Senior Program Manager

Thornton Tomasetti; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 129,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Health coverage (HIP PPO)

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott in Plymouth, MN is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead division‑level business processes, governance, and strategic planning. You’ll own the MBR process and drive performance metrics, action items, and executive engagement across functions.

You will partner with divisional leaders to improve productivity and gross margin, coordinate broad cross‑functional initiatives, and translate strategic plans into actionable priorities for sustained execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
• Experience leading several high‑complexity projects from beginning to end.
• Demonstrated technical skills and management judgment appropriate to the project.
• Demonstrated expertise in PM tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance, planning and facilitation of the Operations Management Business Review (MBR) process.
• Ensure effective performance oversight through metrics, action items and executive engagement.

Skills

Project management

Management judgment

PM tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Science/Engineering

Tools

PM tools and processes

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Program Manager

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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.

Benefits and Compensation

• 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.

The Opportunity

This role will work out of our Plymouth, MN location, supporting our Structural Heart medical device division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

The Senior Program Manager will lead and continuously improve division‑level business processes that drive operational performance, strategic execution, and financial results. Own the governance, planning and facilitation of the Operations Management Business Review (MBR) process, ensuring effective performance oversight through meaningful metrics, action items, and executive stakeholder engagement across all functional areas.

What You’ll Work On

Partner with divisional functional leaders to identify, develop, and implement productivity and gross margin improvement initiatives across divisional support organizations, including but not limited to Project Management, Product Performance, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, and other shared service functions.

Drive cross‑functional alignment, accountability, and execution of programs that improve organizational efficiency, resource utilization, and business performance.

Serve as the business process owner for the division's strategic planning process, leading the integration and consolidation of long‑range operational and financial plans, including productivity, capacity and space planning, manufacturing yields, people engagement, capital investments, unit cost improvement roadmaps, and other key business objectives.

Ensure strategic plans are translated into actionable priorities, and sustainable execution across the organization.

Function as a strategic partner to senior leadership by coordinating complex cross‑functional initiatives, driving continuous improvement, influencing decision‑making through data and analytics, and ensuring alignment between operational execution and long‑term business strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
• Experience leading several high‑complexity projects from beginning to end.
• Demonstrated technical skills and management judgment appropriate to the project.
• Demonstrated expertise in PM tools and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience supporting products, services, or operations in a regulated environment, such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, consumer health, or life sciences.
• Experience leading strategic planning, business review, and operational performance management processes while partnering with senior leaders across a complex, matrixed organization.

The base pay for this position is $129,300.00 – $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Information

JOB FAMILY: Project Management

DIVISION: SH

LOCATION: United States > Minnesota > Plymouth – 5050 Nathan Lane N

• WORK SHIFT: Standard
• TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % 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.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

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.