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Program Leader

Full-time

United States > Princeton...

Information Technology

2 months ago

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 sp.....

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Abbott Point of Care is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and data management products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive, reliable, and cost-effective. Our i-STAT System is an advanced, portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time, lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making. The i-STAT System has the industry’s most comprehensive menu of tests in a single, with-patient platform, including tests for blood gases, electrolytes, chemistries, coagulation, hematology, glucose, cardiac markers, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). By delivering lab-quality results in minutes, our i-STAT System fosters a collaborative, patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Princeton, NJ location in the Abbott Point of Care Division. The Program Leader is responsible for leading a cross-functional team responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and successfully executing product development programs with multimillion dollar impact to the business.

What You’ll Work On

Leads programs across R&D, Operations, Regulatory, and Commercial activities throughout all project phases, from early Development through post Launch tracking of the program
Owns strategic direction of assigned Project(s). May lead multiple product development programs or a major program depending on project size, complexity and impact to the business
Develops master schedule, budget, resource and risk management leveraging critical path methodology and adopting visual management practices for project execution, and continually tracks progress against plan
Builds relationships with functional leaders and partners to identify potential challenges; partners with these leaders to remove barriers and solve problems
Prepares program updates and facilitates reviews for core team and executive leadership
Integrates inputs across functions (global strategic marketing, R&D, manufacturing, regulatory) to ensure a comprehensive, integrated program strategy that delivers outcomes of strategic importance to the business.
Establishes a team culture and processes to manage milestones, proactively identify risk and mitigate plans to resolve risk, and ensure transparency throughout the program.
May lead a team of project leaders who manage activities across functions to meet the objectives of a given program including scope, resources, budget, and schedule.
Ensures that the cross functional team members work as a “team” focused on divisional goals, identifies and manages program and solution interdependencies.
Establishes proactive, transparent, and effective communications cadence to ensure timely dissemination of information with the senior leadership team, program core team, and matrix stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or scientific field
5+ years’ experience managing large ($10MM+) programs across multiple international locations and leading teams in 2-3 functional roles
5+ years’ experience managing cross-functional drug or device development teams, including experience managing clinical trial and regulatory aspects of these programs. Track record of delivering complex programs on time, within budget, and aligned to performance commitments.
Deep knowledge of the drug/device development process, regulations and regulatory requirements, and technical counterparts (e.g., Global Strategic Marketing, R&D, RA, QA, Operations) required for success.
Exceptional project management skills, with proven ability to clearly define objectives and priorities, establish milestones, anticipate and mitigate risks, lead cross-functional teams to meet and exceed goals in a dynamic environment, while maintaining strong attention to detail and quick recall.
Driven to deliver results. When challenges arise, demonstrates perseverance in identifying and implementing solutions to keep the program on track.
Relentless curiosity— proactively anticipate risks; demonstrated ability to uncover hidden (or less obvious) risks, take ownership of problems, resolve ambiguities, exercise sound judgment and independently determine appropriate course of action where precedent may not exist.
An approachable and credible communication style, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills; to keep all levels of the organization informed, engaged and motivated.
Intellectual agility - able to pivot based on shifting priorities and balance multiple projects seamlessly in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent collaboration skills – able to navigate complex matrix within the Division and the broader Abbott organization to ensure alignment of priorities and partnership throughout program execution.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP certification, or other formal training through the PMI

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is

$125,300.00 – $250,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

APOC Point of Care

LOCATION:

United States > Princeton : 400 College Road East

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 50 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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

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1082 Abbott Point of Care, Inc.

Engineering Manager

Full-time

United States > Princeton...

Engineering

9 months ago

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 sp.....

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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.
An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Abbott Point of Care is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and data management products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive, reliable, and cost-effective. Our i-STAT System is an advanced, portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time, lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making. The i-STAT System has the industry’s most comprehensive menu of tests in a single, with-patient platform, including tests for blood gases, electrolytes, chemistries, coagulation, hematology, glucose, and cardiac markers. By delivering lab-quality results in minutes, our i-STAT System fosters a collaborative, patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance.

The Opportunity

Our Princeton, NJ location has an opportunity for an Engineering Manager responsible for leading the Instrument Operations technical group within APOC that is responsible for i-STAT 1 hardware system on market support. relocation assistance provided for right candidate.

