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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

Our Rapid Diagnostics division currently has an opportunity for a HR Manager. We’re looking for a strategic business partner who can drive business success through attracting, managing, developing, and retaining talent who want to transform healthcare delivery. This is a great entry point into Abbott, with the opportunity to grow into progressively complex HR leadership roles!

WHAT YOU’LL DO  

Business Partnering

• Collaborates closely with business leaders to define and implement business-specific programs to ensure a culture of high performance and ethics, high engagement and enablement, and overall org effectiveness.
• Establishes, in partnership with senior business leaders, a tone for performance and continuous improvement.
• Coaches senior leaders and their leadership teams to ensure the appropriate level of focus is placed on assessing talent capabilities and taking action to engage, develop, and retain talent.
• Supports senior leaders in effectively deploying performance management and rewards processes/practices to drive required levels of employee accountability for desired performance results and ensure retention of top performers.

Talent Management & Organizational Capability

• Implements Abbott’s talent strategy and processes within the assigned business teams; partners with senior leaders to translate talent strategy into relevant actions.
• Breaks the org capability roadmap into component and achievable parts with relevant metrics and milestones.
• Ensures talent acquisition, talent development, and succession practices are effectively operationalized within the assigned business teams.

HR Service Delivery

• Ensures business priorities are shared with Practice and Service Centers, so that appropriate resource planning and priorities can be aligned.
• Collaborates with HR colleagues regionally and globally to ensure that business decisions and actions are fully executed per the agreed upon plans.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING  

Required  

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 5+ years’ experience in client-facing HRBP roles.
• Demonstrated experience developing relationships and leading processes with remote business partners and HR colleagues.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage business acumen and interpersonal savvy to influence very senior business leaders.
• Demonstrated capability in aligning leadership around organization direction, design, and governance/decision rights.
• Demonstrated track record of developing and implementing a workforce/talent strategy to achieve differentiated business outcomes.
• Experience deploying priorities across multiple locations (across multiple countries and cultures is highly desirable).
• Demonstrated track record of success in developing and driving organizational effectiveness and improvement initiatives (e.g., high performing teams, large scale transformation/change initiatives, etc.).
• Has matrix management skill, ability to define resource requirements and pull from support functions and deliver the results through collaboration.
• Advanced knowledge of all facets of Human Resources including talent acquisition, total rewards, talent assessment and development, culture and employee engagement, and performance management.

WHAT WE OFFER  

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer: 

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance  
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans  
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs 
• Paid time off  
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match 
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities 

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com  

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. 

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