Manager, Global Therapy Development

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title

Manager, Global Therapy Development

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

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Manager, Global Therapy Development for our Abbott Vascular division. This is a fully REMOTE role.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

What You’ll Work On

Primary Job Function:

• Lead the Global Therapy Development Specialist team in the supporting and enabling successful training for customers and commercial organizations globally.  This team serves the train the trainer function for customer programs, product launches, rep continuing education, and new-hire training, across all therapies, skillsets, products, and geographies. 

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure successful implementation of training programs via deep clinical, technical, and selling knowledge, collaboration in development of training content, sharing of knowledge throughout the organization, assuming the train the trainer role with relationship to regional training teams, and guaranteeing successful implementation of training programs.
• Manage team on projects, performance, professional development.
• Develop and maintain strong faculty relationships globally.
• Set educational strategy based on current need and future opportunities, including expansion into new product categories and therapies, aligning these strategies to vascular priorities.
• Provide clinical and business insights during the creation of coronary and endovascular curricula and courses for physician and allied HCP customers. 
• Communicate and coordinate regularly with global and geography partners on new product launches, training programs, training compliance and effectiveness.
• Partner closely and maintain relationships with Global Curriculum, Medical Education, Sales, Marketing, Sales Training, Medical Science, Clinical Engineering, R&D, Meetings, Ethics and Compliance, Legal, Commercial Excellence, and other functional teams in communication and execution of training.
• Engage with pipeline, products in development, and clinical trials to keep current on state of affairs and the most contemporary clinical information.
• Drive compliance-mindset for team for all programs, including proper and timely booking of travel, contracting with faculty and vendors, payments, and reporting of physician payments.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures, including FDA requirements.
• Conduct needs assessments, identify gaps in education, and design and implement programs to address these gaps.

Position Accountability / Scope:

• Responsible for enabling successful training in all geographies (APAC, US, EMEA, CALA) across all therapies (coronary, peripheral, vessel closure) in a ~$3B product portfolio.  Without relevant and timely training and education for internal and external stakeholders, patient safety can be jeopardized leading to unnecessary medical procedures or death.  Improper records are auditable and could lead to fines and other negative consequences for the Abbott Vascular business if not properly managed and kept in a compliant state.  Valuable and innovative training offerings create a strong Brand for Abbott and impacts Abbott’s ability to positively impact the market and customers.

Education And Experience You'll Bring

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience, preferably in medical related field
• Minimum of 5 years of commercial, clinical, sales or educational med device experience; preference for cath/IR lab experience or extensive time in procedures; knowledge of training methods and programs and adult learning theory; strong written and verbal presentation skills, effective in 1:1 coaching; demonstrated effective leadership skills; great overall computer skills, very proficient in Microsoft suite of products; knowledge of the interventional market (coronary and peripheral), awareness of trends and changes in the market, customers and technologies; ability to assess and identify training needs and design and implement curricula to address those needs; strong ability to communicate with clinicians across clinical, technical, and industry-related topics.

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The base pay for this position is

$127,300.00 – $254,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Support & Administration

     

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 50 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

     

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