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Abbott

Senior R&D Program Manager

Abbott

Sr. R&D Program Manager overseeing regulated digital health product lifecycle at Abbott.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeAlameda • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $129,300 - $258,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Guide teams through regulated product lifecycles, including design and development or change plans, release management and post-market support.
  • Own the delivery of a digital product or suite of product development initiatives by creating integrated plans, cross-functional schedules and dependencies.
  • Coordinate the resolution of technical challenges and translate tradeoffs to business teams in clear business terms.
  • Facilitate operating cadence (cross-functional meetings, design reviews), safeguard documentation and compliance (robust design control traceability and audit-ready design history files), enforce stage-gate criteria and continuous risk reduction.
  • Coach and mentor junior staff on SaMD regulations and development strategies.
  • Partner with engineering, quality, regulatory, privacy, security and clinical teams to assess risks related to updates, design changes, platform changes or integrations ensuring that appropriate mitigations are defined and implemented.
  • Coordinate and advise across digital application efforts for a globally diverse, multi-product connected system.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant standards and quality expectations for digital health and software as a medical device.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years in program/project management
  • 5+ years in regulated digital health or software
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science equivalent
  • Ability to travel 10% of the time, including internationally
  • Strong leadership and communication skills across multiple levels of the organization
  • 3+ years of experience directly managing technical staff
  • Program/Project Management certifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementproject managementdigital product developmentdesign controlrisk managementcomplianceSaMD regulationstechnical challenge resolutioncross-functional coordinationaudit-ready design history files
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcoachingorganizational skillsfacilitationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitystakeholder management
Certifications
Program Management certificationProject Management certification