Director, Head IT Latin America

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Our location in Abbott Park, Illinois currently has an opportunity for a Director, Head IT Latin America.

The IT Business Relationship Management Director will partner with the Abbott Nutrition division (Latin America) business leaders in setting the Regional Commercial IT strategy and associated roadmap/fiscal planning. This role will ensure that Information Systems technology meets the current and future needs of the business.  This will be achieved through collaboration with the business and deep understanding of the business needs and priorities, portfolio management and demand prioritization, partnership with internal and external delivery partners for successful and consistent technical delivery, and advocacy for both business needs and global IT strategy across stakeholder areas.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Partner closely with business executives across a variety of functional areas to develop IT strategy to meet current and future need of the business, and manages escalation and issues where needed.
• Plan, develop and direct the IT BRM activities across the Latin America portfolio, and aligns on strategic direction with other Nutrition regional IT leads and End to End processes.
• Manage processes, priorities, decisions, risks, and issues, as required, across the domain.
• Manage and recommends budgets.
• Responsible for all aspects of people leadership for the function.
• Act as liaison between the business and IT for the stakeholder groups assigned.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Understand industry trends and the competitive landscape in terms of technology enablers.   Combined with the Nutrition business strategy, translate this into an aligned IT portfolio of programs, projects and applications.
• Align with business on the portfolio of programs, projects and applications and ensure that the Nutrition IT long range plan and budget are aligned.
• Collaborate with other parts of divisional IT, Corporate IT, and other staff departments, external partners and customers to ensure adequate and timely delivery of services, in line with agreed service levels.
• Oversee and manage departmental IT budgets, RCE (Capital/Pre-Paid), direct expenditures and return on investment (ROI) calculations with business for initiatives.
• Understand the specific challenges and opportunities linked to regulatory, legal, privacy, security and economic situations across Latin America.  Partner with business leadership, IT peers and vendors to address these evolutions in the most efficient way.
• Continually seek opportunities for revenue generation, cost reductions, and cost avoidance.
• Support cross functional and cross region business initiatives and explores IT synergies and efficiencies.
• Responsible for all aspects of people leadership for the IT BRM team; setting expectations, coaching, developing, evaluating, feedback, hiring and performance management.
• Responsible for overall team morale and supports a collaborative environment.
• Champions change and innovation. Able to a global perspective where needed, and advocate for local/business specific when appropriate.
• Establishes staffing/resource plans to meet long-range business needs determining appropriate mix of sourcing opportunities. Responsible for overall organizational effectiveness.
• Manage issues, risks and decision making within effective timeframes for optimal business outcomes.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration or another discipline relevant for the healthcare industry
• 10 years of IT experience in large or mid-size multinational company
• IT Commercial experience, either in strategy, delivery, or technical architecture
• Work effectively with all levels of management up to and including Division Directors and VPs
• Ability to collaborate with business leads, understand business strategy/processes, look for innovative solutions to drive business enhancements both for internal business users and external customers
• Strong organizational skills, including program/project governance
• Strong influence and negotiating skills
• Experience leading teams - both direct and indirect
• Proven leadership skills, self-directed with strong work ethic
• Successfully managed project portfolio with projects ranging from $20K-$5MM
• Proven experience and understanding of the complete software life cycle
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Track record and business knowledge in consumer goods commercial functions
• Technology knowledge of the following disciplines a plus (Website/ Digital/Mobility, Social, CRM (salesforce.com), Content Management, Quote to Contract, Revenue Management, Cloud Computing, Distributor Management, Business Intelligence/Data Analytics, ERP)
• 5 years or more of project management and program management
• Experience with regulated industries
• Experience with vendor management

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

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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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