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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Livermore location in the Abbott Heart Failure, Acelis Connected Health business.  In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Manager, Provider Relations, you’ll have the chance to lead the strategic implementation of process controls for evaluating, negotiating, implementing and administering commercial payor contracts by collaborating with and supporting the commercial and the operations teams.  Working in concert with Finance, you will have the opportunity to develop compliant pricing strategies that are profitable for the organization.  This includes the development of public sector contracting efforts (i.e. Medicare and Medicaid), and the management of the required enrollment activities to support those efforts.

What You’ll Work On

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job, but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Collaborate on the implementation of pricing strategies and methodologies to support the organizations established targets, overall mission, vision and objectives.Define objectives and allocate resources to ensure commercial contract reviews, implementation and ongoing support of contractual payor obligations.Provides analysis and review of contractual pricing and brings visibility to needs for revisitation of established pricing, while meeting the needs of changing markets and competitive conditions.Liaise with other managers to ensure activities are integrated with other parts of the business and aligned with overall corporate objectives.Lead, direct, evaluate and develop a team of enrollments and commercial payor contract professionals.Promulgate public and commercial enrollment and contractual obligations within the organization.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in related field +/- 10 years experience in the fieldAbility to work independently and managing competing priorities routinely.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in related field15 years experience

Physical Requirements

Must be able to work at a computer workstation for extended periods of time.

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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 $128,000.00 – $256,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.