JOB DESCRIPTION:The OpportunityReporting to the Divisional Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, this role is a key member of the PMO leadership team, and is responsible for the New Product Introduction (NPI) portfolio, spanning sensors, readers, apps and cloud. This role ensures end-to-end orchestration of product readiness, from development through launch and scale, across global markets and includes oversight of all cross-functional programs in the portfolio. Unlike program-level roles, the G22 leader owns the portfolio system (governance, prioritization, and operating model) that enables consistent, high-quality execution of NPI initiatives at scale.
This position operates at an enterprise level, supporting the translation of business objectives into actional projects and programs through established business controls and integrated business planning process. The Program Management Director will lead across a highly matrixed environment, ensuring alignment to strategy while driving execution excellence and building organizational capability.
What You'll Work OnNPI Portfolio Leadership- Translate enterprise and divisional strategy into executable portfolio plans and prioritized roadmaps
- Ensure all NPI portfolio initiatives align to product roadmap, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), and strategic priorities
- Orchestrate dependencies across:
- Hardware, software, and digital ecosystems
- Internal functions (R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Commercial)
- External partners and platform integrations
- Resolve cross-system constraints impacting delivery timelines
Portfolio Governance and Operating Model- Define and lead portfolio governance structures (e.g., PMR, intake and prioritization processes)
- Establish decision frameworks, escalation pathways, and performance tracking mechanisms
- Ensure disciplined execution through repeatable processes and consistent standards
- G22 leaders are responsible for building operating structures and governance at scale
Launch Readiness & Delivery Excellence- Define and enforce NPI readiness criteria across programs:
- Product development maturity
- Regulatory submissions and approvals
- Supply and manufacturing readiness
- Commercial launch preparedness
- Drive consistent, high-quality execution across global product launches and releases
Risk, Compliance & Quality Leadership- Ensure adherence to global regulatory, quality, and compliance requirements
- Proactively manage portfolio-level risks and dependencies
- Enable robust decision-making through transparent risk visibility and mitigation strategies
Executive Communication & Decision Support- Provide clear, decision-oriented insights to senior leadership
- Frame options, trade-offs, and recommendations for portfolio decisions
- Ensure timely escalation of issues requiring executive alignment
Talent Leadership & PMO Capability- Build and lead a high-performing project and program leadership organization (G18-G21)
- Develop succession pipelines and leadership capability across the PMO
- Drive adoption of best practices, tools, and standard ways of working
Experience You'll BringRequired Qualifications- Minimum 7 years experience in program/portfolio leadership within a global, matrixed team, preferably including experience with consumer-focused medical or software products.
- Associates Degree (+/- 13 years)
Preferred Qualifications- Cross-functional experience in the areas of R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Manufacturing
- Knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (eg FDA, ISO, QSR design controls).
- Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise-level portfolios and influence senior stakeholders, and to collaborate effectively with global stakeholders across multiple time zones.
- Deep expertise in governance design, operating models, and portfolio prioritization
- Strong executive communication and decision-making skills
- Proven track record of building and developing high-performing teams
- Experience with portfolio management tools and reporting frameworks preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of people at all levels of the organization
- Strong leadership, and the ability to collect information from multiple sources, and synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Divisional InformationMedical Devices
General Medical Devices:
Our medical devices 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.
CRM
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
Diabetes
We're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.
Vascular
Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.
Neuromodulation
Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.
Structural Heart
Structural Heart Business Mission: why we exist
Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.
EP
In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
HF
In Abbott's Heart Failure (HF) business, we're developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
Diagnostics
We're empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott's diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.
Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.
Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.
Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.
Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world's greatest healthcare challenges.
Nutrition
Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands - including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® - to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest live
The base pay for this position is $197,300.00 - $394,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Project Management
DIVISION:ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
