Director, Digital & Artificial Intelligence

Abbott Laboratories hiring for Director, Digital & Artificial Intelligence jobs in Lake Forest, IL, US

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.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics – Director, Digital & Artificial Intelligence

Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of nutritional, device, diagnostic, and generic pharmaceutical products.  We employ 100,000+ people and market products in 130+ countries around the world.

SUMMARY:
Director of Digital & Artificial Intelligence is responsible for defining the Digital & AI strategy for Global Strategic Marketing organization in Infectious Diseases Business Unit of Rapid & Molecular Diagnostics.

This includes consideration of current best practices in the industry and within a company, recommendation on how to best leverage Digital & AI technologies to deliver on the long-term objectives for the business unit, development of an initiative roadmap including staffing and funding requirements to execute it, and establishment of the Digital & AI center of excellence for the Global Strategic Marketing organization that will drive the strategy & execution moving forward.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Assess the current Digital & AI landscape, including best practices within the industry and company

* Develop a value proposition and recommendation for development and adoption of specific AI enabled solutions to deliver on the long-term objectives for the business unit

*Develop a framework to evaluate options for different AI product roadmap ranging from open source, trained LLMs, untrained LLMs along with rationale and success metrics. 

* Develop an initiative roadmap including staffing and funding requirements to execute it

* Establish Digital & AI center of excellence for the Global Strategic Marketing organization

* Depending on the strategy, staff an internal team to execute the strategy & the initiative roadmap, or recommend an outsourcing model to accomplish the objectives

* Establish Digital & AI center of excellence for the Global Strategic Marketing organization and Regional Marketing teams, including development of best practices and training curriculums

* Collaborate with internal & external stakeholders, including but not limited to global and regional teams, corporate, cross functional partners, consultancies, agencies, and executive leadership levels

* Serve as Global Marketing AI subject matter expert: Execute training and education on use of AI to maximize the Global Marketing teams knowledge

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of experience with progressive responsibility in brand or product management in consumer, health tech, or diagnostics marketing; or a combination of the three
• Ability to interact directly with executive leadership to drive strategy and investment decisions
• Track record of innovative thinking and ability to analyze & catalyze information from complex and ambiguous sources into simple, clear, and actionable business plans
• Strong strategic thought leadership, written, and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills
• BS/BA in Marketing, Information Technology, or other related field

PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters in Business Administration, Information Technology, or other relevant field
• Experience working with & implementing AI marketing solutions  

The base pay for this position is $162,000.00 – $324,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.