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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.

• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs. 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.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 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

We are recruiting a Director of Market Access to serve as the functional lead for the Patient Therapy Access (PTA) capability . This position will lead a strong team, and leverage central resources, to develop, expand and integrate prior authorization support into Abbott’s robust pipeline of innovations. This role is responsible for working with peers across our Health Economics and Reimbursement (HE&R) capabilities to deliver business critical insights about the impact of payer policies on patient access and opportunities to improve patient access through cross-functional strategies including education and evidence generation activities. The PTA lead will serve as the single point of contact for prior authorization policy insights and implications to Abbott Medical Device portfolio strategy and may be required to design and execute related education and advocacy efforts.

This leadership role will report directly to the Divisional Vice President of HE&R and will carry additional responsibilities as a member of the HE&R Leadership Team . Such responsibilities may include spearheading cross-functional strategic planning and growth initiatives, improving organizational access literacy, or driving functional customer centricity programs.

This is an on-site role . Talent will be required to collaborate with peers at an Abbott office on a weekly basis at either our Plano, TX, Santa Clara, CA or Minnetonka, MN location.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for setting the direction of the Patient Therapy Access team.

• Lead, mentor, and support the PTA team in their engagement with healthcare providers.

• Elevate organizational awareness of the role of PTA in product access strategies by building strong working relationships with Business Unit Presidents and Cross-Functional Divisional VPs to improve access literacy across Abbott Med Device.

• Deliver externally informed and internally vetted strategies for capability growth and improvement.

• Work cross functionally to implement strategies for effective patient access support across the Abbott Cardiovascular and Neuromodulation portfolio.

• Analyze trends in payer behavior for approved products.

• Work with field reimbursement, payer relations and business access leaders to deliver market access insights.

• Build account level relationships, in collaboration with business units partners, to help Abbott identify and navigate patient access challenges.

• Improve cross-functional understanding of key access considerations over a product life cycle.

• Inform global market access strategies for priority programs with Prior Authorization requirements and monitoring and resourcing recommendations.

• Benchmark capabilities, and stay abreast of prior authorization policy trends, to inform internal capability development and long-term product strategy.

• Deliver in-depth understanding of prior authorization processes, including regulatory requirements, insurance policies, and healthcare industry standards.

• Ensure the team is informed about changes in healthcare laws, insurance policies, and reimbursement methodologies to provide accurate and compliant support.

• Partner with Legal and Compliance colleagues to set goals and develop continuous improvement objectives to ensure systems and processes are compliant, efficient, and effective.

• Own the development and execution of the Abbott Health Economics and Reimbursement teams internal training and education program.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in any combination of the following areas: marketing, product marketing,

• payor/reimbursement, pricing and contracts and/or sales experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with internal teams, external stakeholders, and senior leadership.

• Demonstrated experience at organizing and leading cross functional teams.

• Demonstrated track record in selecting and working with multiple vendors such as IMS, Walters Kluwer, Avalere, Health Leaders, Health Strategies, ScotWork, etc.

Preferred

• MBA

• Medical device or other pharma experience.

• Demonstrated knowledge of US and global healthcare payer systems, including expertise in health care financing, reimbursement policies related to the device industry, and technology assessment.

• Ability to lead and motivate a team of professionals, including managers and staff, to achieve performance goals and maintain high morale.

• Strong analytical abilities to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to improve performance, optimize resources, and address challenges effectively.

• Proficiency in leading organizational change initiatives, including process improvements, technology implementations, and workflow optimizations, while managing resistance and ensuring successful adoption.

• Track record for developing and improving upon enterprise systems and processes.

• Familiarity with prior authorization process for medical technologies.

• Experience working on Prior Authorization solutions including patient intake, prior authorization, and clinical documentation.

• Knowledgeable about product development and commercialization processes.

• Ability to interpret and integrate business strategies into actionable, value-added Market Access initiatives.

• Medical device experience in cardiovascular area.

• Passion for elevating adjacent capabilities by positioning access principles as strategic enablers

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.

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The base pay for this position is $143,300.00 – $286,700.00. 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