Sr Digital Strategy Manager
Abbott
- Waukegan, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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
- 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.
- Lead and partner in developing and defining technology driven business, product, or technology strategies
- Identify business capabilities/outcomes that can be enabled by disruptive/emerging technologies and business designs for our customers
- Anchor stakeholder discussions by leveraging depth of domain knowledge/ collaboration with internal and external partners
- Conduct analysis to determine best path for solving business problems/opportunities
- Assist in prioritizing business capabilities and associated disruptive digital technologies based on analysis of business value and impact
- Define new business and operating models and supporting capabilities needed to create competitive advantage
- Lead workshops and discussions to drive understanding, ideation, assessment, and alignment using design thinking and product mindset constructs
- Provide and socialize actionable recommendations to leaders on initiatives spanning strategy and digital transformation
- Functions as a liaison to Business and IT partners to gain a broad understanding of industry trends and innovations, and their impact
- Partner with digital leaders in creating product vision, direction, and roadmap leveraging the collective understanding of business, markets, products, services, and capabilities
- Partner with leadership, program, product teams in driving outcomes, monitoring and tracking progress of strategic initiatives.
- Generate thought leadership in key emerging technology areas, competitive research, art of possible capabilities; by doing primary or secondary research
- Define approach, framework, methodologies for driving outcomes from understanding problem statement to providing recommendations
- Manage ambiguity by being flexible and by creating clarity for those around them
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of products, solutions, competition, customer, industry trends and digital trends
- B.S. in Computer Science or similar engineering discipline
- At least 7+ years in areas of digital strategy, business architecture, digital transformation
- Experience in building compelling, and analytical stories to senior management using tools like PowerPoint, excel, word
- Strategic thinker with a passion to driving change
- Experience in structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and developing strategy recommendations with a small team
- Ability to define areas of potential value through user, market, and industry research
- Ability to look at a set of needs across the business and identify key questions, themes, and potential for business impact
- Willingness to learn new things on daily basis
- Strong communication and articulation skills
- MBA preferred
- Consulting background
- Ability and strong desire to learn and adapt quickly
- 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.