In this role the Engineering Manager will ensure that processes and staffing are appropriately developed and implemented, set strategic vision/goals in alignment with organization, drive utilization of engineering tools including root cause analysis, design for manufacturability, and LEAN to improve manufacturing processes, yields, and equipment during the manufacturing stages of the product and ensure executional compliance within the organization to all applicable internal requirements and external regulations. This

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Manage and resolve manufacturing process, equipment, material, and supplier technical issues to maintain production line up time.
Laisse with Third Party Manufactures in Asia on a weekly basis. This typically involves 2-3 evening conference calls per week.
Analyze data and make decisions regarding manufacturing processes, product performance, and quality related events.
Provide technical input to Supply Chain when a supplier must be selected or changed or when a last time inventory buy is needed.
Manage the identification and qualification of end-of-life BOM components to ensure availability of raw materials.
Utilize knowledge and skill to lead organization through resolution of technical challenges, process/equipment improvements, and continuous improvement.
Provide technical guidance when requested to resolve component incoming inspection failure resolution by assessing inputs from Quality, Supply Chain, and the supplier.
Ensure professional project management techniques are utilized to identify and shorten the critical path tasks in Design Change Package (DCP)/project delivery schedules.
Ensures that the engineering group plans and executes on market product DCPs and on market product support engineering tasks to timeline and budget.
Coordinates across functional areas and or business units to achieve company and/or area goals.
Manage change planning integration with the Manufacturing Software Engineering department to ensure smooth software deployment to manufacturing lines.
Make decisions regarding work processes or operational plans and schedules to achieve department objectives.
Provide cross-functional communications regarding the status of department and manufacturing performance.
Liaise with suppliers to ensure the success of critical projects.
Review and approve documents including standard operating procedures, technical specifications, and protocols/reports.
Champion a culture of teamwork, communication, and recognition.
Recruit, manage, coach, and develop engineering and technical talent.
Develop, monitor, and adjust the annual budget for the engineering department.
Ensure that continuous improvement is a strong focus for staff via continuous capacity improvement, lower non-conformance rates, and elimination of both time and material waste.
Ensure widespread adoption of best practice manufacturing engineering practices such as design for manufacturability, PFMEA, and business excellence.
Improve supplier process capability for custom BOM components to ensure continuity of supply.
Establish department goals, tracking, and reporting KPIs, and drive continuous improvement efforts.
Ensures organizational compliance with company policies/procedures and regulations.
Serve on Design Change Control Board to categorize change package requests and authorize advancement.
Interface with external agencies during site audits.
Negotiate complex quality issue resolution with Quality System leadership and sets strategy approach for the department’s quality system nonconformance records.
Ensure that all personal and team member training is up to date and in compliance.
Support a culture that embraces the safety of the work environment and the safety of our customer’s patients by compliance with company EHS procedures, policies, and GMP requirements.
Derive, defend, and adhere to the annual budget for overhead headcount and expenses, project expenses, and capital required to maintain manufacturing operations and implement the necessary cost improvement, supply continuity, product lifecycle management, and regulatory driven changes needed to support the business.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Biochemistry or other applicable STEM fields)
9+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent.
5+ years managing technical team(direct or dotted line
5+ years’ experience in the medical device industry or with a tangential industry that is regulated similarly to ISO13485.
2+ years experience in design control and product documentation (Bills of Material, Work Instructions, Drawings, Incoming Inspection) systems.
1+ year working with Project Management concepts and tools
Experience in appropriate business disciplines (such as quality, operations, engineering) with organizations engaged in the manufacture of FDA regulated products.
Strong analytical/technical knowledge and skills to lead organization through collation and analysis of manufacturing data and creation of strategic and tactical plans to achieve goals, drive continuous improvement, and address system, equipment, and process issues.
Effective communication skills and experience influencing cross functional organizations such as R&D, Operations, Quality, and other disciplines to achieve project, business, and/or company goals.
Ability/experience to execute and mentor others on the utilization of technical tools such as root cause analysis, LEAN, and six sigma.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong organizational skills to lead team/department to achieve diverse set of goals and quality system output requirements.
Management experience with technical resources and proficiency in the development of employees with diverse backgrounds and experience.
Experience with the manufacture or design of electro/mechanical products.
Excellent presentation skills.
Operational experience in a medical device manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning) system.
Familiar with a variety of the production concepts, practices, and procedures.
Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, problem solving, and time management skills.
Demonstrated aptitude for engineering principles and manufacturing systems.
MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) skills.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
Paid time off
401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @Abbott News and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

$102,700.00 – $205,300.00

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