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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job Title
Business Line Leader I
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.
- Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.
- 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 diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This position works out of our Barceloneta, PR location in the Abbott Vascular Division.
Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.
Shift: 2nd. Monday to Friday.
As the Business Line Leader, you’ll manage the operations and personnel of one production line to maximize productivity and operating efficiencies. Oversees personnel and processes of assigned production line to achieve quality, safety, people, and productivity objectives. Promotes safe work environment and behaviors. Maintains a high level of Product Quality and Compliance by ensuring production is performed following Quality System and procedural requirements. Ensures personnel complies with company policies and procedures. Oversees the coordination of labor, materials, equipment, and tooling to assemble product effectively and deliver it per production schedule requirements. Collaborates with other departments and functions as required in support of meeting operational objectives.
What You’ll Do
- Schedules and organizes assigned production lines to achieve supply commitments and maintain targeted levels of inventories.
- Monitors daily line metrics and provide direction and guidance to skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
- Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes.
- Understands all line PFM's. Proposes and updates PFM’s based on process changes or station improvements.
- Manages staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
- Monitors and reports on performance to Operational & Financial metrics for the area.
- Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations. Oversees personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
- Supports investigations for man related quality incidents and drives implementation of corrective actions along with Quality department.
- Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures. Performs investigations for safety incidents, and drive implementation of corrective actions along with Safety department. Prepare training plans to achieve line ergonomic rotation objectives.
- Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence. Responsible for achieving department attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance. Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned area. Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree: Science, Business Administration or Engineering.
- Minimum 2 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Able to read, speak, and write Spanish and English.
- Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills): Manage progress of nonexempt employees for one production line toward achievement of departmental goals. Manage costs of projects, manpower, and material resources for one production line. Performs this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in non-compliance with company and governmental regulations.
- Cognitive Skills: Understands and follows established work processes so as to optimize utilization of manpower and material resources within the assigned area or related departments; Facilitates others; participation in the continuous improvement program; Investigates and solves problems that impact work processes and personnel within a unit or department.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $54,300.00 – $109,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
INTRODUCTION
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job Title
Business Line Leader I
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.
- Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.
- 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 diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This position works out of our Barceloneta, PR location in the Abbott Vascular Division.
Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.
Shift: 2nd. Monday to Friday.
As the Business Line Leader, you’ll manage the operations and personnel of one production line to maximize productivity and operating efficiencies. Oversees personnel and processes of assigned production line to achieve quality, safety, people, and productivity objectives. Promotes safe work environment and behaviors. Maintains a high level of Product Quality and Compliance by ensuring production is performed following Quality System and procedural requirements. Ensures personnel complies with company policies and procedures. Oversees the coordination of labor, materials, equipment, and tooling to assemble product effectively and deliver it per production schedule requirements. Collaborates with other departments and functions as required in support of meeting operational objectives.
What You’ll Do
- Schedules and organizes assigned production lines to achieve supply commitments and maintain targeted levels of inventories.
- Monitors daily line metrics and provide direction and guidance to skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
- Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes.
- Understands all line PFM's. Proposes and updates PFM’s based on process changes or station improvements.
- Manages staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
- Monitors and reports on performance to Operational & Financial metrics for the area.
- Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations. Oversees personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
- Supports investigations for man related quality incidents and drives implementation of corrective actions along with Quality department.
- Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures. Performs investigations for safety incidents, and drive implementation of corrective actions along with Safety department. Prepare training plans to achieve line ergonomic rotation objectives.
- Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence. Responsible for achieving department attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance. Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned area. Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree: Science, Business Administration or Engineering.
- Minimum 2 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Able to read, speak, and write Spanish and English.
- Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills): Manage progress of nonexempt employees for one production line toward achievement of departmental goals. Manage costs of projects, manpower, and material resources for one production line. Performs this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in non-compliance with company and governmental regulations.
- Cognitive Skills: Understands and follows established work processes so as to optimize utilization of manpower and material resources within the assigned area or related departments; Facilitates others; participation in the continuous improvement program; Investigates and solves problems that impact work processes and personnel within a unit or department.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $54,300.00 – $109,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Business Operations Leader
Document your advanced degree equivalency early
If your operations management degree is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation before applying. PERM filings for EB-2 require proof your foreign degree meets U.S. advanced-degree standards, and delays here stall the entire petition.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers who have filed PERM cases for Business Operations Leader or similar management roles. Employers already familiar with the process move faster and rarely need internal legal sign-off to start sponsorship conversations.
Verify the SOC code before your employer files
Business operations roles are commonly classified under multiple SOC codes, each carrying different DOL prevailing wage levels. Ask your employer's attorney to confirm the correct code via O*NET before the PERM application is submitted, since misclassification triggers audits.
Distinguish EB-2 and EB-3 based on your credentials
EB-2 requires a master's degree or its equivalent in relevant experience; EB-3 covers bachelor's-level professionals. For most countries outside India and China, both categories have current priority dates, so your degree level determines which path your employer pursues, not wait time.
Request sponsorship after demonstrating operational impact
Employers rarely open PERM sponsorship conversations during interviews for operations leadership roles. Build your case after proving measurable impact, such as process improvements or cost reductions, which directly supports the employer's business necessity argument in the PERM recruitment phase.
Understand the PERM recruitment window before negotiating timelines
DOL requires employers to conduct a specific recruitment process before filing PERM, typically spanning 30 to 180 days. Knowing this timeline prevents you from expecting green card filing to start immediately after an offer and helps you negotiate your start date and any bridge visa realistically.
Green Card Business Operations Leader: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Business Operations Leader roles typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories apply, depending on how the employer defines the role. Positions requiring a master's degree or specialized advanced credentials qualify for EB-2. Roles requiring a bachelor's degree in business, operations management, or a related field fall under EB-3. Employers work with immigration counsel to classify the position correctly before filing PERM with DOL.
How does the green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa, capped at 85,000 per year and subject to an annual lottery. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship has no lottery and leads to permanent residency. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to over a year, plus additional time for I-140 and adjustment of status. For most nationalities, EB-3 priority dates are current, meaning no additional backlog wait.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for an operations leadership position?
The employer must demonstrate to DOL that no qualified U.S. worker is available for the role at the prevailing wage. This involves placing specific job advertisements, documenting recruitment results, and filing Form 9089 with DOL. The prevailing wage for your role and location is determined using the OFLC Wage Search before the process begins. Audit rates for management roles can be higher, so precise documentation matters.
How can I find employers who sponsor green cards for Business Operations Leader roles?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by employment-based green card sponsorship history, so you can identify employers who have filed PERM cases for operations and management roles rather than guessing from job descriptions. Targeting employers with a documented sponsorship track record significantly reduces the time spent on applications where sponsorship was never a realistic option.
Can I switch employers while my green card is being processed for this role?
Yes, under AC21 portability, you can change employers if your I-140 has been approved and your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days, provided the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. Business operations management roles often satisfy this requirement when moving between comparable leadership positions. Confirm the SOC code alignment with your immigration attorney before making the switch.