible for leading cross-functional product development teams and managing one or more multi-year projects developing new products for Abbott's Heart Failure business.  This high-profile role will lead all aspects of new product development from project initiation to commercialization to meet agreed upon milestones and deliverables within the program’s agreed upon budget.  The Senior Program Manager will serve as the face of the program within the organization, which includes reporting core team progress, risks/mitigations, key challenges and proposed resolutions, etc. to senior leadership.

What You’ll Work On :

• Lead cross-functional core teams to meet program objectives including scope, budget, and schedule.  Core responsibilities include:
  • Lead cross-functional core team to develop project timeline consistent with business strategy and expectations.
  • Drive program execution per milestone commitments (project timeline)
  • Ensure appropriate impacts, risks, mitigations are developed and communicated in the face of requested or required program commitment changes
  • Prioritize program workstreams, consistent with program strategy
  • Facilitate strong collaboration among cross-functional core team members
  • Manage and resolve conflict among program core team members
  • Manage key cross-functional stakeholders
  • Project planning and contracting
  • Budget planning
  • Partnering with functional core team members to ensure robust functional resource planning per program scope and timeline.
  • Regular executive status updates
  • Project financial metrics such as budget, COGS, and capital
• Provide leadership to cross-functional design/development teams to deliver on goals for assigned development programs.
• Communicate with all levels of the organization the objectives, status, risks, and needs for the program.
• Identify potential roadblocks early and lead the team to develop and implement counter measures.
• Identify opportunities for improving overall performance of the program.
• Develop plans with core team 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.
• Establish and maintain the program and product Design History File
• Interfaces with appropriate internal and external resources (regulatory, customers, etc.) to ensure development programs meet regulatory and customer requirements.
• Obtains capital resources to meet company goals and develops departmental budget estimates.
• Contributes to business unit and divisional strategy planning
• Tracks and forecasts divisional and product and technology projects
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 10+ years of end-end program management experience in Engineering or R&D within a medical device/biomedical, high technology, and/or any other regulated industry
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal), end-users, business partners, and technical team members to ensure proper systems and plan alignment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels in the organization
• Previous experience working in a matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and MS Project

Preferred Qualifications 

• Advanced level degree(s) in Engineering, Sciences, or a related discipline
• Extensive medical device industry experience
• Software project management experience strongly preferred
• Project management of electro-mechanical systems (hardware, electrical, mechanical and software)
• Working knowledge of FDA 510(k) and/or EU MDR regulatory requirements
• Program/Project Management certifications

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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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.