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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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. Free coverage applies 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

The Opportunity
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. 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. 

We are hiring for a Business HR Director to support the R&D, Product Development, Clinical/Regulatory/Medical Affairs, and Finance organizations.  This position sits onsite at our divisional headquarters in Sylmar, CA, and is not a hybrid role.  

What You’ll Work On
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 and Cardiac Rhythm Management’s talent strategy and processes within the assigned business teams; partners with senior leaders to translate talent strategy into relevant actions.
•    Defines an org capability roadmap, aligned with the business strategy and R&D pipeline, to deliver the right capabilities in the right locations with effective governance to identify and mitigate risk.
•    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.

Qualifications
•    Bachelor's Degree required with appropriate academic background in HR/IR, OD/IP, STEM, or business.
•    Advanced HR/IP degree or HR certification preferred.
•    8-10 years’ experience in client-facing HR Business Partner 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 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.
•    Ability to conduct business (verbally and in written communications) fluently in English.

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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

$172,000.00 – $344,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

HR Consultant

     

DIVISION:

CHR Corporate Human Resources

        

LOCATION:

United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 20 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf