Senior Integration Manager - Strategy & Portfolio Management
Abbott
Summary
Every cancer test ordered through an EMR starts with an integration. As Senior Integration Manager, you will own the strategy behind them: setting the multi-year vision for our EHR interface portfolio, leading our relationships with EMR and interface vendors like Epic, Flatiron, Oracle Cerner, and Athena, and recommending where we invest as we expand domestically and internationally. You’ll be accountable for the direction of the portfolio, which includes prioritizing which solutions, features, and enhancements we build next to support patients and clinicians. You’ll partner with product, clinical, and commercial leaders, and with executives, to turn interoperability into a lasting competitive advantage.
Job description
What You’ll Own
Strategy and roadmap
- Own the interface solution roadmap and long-term platform vision, aligned with our order ingress and experience strategy, and prioritize new solutions and enhancements.
- Define portfolio-level interface strategy, recommending where to invest, accelerate, or deprioritize, using business strategy and performance data.
- Develop strategies for interoperability and data exchange between EHR platforms that support our long-term goals.
Partners and stakeholders
- Serve as the strategic point of contact for EMR and interface vendors (e.g., Epic, Flatiron, Oracle Cerner, Athena), including proactive roadmap monitoring, requirement refinement, and enhancement governance.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including executives, and align product, clinical operations, and commercial teams around portfolio decisions.
Delivery and technical leadership
- Apply proven project management practices (scope, schedule, requirements, issues, and risks) to complex integration programs and share best practices and process improvements.
- Report on progress, performance, and KPIs for highly complex projects, translating technical concepts for cross-functional and executive audiences.
- Provide advanced technical guidance on integration standards to product development teams, evaluate emerging technologies and tools to support growth and scalability, and bring creative integration solutions to senior management.
Additional responsibilities
- Support and comply with the Quality Management System, uphold our values of accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork, model an inclusion mindset, and maintain regular, reliable attendance.
- Travel approximately 10% of working time, including between company locations and to partner sites; may include overnight or weekend travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 4 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of bachelor’s degree.
- 5-7 years of experience in EHR integration, healthcare IT management, or IT project management.
- Possession and maintenance of Epic Bridges certification throughout employment in position.
- Expert knowledge of integration solutions (e.g., point-to-point, API), EHR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner) and integration standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR).
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to influence and persuade relevant audiences.
- Excellent leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
- Competence with healthcare regulations, including HIPAA and HITECH.
- Proficient computer skills to include internet navigation and email usage.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, such as: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote.
- Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Preferred: PMI Project Management Certification.
Benefits
- Career development
- Free medical coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student debt program
- FreeU education benefit
Company overview
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare leader with a 135-year legacy of innovation, dedicated to helping people live healthier, fuller lives through life-changing technologies and products. Headquartered in Abbott Park, Illinois, the company operates in more than 160 countries with a workforce of approximately 114,000 professionals. Abbott's diversified portfolio spans four core business segments: medical devices, diagnostics, nutrition products, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. The company is particularly renowned for its groundbreaking medical devices including cardiovascular technologies, diabetes management systems like the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitor, neuromodulation devices for chronic pain, and the AVEIR DR dual chamber leadless pacemaker system. In diagnostics, Abbott has been instrumental in developing critical tests, including the first licensed HIV test in 1985 that helped secure blood supply safety. The company's nutrition division produces leading infant formulas like Similac, while its pharmaceutical business provides quality branded generic medicines. Abbott consistently ranks among Fortune's Most Admired Companies and maintains a strong commitment to sustainability and corporate responsibility, making it a trusted partner in advancing global healthcare.