ABBOTT LABORATORIES Employee Safety Group Manager Salary in the United States

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

The Abbott Employee Safety Group (ESG) Manager is responsible for coordination and delivery of protective security support to designated Abbott employees including Travel Safety, Situational Awareness, Executive Protection and Special Event Security.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Abbott ESG Manager is accountable for day-to-day operations and implementation of the Abbott Employee Safety Program.

• Reports to the Senior Program Manager for Communications, Risk Intelligence and Executive Protection
• Provides leadership, strategic planning, and management direction regarding all Travel Safety, Situational Awareness, Executive Protection and Special Event Security matters.
• Develops programs to promote safe and secure employee travel, domestic and foreign.
• Works in close collaboration to supplement the existing work and scope to current contract security and future providers.
• Oversees Contract compliance with current and future Contract Security providers.
• Implements methods and practices that will enhance personal protection posture of designated Abbott employees.
• Travels to support protective operations before, during and after designated employee travel, both domestic and foreign.
• Liaison with local business, law enforcement and security counterparts as necessary both domestically and overseas.
• Collaborates with various departments, external stakeholders and first responders, in the intelligence gathering and security planning for designated employee travel and special events.
• Assists the Senior Program Manager for Communications, Risk Intelligence and Executive Protection to evaluate personal protection and special event security training as appropriate.

SKILLS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor's Degree is preferred
• Minimum 10 years of proven experience in physical security and personal/executive protection; federal law enforcement/military training, or similar with accreditation
• Experience in staffing/manpower logistics planning
• Experience in emergency response/contingency planning
• Experience in protective advance methodology
• Experience in special event security planning
• Excellent working knowledge of personal/executive protection security