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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.
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.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- 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:
We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Program Manager, Supply Chain (Transformation Lead) for the delivery and ongoing support of large-scale, enterprise supply chain technology solutions across a global life sciences organization. This role will focus on advanced planning platforms, including SAP IBP and OMP, ensuring successful implementation, integration, and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience managing complex, cross-functional IT programs, driving business transformation, and delivering highly scalable solutions in regulated, global environments.
This role is critical to enabling next-generation supply chain capabilities, improving planning accuracy, optimizing logistics execution, and strengthening the company’s ability to deliver life-saving products efficiently across global markets. This is a global role supporting a $45B+ enterprise organization collaborating with geographically distributed teams and stakeholders.
What You’ll Work On:
Program & Project Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise IT programs while governing a portfolio of supply chain planning and transformation initiatives to drive aligned business outcomes.
- Manage large, multi-year, multi-million-dollar, multi-divisions initiatives across global teams and vendors.
- Define project scope, timelines, budgets, resource plans, and governance structures while ensuring alignment across related programs and enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Drive execution of Agile, hybrid, or waterfall methodologies as appropriate.
- Ensure adherence to SDLC processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GxP where applicable).
- Define and structure complex business and technical problems; perform root cause analysis and develop alternative solution strategies aligned to enterprise objectives.
- Negotiate and secure required resources across functions and programs; optimize resource allocation through leveling and prioritization in a constrained environment.
- Ensure effective integration across related programs and initiatives, aligning deliverables with broader portfolios and enterprise transformation roadmaps.
Supply Chain Solutions Leadership
- Oversee implementation and enhancement of:
- Advanced Planning Systems (SAP IBP, OMP).
- Partner with business stakeholders to align IT solutions with supply chain strategy, planning optimization, and logistics execution.
- Drive system integration across ERP (SAP S/4HANA), data platforms, and external partners.
- Ensure all program initiatives align with broader enterprise strategy, evaluating long-term business impacts, cross-system dependencies, and alignment with global transformation objectives.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Act as the primary liaison between business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors.
- Manage system integrators and technology partners to ensure delivery quality and contractual compliance.
- Provide executive-level reporting, including program status, emerging trends, risk patterns, and their impact on delivery outcomes, along with recommended mitigation strategies.
- Negotiate program priorities, funding, and deliverables with senior leadership to balance competing business and technology demands.
- Act as the escalation point and decision authority for resolving program conflicts, ensuring alignment with agreed project objectives and timelines.
- Contribute to the development of the supply chain planning technology roadmap in partnership with senior leadership.
Operational Support & Continuous Improvement
- Transition projects into steady-state operations, ensuring supportability and service excellence.
- Oversee post-go-live stabilization and performance optimization.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, cost optimization, and system enhancements.
Risk & Financial Management
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, budgeting, and tracking.
- Ensure strong governance and compliance with enterprise standards.
- Develop and evaluate alternative solutions to complex program challenges, providing recommendations to leadership on optimal approaches balancing cost, risk, and business impact.
Key Competencies
- Executive communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Strategic thinking with strong execution focus.
- Problem-solving in complex, ambiguous environments.
- Leadership without authority in matrixed organizations.
- Drives team effectiveness by providing performance feedback, coaching, and fostering collaboration across senior-level cross-functional teams.
- Ability to lead programs in highly dynamic environments with shifting priorities and constrained resources while maintaining delivery commitments.
- Mentor and guidance of junior program managers and workstream leads to build delivery capability and consistency across programs.
- Financial and risk management discipline.
Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 8–12+ years of global complex IT program management experience, with significant enterprise delivery scope.
- Proven experience implementing or supporting any planning platform software, preferably:
- SAP IBP and OMP OR Kinaxis, O9, Blue Yonder, Oracle, etc.
- Experience delivering large-scale programs in global, matrixed organizations for the Life Science industry.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes (planning, deployment, finite scheduling, available to promise, distribution, logistics).
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and external system integrators.
- Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, hybrid).
