Sr. Advocacy & Alliances Operations Specialist
At a glance
Senior Channel & Partnerships role at Abbott. Madison · full-time · $78,000–$156,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Track advocacy engagements, organizations, owners, relationship status, next steps, and sponsorship benefits
- Coordinate internal collaboration by sharing advocacy insights, case studies, best practices, and planning support
- Create and maintain approved communications, organization profiles, meeting records, reports, surveys, and impact updates
- Handle event preparation, vendor coordination, compliant reviews, post-meeting reporting, training materials, and slide decks
- Improve workflows and align engagement materials across Medical Affairs, Communications, Government Affairs, Marketing, and related teams
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in business or a relevant field, or a high school diploma plus four years of related experience
- At least five years in a related field, with strong program-management knowledge in life sciences, advocacy, or public health
- Working ability with Word, Excel, PCs, databases, PowerPoint, and EndNote, including advanced PowerPoint and EndNote skills
- Authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior operations role focused on advocacy programs, cross-functional coordination, reporting, compliance, and process improvement. Experience or knowledge in public health, advocacy, or cancer screening is preferred. The role is based in Madison, includes standard-shift work, and requires travel ten percent of the time.
From the employer
JOB DESCRIPTION:
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.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- 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 is within Abbott's Cancer Diagnostics business. Abbott's Cancer Diagnostics business was established through the acquisition of Exact Sciences', bringing together Abbott's global diagnostics leadership with Exact Sciences' expertise in cancer screening and diagnostic testing. Together, we're advancing the early detection of cancer and improving outcomes for patients through innovative, accessible testing solutions. Our combined portfolio and reach allow us to bring life-changing diagnostic technology to more patients, providers, and health systems worldwide.
As the Senior Advocacy and Alliances Operations Specialist, you'll oversee the operations that support the external and cross-functional work of the Advocacy and Alliances team within Screening Medical Affairs, helping ensure effective program management, workflow coordination, insight sharing, process improvement, and strategic engagement.
What You’ll Work On
- Lead program management, tracking, and monitoring of external Advocacy strategic engagements, including maintaining an inventory of key organizations, relationship owners, engagements, next steps, relationship status, and sponsorship benefits in accordance with Compliance requirements.
- Manage internal cross-functional Advocacy engagement by identifying collaboration opportunities with key organizations, distributing advocacy learnings, grantee case studies and best practices, and supporting select cross-functional strategic planning across Medical Affairs and partner functions.
- Develop and maintain Advocacy content and reporting resources, including MLR-approved communications, key organization backgrounders and bios, meeting notes, reports, case studies, internal updates, geographic activity tracking, annual surveys, team retreats, and the annual Advocacy Impact Report.
- Support business processes and operations for Advocacy and Alliances activities, including pre- and post-event briefings, event planning and evaluation, post-meeting reports, role and responsibility tracking, vendor management, compliant material review, and development of slide decks, training content, FAQs, and scientific communications resources.
- Drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, optimizing workflows, harmonizing Advocacy content across Medical Affairs, tracking material update needs, and partnering with Corporate Communications, Government Affairs, Marketing, Market Access, Health Equity, Medical Communications, Medical Education, and other stakeholders to align shared strategic engagement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a relevant field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
- 5 years of experience in related field.
- Strong knowledge of program management within life sciences, advocacy, or public health space.
- Demonstrated competence using information technology, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, PCs and databases; advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and EndNote.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and/or knowledge of public health, advocacy, or cancer screening.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/
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 abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.
The base pay for this position is
$78,000.00 – $156,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Medical & Scientific Affairs
DIVISION:
ONCO Cancer Diagnostics
LOCATION:
United States > Madison : 5505 Endeavor Ln
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
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