Abbott

Director, Global Technical Learning – Competency Development

Abbott

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $169,300 - $338,700 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Manage educational programs for the ADC R&D Digital team and will be responsible for: Continuous assessing educational needs
  • Create a long term vision and implement best-in-class learning journeys that engages employees and delivers strategic developmental content to all R&D Digital team members;
  • Support divisional and corporate training strategies; incorporate these into specific training programs; achieve corporate and divisional training goals, aligned with current ADC goals, processes and platforms;
  • Partner with other training functions and leverage current/future educational initiatives across ADC globally.
  • Lead ADC technical education program: partner with R&D leadership to identify needs and develop a comprehensive long-term education plan to all Digital team members to ensure the development of skills and knowledge necessary to achieve overall business and functional goals.
  • Develop clear mission, vision, strategies for the technical education program through effective tracking of goals, objectives and priorities to ensure alignment with long term needs of division.
  • Work closely with Commercial and other functional training teams to leverage existing programs and tools, share best practices and assure a cohesive training/education approach to all ADC employees.
  • Implement programs within agreed timelines and budget.
  • Develop scheduled communications to various internal audiences and manage team meetings to ensure management and companywide awareness/buy in to programs.
  • Proactively suggest and recommend new ideas and creative ways to engage audiences.
  • Ability to manage changing scenarios due to onsite needs and requirements.
  • Ensure training expertise to provide quality training and skill programs that meet organization/division needs.
  • Work with departments (HR, OEC, C&P, etc.) to ensure compliance and documentation of policies.
  • Oversee training documentation.
  • Oversee and help develop/design management tools to support training.
  • Keep abreast of current trends in training and development.
  • Develop and assign training programs and learning journeys.
  • Implement and maintain effectiveness of quality system by understanding and adhering to Code of Business Conduct and all Operating Guidelines.
  • Lead and facilitate programs that relate to providing training, using most current learning techniques, instructional design contents and innovative delivery methods to ensure information transfer.
  • Coordinate / review budgets, capital plans, cost improvement programs.
  • Establish internal / external executive management relationships to provide added value to training programs and delivery conduct new hire training when necessary.
  • Continuously update training and skill materials.
  • Work with representatives and managers to assess effectiveness of training programs and tools by identifying training strengths and deficits.
  • Participate in advisory panels to ensure continuation of superior training.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, Advanced knowledge and exposure to science or health sciences required necessary to successfully perform responsibilities of the position
  • 10 years of overall business experience, of which (non-cumulatively) 5 years should be in a training capacity.
  • Proven ability to manage diverse organizations by demonstrating knowledge of diagnostic industry and market;
  • Competency in financial analysis;
  • Competency to identify project scope and impact of strategies, tactics and decisions on overall business;
  • Interpersonal skills to manage conflict and negotiate vendor and cross functional issues;
  • Sensitivity and ability to effectively deal with cross-cultural diversity;
  • Capability of managing managers and people from remote sites;
  • Proven leadership skills.
  • Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations and standards.
  • Must be able to effectively work with variety of individuals and at all levels of management to gain consensus on program development / delivery quickly learn about new products and markets determine best training approach to deliver to R&D digital organization integrate a variety of inputs on training approaches to develop appropriate and effective training programs demonstrate excellent communications to ensure all stakeholders are kept abreast of key activities in development of training programs continuously assess training requirements and implement changes in training programs to reflect requirements assess both long and short-term training requirements evaluate variety of training methodologies and concepts.
Benefits
  • 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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial analysisproject scope identificationtraining program developmentinstructional designtraining effectiveness assessmentquality system implementationeducational needs assessmenttraining documentation managementbudget coordinationcross-functional training
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsconflict managementnegotiationcross-cultural sensitivityleadershipcommunicationteam managementcreativityadaptabilitystakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeAdvanced knowledge in science or health sciences