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This role oversees a portfolio of digital initiatives while simultaneously building analytics capabilities. Through strong technical leadership, portfolio governance, and cross-functional collaboration, the role accelerates the organization’s digital maturity and data-driven decision-making.\nWHAT YOU WILL WORK ON\nScope & Accountability\nOwns a large-scale digital and analytics portfolio.\nResponsible for departmental budgets, staffing, vendor partnerships, and resource allocation.\nLeads global, cross-functional teams of project managers, digital specialists, data scientists, data engineers, and analysts.\nMakes decisions that directly impact digital capability maturity, project delivery milestones, data integrity, and business performance.\nMAIN RESPONSIBILITIES\n1. Digital Maturity Leadership\nDevelop and continually refine a Digital roadmap aligned with manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and enterprise strategic priorities.\nIdentify opportunities for digital enhancements that improve operational performance, reduce cost, improve quality, or strengthen supply resiliency.\nEstablish governance, standards, and best practices for digital projects and portfolio management.\n2. Data Analytics Strategy\nLead the comprehensive analytics function, including data science, data engineering, analysis, visualization, and insights delivery.\nTransform raw data into strategic insights that influence major business decisions across supply chain, quality, and operations.\nIntegrate advanced analytics, predictive modelling, and machine learning into key processes to enable proactive decision-making.\n3. Data Governance & Data Management\nLead the Data Governance and Data Management Programs, ensuring data integrity, security, compliance, and regulatory alignment.\nEnsure high-quality, reliable data is accessible for organizational decision-making and digital applications.\nPartner with Information Technology and other teams to select, build and manage key platforms and tools.\n4. Program & Portfolio Execution\nOversee planning, execution, and monitoring of large-scale digital and analytics initiatives, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and communication plans.\nEstablish and maintain systems to quantify project value and support objective decision-making for resource and investment prioritization.\nFacilitate prioritization and sequencing across digital and analytics portfolios to maximize impact.\n5. Leadership & Stakeholder Management\nLead and develop global teams with diverse technical and business skill sets, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.\nPartner with manufacturing site and division leadership to understand business needs, influence decision-making, and increase digital maturity.\nCommunicate complex digital and analytical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.\nREQUIREMENTS\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Data Science, Engineering, Business, or related technical field.\n12+ years in roles spanning digital transformation, data analytics, supply chain, operational excellence, program leadership, or related functions.\nTechnical & Functional Expertise\nExpertise in digital transformation and strategy development, project management, and manufacturing/supply chain processes.\nDeep knowledge of analytics disciplines including data science, data engineering, data visualization, predictive modelling, and machine learning.\nUnderstanding of Industry 4.0 digital and technology trends.\nStrong understanding of data governance, regulatory requirements, and data security controls.\nLeadership & Business Skills\nStrong communication, negotiation, facilitation, and executive influence abilities.\nProven ability to lead large, diverse teams and manage vendor relationships.\nDemonstrated capability in resource management, strategic planning, and organizational change.\nResults driven, balancing delivery of near-term improvements while maintaining a strong long-term strategic focus.\nStrong analytical, interpersonal, and leadership skills.\nThe base pay for this position is\nN/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nProject ManagementDIVISION:\nADC Diabetes CareLOCATION:\nIreland > Donegal Town : R267ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nIe - Dl39S9 (Ireland)TRAVEL:\nNot specifiedMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNot ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nNot Applicable","description_format":"text","description_chars":4621,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Ireland","iso":"IE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Health Care","Prescription Drugs","Cardiovascular Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T07:32:40Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-director-data-analytics-strategy","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-director-data-analytics-strategy.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T22:08:01Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4854,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":146,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}