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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. **Job Title** **Marketing Operations Manager** **Working at Abbott** At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: + 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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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. **The Opportunity** This position works out of our **Pleasanton, CA** office in the Heart Failure Division. Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Cardiovascular business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. In the Heart Failure business unit, we are focused on developing breakthrough medical technologies to treat and manage people with Heart Failure.  As the Marketing Operations Manager, you will drive and lead the integrated business planning process for the Heart Failure division, ensuring alignment across strategy, execution, and performance metrics. You will lead and facilitate the Portfolio Management Review process, ensuring timely, structured decision-making across the business, drive the meeting agenda, and follow up on actions. You will also drive cross-functional alignment by coordinating inputs from Marketing, R&D, Finance, Quality and Operations to support business objectives. **What You’ll Work On** + Own the portfolio management review process to ensure alignment between marketing strategy, financial targets, and operational execution. + Updates and manages annual global marketing plans and timeline for heart failure division to ensure critical success factors are aligned to 5-year strategic roadmap. + Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort. + Prepares project plans, schedules and budgets by using project management tools and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project. + Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans. + Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings. + Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate. + Interfaces with senior management on significant matters, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units. + Plans and organizes project assignments of substantial variety and complexity. + Initiates or maintains schedule for projects and project milestones. Establishes priorities of individual or project assignments. Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion. + Communicates project status with key cross-functional stake holders + Tracks global marketing budget including external vendors and reports on a monthly basis to key stakeholders + Ensures cross-functional processes and communication is in place to deliver marketing initiatives efficiently, on time and on budget. + May lead a project team. + Exercises judgment independently. **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering + Minimum of 8+ years of relevant work experience + Track record in integrated business planning for Med Device/Med Tech products, ideally both HW and SW + Knowledge in estimating resourcing, budgets and schedules needed for various types of projects such as product roadmaps, geographic expansion, marketing campaigns etc. + Ability to keep stakeholders accountable to deliverables and drive timelines **Preferred Qualifications** + Certification in project management, Advanced degree Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en) **Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx) Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews. The base pay for this position is $114,000.00 – $228,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com