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About the Role

This leader will be integral to the team, responsible for establishing and leading a global function of strategy and insights within the Cardiac Rhythm Management business unit. This role plays a critical part in shaping strategic direction, identifying growth opportunities, and driving short-term and long-term goals for a billion-dollar, global business. The position will also focus on understanding global markets, market share, competition, and leading market research efforts to understand unmet market needs and market trends. This leader is a crucial partner to the executive leadership team for developing growth strategies and will be involved in organic and inorganic market growth options, driving strategic plans and executing key insights.

Responsibilities

Lead the Global Strategy and Insights organization, setting goals, defining priorities, hiring talent, building capabilities, and managing budget and operations.
Champion a customer-centric culture and drive cross-functional, cross-regional collaboration.
Perform initial analysis and ongoing product management of long-tail lateral flow product lines, including lifecycle management recommendations.
Provide strategic leadership, planning, and direction to drive growth and profitability through annual strategic planning and ongoing initiatives.
Guide franchise and functional plans, ensuring alignment with BU strategy.
Identify market opportunities to differentiate the business and enable profitable growth.
Drive portfolio optimization of new and existing products.
Build a consistent fact base of market size, share, and growth across franchises and regions.
Drive cross-functional alignment to form the 'single source of truth' for OEM, LBE, NPI, and business assessments.
Assess customer needs, conduct competitive analysis, and identify enabling products, technologies, and business levers.
Conduct market research to capture customer insights and articulate market landscape, including unmet needs, value proposition refinement, pricing elasticity, and ethnography for new product adoption.
Manage complex data analytics and research projects, and select/manage external research agencies and consultants.
Develop and manage contracting for data and market research.
Strengthen competitive positioning by capturing industry trends, stakeholder dynamics, and competitor activities.
Conduct scenario planning, weekly market surveillance, industry conference intelligence, and deep dives on competitors, products, and critical events.
Be accountable for the budget.
Work cross-functionally with Finance, Marketing, Global leaders, and Commercial Excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in finance, Business Administration or related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Master's degree (MBA preferred) due to heavy involvement in solving business problems and understanding business operations and market environment.
Minimum 12 years of work experience.
Forecasting and planning experience with five years of management experience.
Global experience in a finance or planning capacity preferred.
Project Management experience.
Management consulting or healthcare strategy experience preferred.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Experience interacting effectively with Senior Management.
Leadership and team orientation; ability to work with others in a matrixed environment.
Knowledge and skills in Market Intelligence techniques and sales forecasting.
Experience with advanced forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, cluster analysis, conjoint analysis, and discrete choice modeling.
Strong knowledge of mathematics, statistics, and PC skills for modeling.
Domestic and International interface experience.

Skills

Strategy and Insights
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Forecasting
Planning
Product Management
Lifecycle Management
Market Opportunity Identification
Portfolio Optimization
Market Modeling
Market Intelligence
Customer Needs Assessment
Data Analytics
Regression Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Conjoint Analysis
Discrete Choice Modeling
Mathematics
Statistics
PC Skills
Project Management
Leadership
Team Orientation
Communication Skills

Location

Austin, TX
Sylmar, CA

Work Type

Full-time
Travel Yes, 20 % of the Time

Experience Level

Minimum 12 years work experience
Five years management experience

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in finance, Business Administration or related field
Master's degree (MBA preferred)

Salary/Compensations

$149,300.00 – $298,700.00

Benefits

Training and career development
Onboarding programs for new employees
Tuition assistance
Competitive compensation
Incentives
Retirement plans
Health care and well-being programs
Medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
Paid time off
401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match

About the Company

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
We are a big business within the Abbott family, with a start-up feel.
We are paced to become the market leaders.
We make a difference every day.
The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities.

Equal Opportunity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.