Director, Division Quality Engineering

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.

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.
• 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.

You will be responsible for Business Unit level Quality Assurance division activity, including Supplier Development / Supplier Quality / Third Party Manufacturing, Division Quality Engineering, quality program management, & quality data science developments. You will be the key contact to coordinate cross-functional success with division Procurement, division Operations Engineering, and R&D Transfers to commercial Manufacturing.

• Technical & strategic guidance to the Division Quality Assurance team / engagement & alignment with key cross-functional partners in Operations, Engineering, and R&D
• Evolve and engage the Supplier Development / Supplier Quality / Third Party Manufacturing to improve yield and cost performance in the supply chain linkage between vendors and CRM manufacturing lines.
• Establish robust controls and expectations for transfer of designs from R&D to commercial manufacturing
• Establish & guide Quality program management and data science to drive efficiency and effectiveness improvements for QMS activities
• Evolve and engage the Division Quality Engineering to complete NCMRs, CAPAs, and other common engineering demands
• Talent development and management, organizational development, budget management.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in Quality, Operations, Engineering, or related technical areas.
• Experience working in a regulated quality system environment. Medical device quality experience preferred.
• Proven leadership in Supplier Quality, Engineering Quality and design transfers from R&D to commercial manufacturing.
• Experience leading risk management, quality program management, and cross‑functional technical initiatives.

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