Manager, Strategic Planning & Analytics

Thornton Tomasetti; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Alameda, CA, seeks a Manager, Strategic Planning in the Diabetes Care division to support the Head of Strategy and Business Development. You will drive biomarker analyses, synthesize industry trends, and prepare materials for senior leadership workshops and IBP processes.

You will lead cross-functional teams, develop executive-ready communications, and quantify opportunities to guide strategic decisions and growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related business experience including market research.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth analyses of market trends, competitive dynamics, and adjacent spaces to evaluate opportunities for ADC.
• Collaborate with Competitive Intelligence, Analytics, Market Research, and other ADC teams to synthesize information.
• Lead cross-functional teams to gather input, drive analyses, and advance strategic workstreams.
• Manage end-to-end strategic planning cycles, tracking activities and deadlines for executive meetings.
• Develop executive-ready materials for senior leadership workshops and strategic planning sessions.
• Build business cases in support of IBP, quantifying opportunities and translating analyses into recommendations.

Skills

Market research

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. As the Manager, Strategic Planning you will support the Head of Strategy and Business Development in driving divisional strategic planning. The Strategic Planning team assists senior leadership in making decisions on innovation portfolio and pipeline to maintain competitive differentiation and achieve growth goals. This person will conduct fact-based analyses that synthesize industry trends, identify and assess strategic options, and quantify opportunities. This role will support all aspects of ADC strategic planning, including creating material to guide key executive workshops and meetings and collaborating across the organization.

What You’ll Work On

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis of market trends, competitive dynamics, and adjacent industry spaces to evaluate opportunities for ADC
• Collaborate with Competitive Intelligence, Analytics, Market Research, and other ADC teams to aggregate and synthesize information across the organization
• Lead and program manage cross-functional working teams to gather input, drive analyses, and advance key strategic workstreams
• Project manage strategic planning cycles end-to-end, tracking activities and deadlines leading up to key meetings and managing action items coming out of them
• Drive major portions of materials for the biannual senior executive innovation workshops, as well as materials for other key strategic planning meetings
• Build and drive business cases in support of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, quantifying opportunities and translating analyses into actionable recommendations
• Develop executive-ready communications — including PowerPoint presentations, storylines, and talk tracks — for senior leadership in strategic planning sessions and innovation workshops

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of related business experience including market research

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years combined sales, marketing or marketing research preferred
• Previous healthcare sales, marketing or research experience

The base pay for this position is $130,700.00 – $261,300.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Market Development and Research

DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION: United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 20 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.