Abbott

Manager, Systems Development Software

Abbott • $99K — $198K *
Madison, WI 53711In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree inComputer Science or related field, or a High School Degree with 4 years of relevant experience.
  • 7+ years in Information Technology with increasing technical responsibilities.
  • 3+ years in a leadership position overseeing teams or projects.
  • Proficiency in object-oriented, service-oriented, and micro-service architecture principles.
  • Ability to perform essential duties with or without accommodation.
  • Must have authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Lead software development team to ensure delivery of critical projects.
  • Develop and implement coding, testing, and deployment protocols for engineering team.
  • Maintain relationships and transparency with key stakeholders.
  • Partner with business teams to balance project requirements with resource capacity.
  • Design innovative solutions to complex challenges in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Supervise staff and manage their performance through coaching and feedback.
  • Ensure project delivery meets client satisfaction, on time and within budget.

Benefits

  • Employee engagement initiatives to enhance team morale.
  • Opportunities for continuous improvement and career development.
  • Support of company Quality Management System policies.
  • A collaborative work environment that fosters innovation.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Overview
The Manager, Systems Development Software will lead a team in the successful delivery of critical software projects. This role will work with cross-functional teams and various business stakeholders to devise solutions to urgent business challenges. This role will communicate with project managers and leaders at all levels of our business. This individual will be responsible for continued successful support of Software Engineering and their mission to deliver critical development at Abbott Cancer Diagnostics in a wide range of areas of the business.

Emphasis will be placed on the person's technical and leadership skills as well as ability to coach their team to success and foster an innovative team environment.

Essential Duties
include but are not limited to the following:

  • Use programming languages such as Java, C, C++, JavaScript, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, .NET.
  • Raise capabilities in the engineering team; including, but not limited to, developing coding, testing, and deployment protocols and implementing best practices.
  • Maintain strong relationships and transparency with key stakeholders (Lab, Sales, Support, Customers, and Affiliates).
  • Partner with business and technology teams to prioritize roadmaps, requirements, balance business need with capacity, and technology constraints.
  • Work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to design innovative solutions to complex challenges faced by the Company.
  • Supervise staff; including, but not limited to, organize and prioritize work, write/conduct performance reviews, train/develop, and manage work performance.
  • Communicate goals clearly to employees to ensure understanding and success in achieving them.
  • Motivate and inspire employees to do their best work through coaching.
  • Maintain morale and support employee engagement initiatives.
  • Apply good process management, negotiating, influencing, and problem resolution skills.
  • Prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Provide excellent project communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Execute project delivery to client satisfaction on time, on budget with quality.
  • Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy-to-understand business terms.
  • Facilitate results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls, and leading in a managed service environment.
  • Drive continuous improvements in organizational performance and efficiency, and career development for employees.
  • Create flowcharts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed to capture system requirements and communicate system functionality.
  • Participate in and lead design discussions.
  • Participate in software engineering as time allows.
  • Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
  • Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures.
  • Regular and reliable attendance.
  • Ability to lift up to 10 pounds for approximately 5% of a typical working day.
  • Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
  • Ability and means to travel between Abbott Cancer Diagnostics locations.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a field related to the essential duties of the job; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
  • 7+ years of experience in Information Technology with increasing responsibility and advancing technical skills.
  • 3+ years of experience leading or directing people and/or project teams.
  • Proficiency of object-oriented, service-oriented architecture, micro-service architecture, and programming principals.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.
  • Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with one of the following areas: ERP, LIMS, Bioinformatics, or clinical data management.
  • Experience working in a regulated environment (SOX, HIPAA, CLIA, GCP, FDA, ISO-13485, and/or IEC-62304).
  • Demonstrated understanding of the Clinical Lab environment and lab processes.
  • Enterprise class information technology experience (Custom-COTS Hybrid, Integrated Multi-Channel End-User, Multiple Mobile Platform Delivery, Distributed Big Data).


The base pay for this position is
$99,300.00 - $198,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Product Development

DIVISION:
ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

LOCATION:
United States > Madison : 5505 Endeavor Ln

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

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)

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
* Ladders Estimates

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