IT Business Relationship Manager, Quality & R&D

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Des Plaines, ILLake Forest, IL
Salary
$99,300–$198,700 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $160,418–$225,033 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $149k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 205 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 133 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · IT Business Relationship Manager, Quality & R&D

The IT Business Relationship Manager, Quality & R&D serves as the primary IT relationship partner for the Molecular Diagnostics Quality and Research & Development organizations, with secondary support for Commercial functions. This role acts as a trusted liaison between business and IT, identifying opportunities, defining requirements, and prioritizing technology investments to drive compliance, innovation, and operational excellence. Day-to-day responsibilities include translating business needs into technology roadmaps, coordinating project delivery, and supporting application lifecycle management while ensuring alignment with cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory requirements. The position requires expertise in quality systems, audit readiness, laboratory operations, and scientific data management. Key competencies include stakeholder management, problem-solving, and experience with enterprise applications, analytics, workflow, content management, and integration technologies within a regulated healthcare environment.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary IT relationship partner for the Quality and R&D business functions.
  • Translate business needs into technical requirements, solution options, and technology roadmaps.
  • Support demand intake, portfolio planning, and technology investment decisions.
  • Coordinate the delivery of projects and enhancements, including testing and stakeholder engagement.
  • Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, and data teams to implement effective technology solutions.
  • Manage the application lifecycle, issue resolution, and regulatory compliance activities.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and business value to leadership and stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Life Sciences, or related field; or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in IT, business relationship management, business systems, consulting, product management, or project delivery.
  • Experience partnering with business stakeholders to define requirements and deliver technology solutions.
  • Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional business and IT initiatives.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of application lifecycle management, cybersecurity, privacy, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.
  • Experience in Diagnostics, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Life Sciences, or other regulated industries (preferred).
  • Experience supporting Quality systems, R&D, laboratory operations, or Commercial organizations (preferred).

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