Sr. Specialist Organizational Change Management at Abbott Laboratories

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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.

The Opportunity

The Organizational Change Management Lead works out of our Maple Grove MN location in the Medical Devices Division. Our medical devices 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.

What You’ll Work On

The Organizational Change Management Lead has overall responsibility for the OCM thread within MedDev Division Programs and establishes the organizational change management work plan across all areas of focus. This includes communications, leadership and stakeholder engagement and action planning, super user and end user training, organizational alignment, design and transition, and capability transfer.

• Develop and execute organizational change management strategies and approaches,
• Execution responsibilities for Leadership Alignment.
  • Assessing leadership alignment, defining and executing leadership engagement plans
• Conducts stakeholder assessments, and defines and executes stakeholder engagement plans 
• Responsible for Change Impact strategy and execution.
• Supports creation of Program Governance and Communications structure.
• Work with sites to localize project-related communications.
• Assists in the development and implementation of organizational transition approach(es) ,
• Facilitates the capability transfer program to ensure sustainment of new roles and processes.
• Oversite of strategies related to: Super User Program, capability build and proficiency measurement, global training materials localization Strategy, End User Training Deployment
• Partner in creation of the MES solution sustainment model.
• Overall task status, risks, issues, and concerns (including budget) need to be conveyed to the Project Manager.
• Deliver to agreed upon timelines and milestones.

Required Qualifications

• 7 + years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s preferred

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

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.

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The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 – $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.