Business Alignment Manager at Abbott Laboratories

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.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

The Opportunity

This position is a remot opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.   

As a US Commercial Sales Business Alignment Manager you will serve the HCP, Trade and DME teams coordinating and driving initiatives across the team, ensuring input from key stakeholders and reporting to the Divisional Vice President.  This opportunity can be onsite or remote requiring significant travel to Alameda, CA to coordinate with home office teams.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide recommendations for initiative strategy and execution
• Act as a member of HCP & Trade leadership team; organize team meetings, agenda, and follow up on agreed upon action items
• Sit in on meetings as needed when the VP is out or in key meetings when she/ he cannot be there live
• Oversee LBE (sales forecasting) process and modeling for HCP channel
• Interface with Sales Operations, Sales Training, Marketing, Market Access and other functions to coordinate the field sales team needs and feedback
• Coordinate and drive special projects moving them forward (NSM, Customer Business Development, Leadership Advisory Council, Culture transformation, etc.)
• Develop VP presentations, slide decks, weekly communications, and talking points for NSM, town halls, HCP team calls, etc by coordinating with various stakeholders
• Review business performance of regions in tandem with VP providing key feedback and identifying opportunities
• Help monitor and drive performance follow up for key market access opportunities
• Provide reporting of key initiatives to senior leadership and other key stakeholders in tandem with the VP
• Own schedule and project plan for US Comm leadership team, ensuring delivery of key initiatives, events, goals and milestones
• Manage other operational aspects of the team as appropriate
• Identify opportunities for simplification, activation, or acceleration
• Develop oneself through key business meetings, conferences, customer engagements as identified in conjunction with DVP.

Experience You’ll Bring

Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years Working in Healthcare or Life Sciences

Preferred

• Experience in a sales leadership role
• Experience in marketing operations, program management or product management
• MBA with 1-3 years of related experience.  
• Strong presentation & communication skills, ability to present to senior executive stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, sound understanding of financial business drivers, project management and executional skills
• Ability to plan and execute complex projects, and mobilize cross functional resources toward program goals
• Product management experience in medical products or services preferred.
• Advanced Degree (MBA)

The base pay for this position is $125,300.00 – $250,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.