IBP Project Leader
Abbott
- Alameda, CA
- 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.
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the Integrated Business Planning system.
- Act as a point of contact for IBP process reporting and updates. Identify and drive implementation of improvements to the Product Management IBP review.
- Drive improved accuracy in reporting of product milestones (launch and discontinuation dates)
- Coordinate and collate Product Portfolio and Integrated Business Plans, critiquing and challenging assumptions, risks and opportunities.
- Facilitate project managers through the project management and IBP process; ensure cross-functional team is working within process definition for reporting to Sr. Management. Resolve project team conflicts and project data integrity.
- Formulates, harmonizes and consolidates project scopes, plans, strategies, and budgets for one or more projects, working closely with functional Project Managers and other Subject Matter Experts from R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and other functions.
- Confirms the ongoing strategic rationale and value proposition for projects.
- Ensures Division-wide thinking and problem-solving are incorporated into project execution.
- Liaise with other Project Owners, functional managers, and management to prioritize activities across programs to balance resource availability, program deliverables and schedule, and business needs.
- Serves as a mentor, trainer, and change agent to other stakeholders as processes are defined and implemented.
- This position is responsible for strategic scoping, value definition, and successful and timely implementation of product portfolio.
- This position is highly visible and accountable, responsible for liaising with management in driving alignment on key decisions and reporting to senior management project status.
- Accountable for driving scope, budget, and quality tradeoffs, not only for a given project, but across projects in conjunction with other stakeholders to optimize portfolio value creation.
- Incumbent has limited direct fiscal responsibility for departmental expenses, but has indirect responsibility, along with departmental budget holders, for ensuring that functional budgets are consistent with project scope and plans.
- Generally, the incumbent will not have direct reports, but will lead a matrix team with a high degree of accountability to ensure that team is appropriately resourced and that team members are defining plans and adhering to commitments.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a discipline appropriate to the project or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Minimum 10 years of related work experience.
- Has successfully led several high complexity projects from beginning to end.
- Demonstrated technical skills and management judgment appropriate to the project.
- Demonstrated expertise in PM tools and processes.
- Require strong technical experience in cross-functional program management and team leadership.
- Additional cross-functional experiences in the areas of R&D, Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Supply/Demand planning and/or Manufacturing, are desirable.
- Require the ability to collect information from multiple sources, synthesize, integrate, and resolve conflicting requirements and cross-functional issues
- Require strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work and negotiate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels of the organization and across variety of departments to align plans and resolve conflict
- Require process-oriented thinking, focused on continuous improvement and lessons learned; have demonstrated ability to define and implement complex and interdependent business processes
- Require strong leadership, influencing, and negotiation skills.
- Ideally the incumbent has general knowledge of regulations and standards related to medical devices (eg FDA, ISO, QSR design controls.)
- 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.