JOB DESCRIPTION:
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
In Germany, Abbott has more than 3,000 employees working in manufacturing, research and development, logistics, sales, and marketing. They are located at Abbott`s German headquarters in Wiesbaden and its sites in Hanover, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wetzlar, Eschborn, Cologne, Jena, and Hamburg.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our location in Wiesbaden (Abbott GmbH) in the Abbott Diabetes Care division that is focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions.
What You’ll Do
- Driving and coordinating all efforts to select, establish and launch co-operations with external partners both at product and software as a service level.
- Continuous assessment of the overall business development, future trends, and competitive landscape.
- Lead efforts on bringing the EMEAP/global contracts to life in the EMEAP affiliates by driving country launch readiness and ensuring executional excellence (e.g., best practices sharing)
- Work with the senior strategic partnerships manager, global business development and the legal department on negotiation of EMEAP-wide term sheets and contracts with partners
- Select potentially interesting partners, prepare business case and any required internal documentation to obtain approval to work on a cooperation. Advise EMEAP affiliates if they seek to establish local partnerships.
- Act as point of contact for all internal stakeholders (partner, global BD, EMEAP marketing & commercial, EMEAP affiliates), where marketing remains responsible for co-promotional activities.
Qualifications & Skills
- Relevant business, legal, or life-sciences university degree
- At least 5 years of previous relevant experience within the medical device or pharmaceutical industry
- Experience in product launches
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trustworthy relationships with internal and external stakeholders and across all organizational levels.
- Excellent project management skills to ensure a smooth launch execution across EMEAP and with different external partners.
- Previous experience in business development and successful contract negotiation is preferred.
- Knowledge in Health Care or MedTech or Pharma, ideally the Diabetes sector
- Curious to discover new trends and getting to know new technologies.
- Capability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment to deliver on communicated timelines and objectives.
- Displays a desire for continuous learning and development, demonstrating potential for growth and capability of moving on to roles with extended responsibilities.
- Must be fluent in written and spoken English. Knowledge of a second language is desirable.
- The position requires the willingness to travel within Europe, Middle East & Africa and US (max 20%)
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters and help people to live a healthier and full life, grow your career, and learn, be your true self. You will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- An attractive benefits package (e.g., attractive Abbott Pension Plan, a company bike, employee stock purchase program).
- 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.
- A challenging position in a fast-growing crisis independent industry.
- Become part of a dynamic, highly educated, highly skilled, and motivated team.
- Flat hierarchies, open appreciative mentality, and efficient, constructive lines of communication.
- A Multi-national environment, where we foster the development of our talents within the enterprise.
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.
We ask for your understanding that we only consider online applications via our online application portal. Applications by email or post cannot be processed. Original documents will not be returned.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Product Management
DIVISION:ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:Germany > Wiesbaden-Delkenheim : G02
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable
What We Do
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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
