Manager Learning & Development

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan 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

This position is based out our Abbott Park, IL location in our CHR Corporate Human Resources division.

The Manager - Global Key Talent Design will identify and prioritize program design changes in partnership with members of the global key talent team and stakeholders across the business.

What You’ll Work On

• Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders to ensure programs that are aligned with talent development strategy and needs of the company being supported by Global Key Talent and Talent Management.
• Experience leveraging instructional design and adult learning principles to drive program design changes, and guide innovation across the Global Key Talent space.
• Increase communication and connection points between Executive Committees, Talent Management, and the Global Key Talent Team as it pertains to program measurement, and impact on employees’ existing skills and capabilities. 
• Supports Sr Manager, Global Key Talent in expanding existing relationships between Talent Management, Key Talent, and Executive Stakeholders where needs for future talent are annually assessed, and solutions are development in support of an evolving workforce of the future.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Instructional design/ Adult Education or Learning and development.
• 5 years of experience in curriculum and Program design (Learning and development, etc).
• Design and develop best-in-class suite of programs aligned to needs of our businesses, and the talent development strategy.
• Stakeholder management of sponsors of programs
• Evaluate data from existing metrics for developing future program improvements.
• Develop solutions for key talent development post program
• Utilize data analytics that aligns with talent development strategy of the company.
• Monitor data to provide recommendation to create Program efficiencies.
• Conduct annual review of Global Key Talent programs to ensure design and content align with company strategy.
• Establish internal consistency of design across all programs.
• Ensure consistent development of knowledge/skills throughout the key talent audience of the company.
• Partner with Talent Management teams to design workforce planning and capability mapping strategies across our programs. This includes integrating assessment across our programs as it relates to leadership and or function-specific skills.
• Establish new reports/dashboards that monitor performance of key skills (KPI’S) across the business, and align to future or evolving needs of the workforce at Abbott.
• Work with external vendors to design program content ensuring timely delivery following the existing guidelines.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Instructional design background.
• Adult Learning theoryknowledge
• MS skills – MS Excel/Dashboards, etc
• Survey/evaluation experience will be helpful.
• Vendor Management/Project Management

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.

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

$97,300.00 – $194,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Learning & Development

     

DIVISION:

CHR Corporate Human Resources

        

LOCATION:

United States > Abbott Park : AP06B

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

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