Head of Marketing, North America - Abbott Diabetes Care

Abbott
Alameda, CA
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

THE ROLE

  • Provides executive marketing leadership across multiple markets, ensuring strategic marketing execution aligns with global business priorities while driving local market impact.
  • Leads transformation efforts, capability development, and regional marketing innovation.

What You'll Do

  • Define and execute the area-wide marketing vision, ensuring integration with global business strategy.
  • Oversee multiple regional marketing teams, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and best practice execution across affiliates.
  • Lead regional marketing investment strategies, ensuring budgets are optimized for long-term growth.
  • Influence business strategy at the regional level, integrating marketing as a key driver of commercial success.
  • Ensure consistency in brand and marketing execution across affiliates, balancing standardization with market-specific flexibility.
  • Drive transformation initiatives, ensuring the area’s marketing function is continuously innovating and evolving.
  • Develop leadership talent within the marketing organization, ensuring teams are future-ready.
  • Champion digital marketing excellence, ensuring marketing strategies leverage technology and data-driven insights.
  • Ensure marketing compliance and risk mitigation at the regional level.
  • Represent the area in global marketing discussions, shaping the direction of global marketing initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or a related field. Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, or similar) preferred.
  • Minimum 12 years of progressive marketing leadership experience, ideally within the life sciences, healthcare, or biopharma sectors.
  • Proven success leading regional or multi-country marketing teams at a senior level with a track record of driving growth and innovation.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale marketing transformations, including digital innovation and organizational capability building.
  • Deep understanding of the North American healthcare ecosystem, including regulatory, payer, and provider dynamics.
  • Strong analytical, strategic, and executional capabilities.
  • Exceptional communication, influence, and leadership skills.
  • Ability to align global strategy with local market execution.
  • Metrics-driven mindset with expertise in marketing analytics and performance optimization.

Critical Experiences To Be Ready For This Role

  • Lead marketing efforts across multiple countries at a senior level.
  • Implement and drive insights-driven change and innovation in marketing execution.
  • Lead alignment between local execution and global business priorities.
  • Optimize marketing investments and execution using robust analytics and insights.
  • Mentor and develop marketing talent across multiple geographies.

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Customer centricity
  • Insights-driven
  • Brand building & strategy
  • Product marketing
  • Developing self & others
  • Commercial acumen
  • Effective communication & influence
  • Executional excellence
  • Digital engagement
  • Advertising and/or HCP marketing

The base pay for this position is $216,700.00 – $433,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Posted 2025-12-31

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