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 115,000 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 (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

　　Our location in Alameda, California has an opportunity for a Director of Strategic Data Analytics. This position will oversee the data strategy, insights, and storytelling across the customer journey and marketing touchpoints, initiatives, and enterprise objectives. This individual will be responsible for looking end-to-end across our data ecosystem, enabling new capabilities, & managing ongoing operations. This leader directs a team that helps define, build, and optimize the connected data portfolio, acting as a central management function that operates across multiple teams, including quality, marketing, finance, commercial teams, strategy, etc. This individual should have a strong ability to communicate and will be accountable for translating analytics and data into strategic recommendations to senior leaders. Help advance the Global Market Insights team’s mission to combine empathy and analytics in a way that provoke bold actions to best serve our customers.

　　What You'll Work On

　　• Leverage secondary data, and custom analysis of publicly available information to be the source of truth for CGM market size and competitor share estimates.

　　• Provide expertise on key market and category trends, including impacts to our business that will guide key strategic decisions.

　　• Assess brand health and marketing tactics via objective quantitative research, analytics, & in-market tests (e.g. A/B) to help determine the effectiveness of marketing programs. Leverage findings and trends to find opportunities and make recommendations to the business and the marketing leaders.

　　• Develop global best practices for campaign and brand health KPI measurement across channels and the customer journey. Influence its adoption across the organization and ongoing use.

　　• Democratize our data by building a web-based data catalog and guiding data governance – working with other functions to unify disparate information into a single source of truth for our customer.

　　• Hire and manage a Sr. Manager of Data Science to begin piloting use cases on analytics beyond the bounds of our existing primary research, starting with Marketing Mix Modeling and ultimately working to shift to more First Party data analytics vs. survey ask and answer.

　　• Define and implement consistent measurement standards / reporting, leverage data to inform business decisions, and make recommendations for improvement in analytics and tools.

　　• Translate business problems into scalable and sustainable data and analytical solutions.

　　• Be seen as a trusted leader with the ability to influence, develop and maintain a highly effective team.

　　• Find creative and compelling ways to generate, present, and evangelize results and recommendations throughout the company, to help cultivate a highly informed, more effective, and more empathetic organization.

　　• Be a magnetic people leader, helping to manage and develop the team with the ability to customize coaching style to bring out their best.

　　Required Qualifications

　　• Bachelor’s degree

　　• 13+ years of experience working in primary market research or data/analytics

　　• 5+ years of experience leading teams

　　• Expertise in quantitative market research methods

　　• Expertise in data governance and analytics

　　• Whole brained thinker who combines data with deep empathy and strong storytelling

　　• Comfort with ambiguity and experience in organizational design

　　• Strong people leadership skills

　　• Experience working with interdependent cross-functional and global teams

　　• Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally as required

　　• Strategic thinker who approaches challenges with a “possibilities and learning” mindset

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　• Master’s degree

　　• SPSS preferred although not required

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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 (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.

　　Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

　　The base pay for this position is $164,900.00 – $329,700.00. 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 [email protected]