- Proficiency with project tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, ALM, SmartSheet, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or regulated industries.
- Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA integrations.
- Strong understanding of data, analytics, and integration architectures.
- PMP, PRINCE2, CPIM or Agile certifications.
- Experience with cloud-based enterprise platforms.
Travel:
- 25% travel as needed for program delivery and stakeholder engagement.
MISC:
- This is an onsite role based in IL. This is NOT a remote role/opportunity.
Apply Now
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.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.
The base pay for this position is $129,300.00 – $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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.
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.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- 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:
We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Program Manager, Supply Chain (Transformation Lead) for the delivery and ongoing support of large-scale, enterprise supply chain technology solutions across a global life sciences organization. This role will focus on advanced planning platforms, including SAP IBP and OMP, ensuring successful implementation, integration, and operational excellence.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience managing complex, cross-functional IT programs, driving business transformation, and delivering highly scalable solutions in regulated, global environments.
This role is critical to enabling next-generation supply chain capabilities, improving planning accuracy, optimizing logistics execution, and strengthening the company’s ability to deliver life-saving products efficiently across global markets. This is a global role supporting a $45B+ enterprise organization collaborating with geographically distributed teams and stakeholders.
What You’ll Work On:
Program & Project Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise IT programs while governing a portfolio of supply chain planning and transformation initiatives to drive aligned business outcomes.
- Manage large, multi-year, multi-million-dollar, multi-divisions initiatives across global teams and vendors.
- Define project scope, timelines, budgets, resource plans, and governance structures while ensuring alignment across related programs and enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Drive execution of Agile, hybrid, or waterfall methodologies as appropriate.
- Ensure adherence to SDLC processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GxP where applicable).
- Define and structure complex business and technical problems; perform root cause analysis and develop alternative solution strategies aligned to enterprise objectives.
- Negotiate and secure required resources across functions and programs; optimize resource allocation through leveling and prioritization in a constrained environment.
- Ensure effective integration across related programs and initiatives, aligning deliverables with broader portfolios and enterprise transformation roadmaps.
Supply Chain Solutions Leadership
- Oversee implementation and enhancement of:
- Advanced Planning Systems (SAP IBP, OMP).
- Partner with business stakeholders to align IT solutions with supply chain strategy, planning optimization, and logistics execution.
- Drive system integration across ERP (SAP S/4HANA), data platforms, and external partners.
- Ensure all program initiatives align with broader enterprise strategy, evaluating long-term business impacts, cross-system dependencies, and alignment with global transformation objectives.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Act as the primary liaison between business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors.
- Manage system integrators and technology partners to ensure delivery quality and contractual compliance.
- Provide executive-level reporting, including program status, emerging trends, risk patterns, and their impact on delivery outcomes, along with recommended mitigation strategies.
- Negotiate program priorities, funding, and deliverables with senior leadership to balance competing business and technology demands.
- Act as the escalation point and decision authority for resolving program conflicts, ensuring alignment with agreed project objectives and timelines.
- Contribute to the development of the supply chain planning technology roadmap in partnership with senior leadership.
Operational Support & Continuous Improvement
- Transition projects into steady-state operations, ensuring supportability and service excellence.
- Oversee post-go-live stabilization and performance optimization.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, cost optimization, and system enhancements.
Risk & Financial Management
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, budgeting, and tracking.
- Ensure strong governance and compliance with enterprise standards.
- Develop and evaluate alternative solutions to complex program challenges, providing recommendations to leadership on optimal approaches balancing cost, risk, and business impact.
Key Competencies
- Executive communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Strategic thinking with strong execution focus.
- Problem-solving in complex, ambiguous environments.
- Leadership without authority in matrixed organizations.
- Drives team effectiveness by providing performance feedback, coaching, and fostering collaboration across senior-level cross-functional teams.
- Ability to lead programs in highly dynamic environments with shifting priorities and constrained resources while maintaining delivery commitments.
- Mentor and guidance of junior program managers and workstream leads to build delivery capability and consistency across programs.
- Financial and risk management discipline.
Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 8–12+ years of global complex IT program management experience, with significant enterprise delivery scope.
- Proven experience implementing or supporting any planning platform software, preferably:
- SAP IBP and OMP OR Kinaxis, O9, Blue Yonder, Oracle, etc.
- Experience delivering large-scale programs in global, matrixed organizations for the Life Science industry.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes (planning, deployment, finite scheduling, available to promise, distribution, logistics).
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and external system integrators.
- Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, hybrid).
- Proficiency with project tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, ALM, SmartSheet, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or regulated industries.
- Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA integrations.
- Strong understanding of data, analytics, and integration architectures.
- PMP, PRINCE2, CPIM or Agile certifications.
- Experience with cloud-based enterprise platforms.
Travel:
- 25% travel as needed for program delivery and stakeholder engagement.
MISC:
- This is an onsite role based in IL. This is NOT a remote role/opportunity.
Apply Now
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.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.
The base pay for this position is $129,300.00 – $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in IT program manager jobs.
- PMP certification or equivalent project management credential required
- 5 or more years managing large-scale IT programs or portfolios
- Experience with Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery frameworks
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, or MS Project
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field
- Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills
Tips for Your IT Program Manager Job Search
Quantify IT delivery outcomes on your resume
Hiring managers for it program manager roles want to see scope and impact: budget size managed, number of workstreams coordinated, and on-time delivery rates. Replace vague phrases like 'led cross-functional teams' with specific project counts, timelines, and measurable results.
Highlight your methodology certifications early
PMP, SAFe, and ITIL certifications appear in the requirements section of most it program manager postings. List them prominently near your name, not buried in a separate section, so they clear automated screening filters before a recruiter reads a single bullet.
Target openings that match your delivery domain
An it program manager background in cloud migration does not automatically translate well to ERP implementations or cybersecurity programs. Filter openings by the technology domain you know best so your resume reads as an exact match, not a stretch candidate.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists it program manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a governance and stakeholder example
Interviewers for it program manager roles consistently probe how you manage competing priorities across senior stakeholders. Prepare a concrete example where you resolved a scope conflict or escalation, naming the parties involved, the governance mechanism you used, and the outcome.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When you receive an offer, clarify program budget authority, headcount reporting lines, and vendor oversight responsibilities before accepting. These terms directly affect your ability to deliver and are negotiable at the offer stage, not after you start.
IT Program Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most it program managers?
The companies hiring the most it program managers right now include Amazon, Alvarez & Marsal, and Google, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Defense contractors, large health systems, and major financial institutions consistently post the highest volumes of these roles.
How many it program manager jobs are remote?
About 27% of it program manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible senior roles in technology. Program management work tied to enterprise SaaS, cloud transformation, and digital product delivery tends to be the most remote-friendly, while infrastructure and data center programs more often require on-site presence.
How do you become an it program manager?
Start by building project management experience in IT delivery roles such as project coordinator, project manager, or technical lead. Earn a PMP certification and gain hands-on experience with Agile or SAFe frameworks. Progress to managing multiple interdependent projects simultaneously, develop executive stakeholder communication skills, and accumulate experience overseeing budgets and cross-functional teams before applying to program manager titles.
Can you get an it program manager job with little experience?
Breaking into it program manager roles with limited experience is possible if you can demonstrate portfolio ownership rather than just task execution. Associate or junior program manager titles exist at larger technology companies and government contractors. Earning a PMP or CAPM certification, contributing to a program management office as a coordinator, and volunteering to own delivery tracking on a major internal initiative all help build a credible case.
What does the it program manager interview process look like?
The it program manager interview process typically runs through a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on delivery experience and methodology, and a panel round with senior stakeholders or cross-functional leads. Expect behavioral questions using the STAR format covering scope management, escalation handling, and stakeholder conflict. Some employers add a case study or portfolio review asking you to walk through a complex program you managed end to end.
Where can I find and apply to it program manager jobs?
You can find and apply to it program manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level, delivery domain, and location preference, then apply directly to each opening that fits.
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