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.

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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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

This position works onsite at our Westford, MA location in the Abbott Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and hardware/software, vessel preparation devices, vessel closure devices, and thrombectomy devices.

• At the Westford, MA site, the Abbott Vascular team designs, develops, and manufactures products that are used for intravascular imaging. These products include disposable imaging catheters as well as equipment with complex hardware and software.

• This position will ensure that systems, processes, and staffing are suitably designed and implemented to maintain an effective/active quality system. The Quality and Reliability Manager will work with their group to: Ensure product safety, reliability and quality through the effective use of quality planning, risk analysis, statistical methods and process controls during the design and manufacturing stages of the product. Ensure efficient compliance to all applicable regulations through the implementation of a robust quality system and through communication/reporting to regulatory authorities. Exceed customer expectations by responding to field events in a professional and timely manner. Minimize the number of field events through effective analysis of returned products, corrective actions and timely investigation and response to field events. Communications with regulatory authorities Reduce costs by employing Quality/Reliability System Processes that result in the development of efficient test and inspection plans, improved yields, and minimized scrap.

Main Responsibilities

• Recruits, coaches and develops organizational talent.

• Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.

• Provides direction and guidance to exempt specialists and/or supervisory staff who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments.

• Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.

• Demonstrates effective change leadership.

• Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives.

• Develops and executes organizational and operational policies that affect one or more groups by utilizing technical/professional knowledge and skills.

• Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).

• Makes decisions regarding work processes or operational plans and schedules in order to achieve department objectives.

• Develops, monitors and appropriately adjusts the annual budget for department(s).

• Provides appropriate level of cross-functional and customer-oriented communications regarding the status of department and quality system operation, as well as product performance.

• Develops, communicates, and builds consensus for operating goals that are in alignment with the division.

• Provides leadership to assigned staff and supervisors by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving department objectives.

• Creates immediate to long-range plans to carry out objectives established by top management; develops and calculates a budget for a department or group to meet organizational goals; forecasts future departmental needs including human and material resources and capital expenditures; recommends or modifies the structure of organizational units or a centralized functional activity subject to senior management approval.

• Assignments are expressed in the form of objectives; makes decisions regarding work processes or operational plans and schedules in order to achieve the program objectives established by senior management; consequences of erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally include critical delays and modifications to projects or operations with substantial expenditure of time, human resources, and funds, and may jeopardize future business activity.

Required Qualifications/ Experience/Background

• Bachelors Degree in related field (or) an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Masters Degree preferred.

• Minimum 9 years in related work experience including at least 5 years of supervisory experience.

• Proven leadership skills, including setting goals, providing positive and constructive feedback and improving business results.

• Experience working in a quality systems environment (Medical Devices or similar).

• Demonstrated performance and results in the areas of nonconformance management, risk education and prevention, value improvement, and cost reduction.

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• 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.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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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.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com