Digital Strategist

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Our location in Lake County, IL currently has an opportunity for a Digital Strategist. Our Digital Technology Solution group is looking for a Digital Strategist to drive latest thinking on next generation of digital technology projects. As part of this role, you will be working on exciting strategy engagements in areas not limited to future of testing, wellness, customer experience and emerging technologies for solving business problems.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

This role requires a highly motivated individual who has a good mix of business, technical acumen, and excellent communication skills. We are looking for analytical thinkers who are self-driven and have a strong passion to solve business challenges. This is a visible role where you will be collaborating with business and technology leaders while formulating and drafting the strategy.

Key Responsibilities

            Strategy and Business Capabilities

• Lead and partner in developing and defining technology driven business, product, or technology strategies
• Identify business capabilities/outcomes that can be enabled by disruptive/emerging technologies and business designs for our customers
• Anchor stakeholder discussions by leveraging depth of domain knowledge/ collaboration with internal and external partners
• Conduct analysis to determine best path for solving business problems/opportunities
• Assist in prioritizing business capabilities and associated disruptive digital technologies based on analysis of business value and impact
• Define new business and operating models and supporting capabilities needed to create competitive advantage
• Ensure recommendations align to enterprise guiding principles, standards, and financial goals  

Collaboration and Communication

• Lead workshops and discussions to drive understanding, ideation, assessment, and alignment using design thinking and product mindset constructs
• Provide and socialize actionable recommendations to leaders on initiatives spanning strategy and digital transformation
• Create business architecture models demonstrating how products, operations and systems interoperate within the organization with enterprise architects
• Functions as a liaison to Business and IT partners to gain a broad understanding of industry trends and innovations, and their impact
• Partner with digital product leaders in creating product vision, direction, and roadmap leveraging the collective understanding of business, markets, products, services, and capabilities

Thought Leadership

• Generate thought leadership in key emerging technology areas, competitive research, art of possible capabilities; by doing primary or secondary research
• Define approach, framework, methodologies for driving outcomes from understanding problem statement to providing recommendations
• Manage ambiguity by being flexible and by creating clarity for those around them
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of products, solutions, competition, customer, industry trends and digital trends

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• At least 5 years in areas of digital strategy, business architecture, digital transformation 
• Experience in building compelling, and analytical stories to senior management using tools like PowerPoint, excel, word
• Experience in structuring analytical work, facilitating team workshops, and developing strategy recommendations with a small team
• Ability to define areas of potential value through user, market, and industry research
• Ability to look at a set of needs across the business and identify key questions, themes, and potential for business impact
• Strong communication and articulation skills

Preferred

• MBA preferred
• Consulting background

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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