Director IT

The IT Program Director – Manufacturing Execution Systems will provide leadership to expedite, manage and coordinate a multitude of inter-related IT project activities. Programs will be global initiatives delivered within the constraints of human and financial resources and changing priorities to ensure the successful completion. Position will work directly with business leadership and executive IT management to establish program goals and business cases.

The IT Program Director – Manufacturing Execution Systems is expected to have proven experience and knowledge needed to ensure the successful leadership of employees across multiple divisions, independent contractors, and consulting services across multiple projects within a program. This requires the capability to oversee highly diverse activities, multiple stakeholder groups, significant scope, schedule and resources.  Directors are responsible for the most complex delivery of Abbott’s Business Solutions and Services (BSS) and therefore must demonstrate an expert understanding of the appropriate methodology, tools and skills to be used. The role will be responsible to remove roadblocks, maintain and enforce deliverable standards in a manner that supports and reinforces high quality along with effective and efficient delivery of a program.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

• Oversee the delivery of global complex manufacturing systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and implement IT strategies that support manufacturing operations and drive efficiency.
• Manage large-scale programs with budgets over $20 million, ensuring financial targets are met.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, and vendors.
• Ensure successful project delivery through effective planning, execution, and monitoring.
• Lead and mentor a team of IT professionals, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the organization.
• Facilitation of meetings with executive management to assist in determining strategic IT direction.
• Assess degree to which changes to scope, issues, and risks will potentially affect projects and work with project teams, executive management and sponsors, to align on resolutions.
• Measure performance to assure program is progressing as compared to original plan and budget.
• Lead Sr Leadership teams in developing and approving (with sponsors and stakeholders) a work breakdown plan. Ensure resource availability to achieve against the plan.
• Communicate progress by producing reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to project teams, business stakeholders, and executive management.
• Coordinate resources to ensure business objectives are addressed through proactive priority management with business leaders.
• Maintain compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

Position Accountability / Scope:

• Position has global enterprise-wide IT scope. Works with executive level management leaders to influence outcomes in support of IT strategy.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Computer science or related discipline required. MBA preferred

• At least 12 years experience in project management, business systems analysis, software development or deployment, with a minimum of 9 years managing projects.

• Knowledge of Life Sciences business, preferably in IT & International
• Enterprise thinking with ability to build credibility within the organization
• Time management skills
• Project management mastery
• Proven experience in IT leadership roles, specifically within the manufacturing industry
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing budgets over $20 million
• Expertise in development and implementation of procedures and metrics
• Strong interpersonal skills (i.e. communication adaptability, meeting facilitation, negotiation, mediation, conflict management)
• Ability to successfully adapt to changing requirements
• Strong project management skills and have responsibility and accountability for formal program level management
• Advanced expertise in several integrated business processes across multiple major business functions primarily in areas of scope aligned with their assigned program responsibilities
• Advanced expertise in manufacturing, quality and supply chain systems (MES, LIMS, PLM, OSI-PI, etc)
• Knowledge of latest IT capabilities in a regulated manufacturing space
• Experience in working with regulated applications in a life science environment
• Experience in resolving complex business, system, change management and program delivery challenges
• Experience in management of projects and large matrix teams responsible for scope, schedule, quality, resource management, stakeholder management, etc.
• Strong experience in facilitating resolution of cross-team integrated topics
• Strong expertise in project delivery methods, tools and templates
• Ability to travel 30% to global locations as required.

The base pay for this position is $147,300.00 – $294,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.