**Sr. Quality Manager** **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. **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 will have access to: + Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. + Private medical insurance, cafeteria subsidy, stock program, and employee association, among others + 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 diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** This position works out of our Costa Rica Zona Franca Coyol location in the Abbott Vascular business unit. The products manufacture in this business unit are innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease. This position provides leadership and guidance for the Quality Assurance Services departments supporting Abbott Vascular Costa Rica. Responsible for developing goals, objectives, procedures, policies and systems that are in the with company goals and objectives, mission and vision and FDA/ISO regulations. Daily responsibilities include managing activities and areas that support the shared Quality Services within Abbott Vascular to ensure change management quality and product release activities are executed and tracked in accordance with Abbott Quality System requirement and FDA/ISO regulations. **As part of our amazing team, you will also be accountable for:** + Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. + Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives. + Creates an entrepreneurial environment. + Keeps the organization's vision and values at the Forefront of decision making and action. + Demonstrate effective change leadership. + Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives. + Develops and executes organizational and operational policies that affect one or more groups by utilizing technical/professional knowledge and skills. + Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.). + Develops, monitors and appropriately adjusts the annual Budget for department(s) with assistance from management. + Incorporates business policies and procedures into task completion. Understands the business needs of the company and has knowledge of the customer needs of our business. + Cultivates internal and external network of resources to complete tasks. Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regulatory, responding to request and explaining procedures. Interacts cross functionally and with internal and external customers. + Mentor's employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance. + Implements staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changer, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources. + Develops direct report by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews. + Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to lower-level supervisor, supervisors, experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals. + Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to request and explaining procedures. + Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit. + Contributes to the development or operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit. **Are you ready to join our family?** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in careers linked to STEM areas. + Minimum 8 years of experience of management, laboratory experience (testing, receiving inspection) and regulates industry knowledge. + Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish) Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/) 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. 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 corpjat@abbott.com