Sr Manager, R&D Operational Excellence

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 115000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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. Youll 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 bachelors 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

Sr Manager R&D Operational Excellence will serve as the operational leader and trusted partner to the Divisional Vice President of Heart Failure R&D ensuring effective execution of the organizations priorities portfolio commitments and business objectives. Drives alignment accountability and execution across R&D and key partner functions enabling the leadership team to deliver innovation programs on time within budget and in compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.

Will business operations governance communications and organizational effectiveness activities while identifying and removing barriers to execution. Acts as a central coordination point across the Heart Failure organization ensuring priorities are translated into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.

What Youll Work On

• Translate annual objectives and strategic priorities into actionable operating plans.
• Track execution against key business goals portfolio milestones and organizational commitments.
• Maintain visibility to risks dependencies and resource constraints and drive timely resolution.
• Ensure leadership decisions are converted into assigned actions with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Lead operating reviews and portfolio governance by developing executive dashboards facilitating business reviews and ensuring leadership has clear visibility into portfolio health risks decision and progress.
• Maintain portfolio dashboards milestone tracking and executive reporting.
• Escalate critical issues impacting timelines budgets quality or resource commitments.
• Coordinate execution across Product Management Clinical Regulatory Quality Operations Finance and Commercial functions.
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional issues and competing priorities.
• Ensure alignment between product development clinical regulatory and commercialization plans.
• Create scalable operating processes that improve communication and collaboration across functional teams.
• Manage leadership operating mechanisms including staff meetings business reviews and quarterly planning processes.
• Drive and facilitate cross-functional organizational initiatives related to process improvement employee engagement culture and team effectiveness.
• Support annual planning budget tracking headcount management and resource planning activities to align with organizational priorities.
• Define develop and monitor organizational performance metrics.
• Prepare leadership presentations business updates executive communications and organizational messaging.
• Support internal communication of key decisions priorities and business results.
• Ensure consistency and clarity of information across leadership teams and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational processes and implement scalable business practices that increase efficiency.
• Monitor portfolio health across programs proactively identifying execution risks dependencies constraints and organizational impacts before they become leadership escalations.
• Leverage data automation and AI-enabled workflows to improve operational efficiency reporting and decision support.

Critical Experiences to be ready for this role:

• Experience managing complex programs or business operations within a medical device healthcare or regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution across matrixed organizations.
• Strong project management and operational planning capabilities.
• Experience supporting senior leaders and managing executive-level priorities.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable workplans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving prioritization and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills.

Key Competencies:

• Program management
• Business operations
• Project planning
• Process improvement
• Executive communication
• Meeting facilitation
• Stakeholder management
• Organizational coordination
• Budget management
• Resource planning
• Performance metrics
• Risk management
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Influence without authority
• Adaptability

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering Life Sciences Business Healthcare Administration or related field.
• 812 years of experience in R&D Program Management Business Operations Product Management Strategy Execution or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong project management operational planning and organizational effectiveness skills.
• Advanced proficiency with executive communications business analysis and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare medical devices or regulated industry experience strongly preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree.

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The base pay for this position is

$130700.00 $261300.00

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Product Development

HF Heart Failure

United States > Pleasanton : 6101 Stoneridge Dr

Standard

Yes 10 % of the Time

No

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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