Global Project Director - Vascular (on-site)

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
• 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 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.

For years, Abbott's medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it's glucose monitoring system, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

The Opportunity

Our location in Maple Grove, MN or Santa Clara, CA currently has an on-site opportunity for a Global Project Director. The Global Project Director is a leader within Global Clinical Operations driving the Clinical Studies and Programs for the Vascular business. In this role, the Director will lead high-performing cross-functional teams to ensure speed and innovation remain a core competency and that the team is focused, energized and on-track to meet the overall strategic objectives. This position requires natural leadership and a high level of independence, the ability to collect, synthesize, and integrate information from multiple sources, and to resolve conflicting requirements.

What You'll Work On

Deliver Business Results

• Define & execute Abbott goals to meet product approval, regulatory requirements and publication needs globally.
• Define & execute clinical goals to drive GCO cross-functional teams to operational excellence.
• Able to distribute initiatives to Project Management staff and cross-functionally in a way that is authentic and motivational.
• Ensure results delivered are compliant with applicable regulations & procedures.
• Develop, communicate and manage organizational change within the organization.

Financial Management

• Coordinate study financial reviews.
• Implement financial savings when necessary while minimizing impact on study milestones.
• Communicate drivers of resources and develop alternative strategies to meet business needs.
• Execute clinical trials within approved budget with required accuracy.
• Perform Trial Scenario Costing of potential new trials and programs to assist in developing clinical and regulatory strategies.

Strategy Development & Execution

• Define and execute strategies to address strategic and regulatory changes that will significantly impact timelines and how business is conducted.
• Able to understand and drive strategic objectives and translate those to GCO goals, actions, and processes.
• Ability to identify and mitigate risk associated with clinical trial execution.

Operational Excellence

• Manage appropriate staffing levels.
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and Continuous improvement to maximize efficiency.
• Knowledge of regulations and internal processes
• Global Study Management expertise in conducting research in EMEA, Asia-Pac, Japan and USA that would allow for strategic planning and execution.

Internal & External Stakeholder Management

• Work with Leaders within Abbott to ensure clinical milestones are achieved.
• Initiate, maintain, and tactfully influence relationships with stakeholders.
• Use metrics/historical data to help develop clinical trial execution strategy.
• Able to interact and drive strategic conversation around clinical operations at the Director Level & above.
• Able to support KOL and site relationships to meet BU and quality needs.

Talent Management

• Select and develop effective managers.
• Identify talent gaps and drive talent development through creation & identification of growth opportunities.
• Define succession plans and implement development activities to achieve those plans.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related medical field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 10 years' experience in the specified field combined with a minimum of 5 years as an industry expert.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD
• 7 years leading significant pre-market clinical studies within the medical device space.
• Prior experience with medical device clinical trials
• Experience with clinical trials in the field of Vascular
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with respect to achievement of company goals and objectives.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model. Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Problem solving skills (including taking ownership to ensure timely resolution), a strong sense of urgency and the ability to successfully execute in an environment under time and resource pressures.

Apply Now

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The base pay for this position is
$147,300.00 - $294,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Clinical Affairs / Statistics

DIVISION:
MD Medical Devices

LOCATION:
United States > Maple Grove : 6820 Wedgwood Road N.

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
United States > Santa Clara : Building A - SC

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 20 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists), 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.

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