It Relationship Director, Vascular Brm

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.

The IT Business Relationship Management (“BRM”) Director is responsible for IT for the Vascular business unit within Abbott’s Medical Device Division. The role influences and shapes the portfolio to align and enhance the organizational strategy. This role achieves this through excellent understanding of the business strategies and processes, awareness of the evolution of technologies, and understanding of relevant regulations impacting the business areas. Successful, consistent, and predictable delivery of programs, projects, and overall support is also in the remit of this role, whether the delivery partners are internal or external. This IT leadership role is part of the business unit leadership team and will work collaboratively and cross-functionally with Senior and Divisional Vice Presidents (SVP and DVPs) and their associates in product development, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, commercial, sales, marketing, supply chain, etc. on the overall IT strategy and delivery. In addition, this role plays an additional global role in Supply chain and Distribution pan-Medical Devices strategy and technology direction. This role reports to the DVP IT (“divisional CIO”).

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Be constantly aware of evolving regulatory requirements and their applicability to the business process and IT portfolio and influences the IT stakeholders and partners in addressing these evolutions in the most efficient way.
• Acts as key leaders on DVP IT staff, actively participating and collaborating with peers including leading cross business unit activities as needed. Has responsibility for setting cross-business unit IT strategy in the Supply Chain and Distribution space.
• Be the primary partner to Vascular business unit leadership for IT strategy, delivery and support. Serve as IT sponsor for the IT initiatives for the business, and closely support and/or lead critical IT initiatives for the business unit.
• Develop and maintain a robust technology roadmap which covers all areas of business unit in alignment with Medical Devices overall roadmaps, business requests and IT delivery functions
• Provide structured governance of new demand received by the business
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
• Oversee and control business and IT budgets, project capital/RCE expenditures and ROI.
• Champion change and innovation. Stimulate creativity and innovation in others. Open to new ideas. Supports those who initiate change and take risks. Promotes a Global Perspective.
• Actively participate in the business strategy, translating it into an aligned IT strategy and portfolio of programs, projects and applications, and guiding business functional strategy for the business around information technology.
• Develop, propose, sell, and implement innovative solutions to improve business outcomes in support of the business strategies, either directly or through partners.
• Responsible for all aspects of people leadership for the BRM team; setting expectations, coaching, counseling, developing, evaluating, feedback, hiring, discipline and separation.
• Establishes staffing/resources plans determining appropriate mix of sourcing opportunities. Responsible for overall organizational effectiveness.
• Confronts and deals with people issues in a constructive and timely manner. Responsible for overall morale of team and promotes cohesive attitude.
• Partner and collaborate with key IT staff of other Abbott divisions in order to support cross divisional business initiatives and explore IT synergies and efficiencies.
• Negotiates for and secures resources to meet the long-range needs of the business.
• Continually drive opportunities for cost reductions and cost avoidance.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• Strong influence and negotiating skills.
• Broad knowledge of all technologies used or to be used by the internal customer, their external customers and internal partners.
• Pharma/Medical Device/Medical Diagnostics or highly regulated industry (i.e., aerospace) commercial (sales/marketing), R&D product development, and manufacturing business process knowledge, as related to IT, is highly preferred.
• Experience leading teams - both with direct staff and indirect project teams
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration or another discipline relevant for the healthcare industry or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 15 years IT experience in large or mid-size multinational company healthcare.
• At least 5 years project management and/or direct IT management experience.
• Experience with GxP validation and large-scale IT implementations (i.e., ERP, CRM, QSM, etc.)
• Broad IT expertise in various disciplines, like systems development, infrastructure etc.
• Strong organizational skills, including program/project governance and increased levels of staff oversight.
• Experience with vendor management
• Strong interdisciplinary, intercultural, influence, and networking skills
• Additional experience in setting IT strategy and business IT alignment.

WHAT WE OFFER

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

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

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The salary for this role is between $178,700 – $357,300