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.

Working at Abbott  

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. 
 

For years, Abbott’s medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it’s glucose monitoring system, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.   

The Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist is responsible for leading high visibility, high stakes quality improvement projects from conception through to completion; additionally, this role is responsible for raising organizational competency in formal Continuous Improvement thinking through consulting, curriculum development and delivery, and leadership of outreach events. The individual will both use and teach Continuous Improvement disciplines intended to: identify and hone understanding of business problems and their root causes; devise, test, and implement cost-effective solutions to them; deliver and sustain measurable, meaningfully improved quality, financial, and operational outcomes.  

This role requires excellent analytical/problem-solving skills and exceptional interpersonal, rapport-building capabilities. Must be able to effectively manage multiple projects and timelines. This individual will work under Good Clinical Practices, Good Clinical Data Management Practices, and other FDA regulations and guidelines. Must be able to travel up to 10% per year. Requires the ability to sit or stand while working on a computer for a long period of time. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 

 Leads Continuous Improvement project teams in the execution of the following: 

Research and document business processes via informational interviewing, process & driver diagramming, cycle timing 

Partnership with Clinical Information Analysts in the development of relevant project measures and targets 

Convene project team for Rapid Process Improvement Workshop (RPIW/Kaizen event) 

Use CI tools and techniques (Lean, IHI Model for Improvement) to identify, test, and implement improvements 

Provides regular project updates and report-outs to business stakeholder, sponsorship and leadership groups 

Leads and facilitates Continuous Improvement program outreach and advocacy events 

Co-leads Continuous Improvement curriculum and program development through creation of educational content 

Serves as internal ad hoc CI/process analysis consultant 

Required Qualification:  

Bachelors (± 13 years) Industrial Engineering, Health Sciences preferred OR Equivalent combination of education and work experience 

Minimum 2 years formal Quality/Continuous Improvement work (Lean, Six Sigma) -Institute for Healthcare Imporvement (IHI Model for Improvement) strongly preferred.  

Preferred Qualifications:  

Experience applying Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Model for Improvement in structured QI work 

Experience with Statistical Process Control analysis and tools (e.g. Minitab) 

Experience with Business Intelligence/reporting platforms (e.g. PowerBI) 

Experience working in a Regulated Industry  

The base pay for this position is $75,300.00 – $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.