Head of Project Management Office - Established Pharma Division

Head PMO EPD Vice President’s office

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position: Head PMO, Abbott EPD

The Head PMO, EPD India serves as a strategic integrator, execution leader, and governance anchor for the EPD India region. The role combines:

• Strategy & transformation leadership
• PMO discipline and execution rigor
• Leadership‑office enablement

The role ensures that the VP’s priorities are translated into well‑designed initiatives, executed with discipline, tracked transparently, and delivered through strong cross‑functional collaboration across Abbott’s India affiliates (AIL, APC, ASC) as well as the support functions.

Core Job Responsibilities

1. Strategic Enablement of the VP, EPD India

• Act as a trusted thought partner to the VP on strategy, business priorities, and organizational effectiveness
• Support shaping of short‑term and long‑term strategic agendas for EPD India
• Prepare executive‑level insights, analyses, and recommendations for leadership forums
• Help the VP focus on the most value‑creating priorities, filtering noise and driving clarity
• Drive execution and follow-up across aligned priorities with the working teams

2. Strategy, Transformation & Special Initiatives

• Identify, design, and lead high‑impact strategic and transformation projects across EPD India
• Translate strategic themes into structured initiatives with clear problem statements, milestones, owners, and success metrics
• Bring in best practices and external perspectives (pharma peers, adjacent industries, consulting frameworks)
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of select VP‑ and leadership‑sponsored initiatives

3. PMO Leadership & Execution Rigor

• Act as a central PMO anchor for the VP’s priority initiatives to drive:
  • Project structuring
  • Workplans
  • Clear milestones and dependencies
  • Follow-up to drive results and actions
  • Navigating through the organization – across business and support functions
  • Risk identification and mitigation

• Ensure cadenced tracking, disciplined follow‑ups, and de‑bottlenecking
• Proactively escalate risks and issues with clear options and mitigation plans
• Bring consistency, rigor, and transparency to how projects are executed across affiliates

4. Cross‑Functional & Affiliate Leadership

• Lead and influence cross‑functional teams spanning:
  • Commercial – Sales and Marketing
  • Manufacturing, supply chain and Quality
  • Finance
  • HR
  • I&D
  • Regulatory & compliance
  • Government Affairs and Legal
• Influence without authority; build alignment through logic, data, and credibility

5. Performance Management, Governance & Cadence

• Own the operating cadence of the VP’s office:
  • Business reviews
  • Transformation scorecards
  • Leadership meeting agendas and outputs
• Track commitments against plans and ensuring accountability
• Support governance forums with structured decision documents and pre‑reads
• Ensure leadership discussions convert into clear actions and ownership

6. Competitive Intelligence & External Benchmarking

• Regularly monitor competitive, market, regulatory, and portfolio shifts
• Assess implications for:
  • Business performance
  • Portfolio health
  • Execution priorities
• Support identification of new transformation opportunities based on evolving business needs

7. Leadership & Stakeholder Integration

• Act as a bridge between the VP and the EPD India leadership team
• Help align leaders on priorities, sequencing, and trade‑offs
• Enable faster, better decision‑making by improving context, clarity, and execution discipline
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality and judgment

Minimum Education

• Graduate from a reputed institute; MBA from a reputed institute highly preferred

Minimum Experience/Training Required

• 8-10 years of total experience; 2-3 years in management consulting with a top-tier firm is preferred
• Prior experience in driving strategic projects and cross functional teams
• Prior experience in India pharma industry preferred

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Project Management

     

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

        

LOCATION:

India > Mumbai : BKC Building

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

     

     

     

Experience Level

Executive Level