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Sr. Advocacy & Alliances Operations Specialist

Abbott · Madison, WI · $78,000–$156,000 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 3, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you managed a budget for several programs and had to make tradeoffs midyear.

What they are checking: Whether they can manage money carefully and explain tradeoffs to stakeholders.

Describe a time you created a process or tool that made a team's work much easier.

What they are checking: Whether they improve operations proactively rather than only keeping things running.

How do you keep leaders informed about partnership activity without overwhelming them?

What they are checking: Whether they can summarize operational detail into what decision-makers actually need.

Tell me about a time you worked with legal or contracting to get an agreement done on a tight timeline.

What they are checking: Whether they know how to move an agreement through review without cutting corners.

What would you do

Abbott Cancer Diagnostics came from the Exact Sciences acquisition. How would you approach aligning advocacy processes across two organizations that did things differently?

What they are checking: Whether they can bring order to merged processes without disrupting partner relationships.

An advocacy partner is upset because a promised payment is late. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they protect trust with outside partners while fixing the internal cause.

About the work

This team works with patient advocacy groups in cancer screening and diagnostics. What does good operational support for those partnerships look like to you?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the behind-the-scenes work like contracts, tracking and budgets that keeps alliances running.

Walk me through how you would track sponsorships, grants and commitments to dozens of advocacy organizations so nothing slips.

What they are checking: Whether they can build a reliable system for deadlines, payments and deliverables across many partners.

Funding patient advocacy groups carries compliance rules. How do you make sure support is kept separate from anything that looks like influencing prescribing or ordering?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the compliance boundaries around industry support of patient groups.

How would you measure whether an advocacy alliance is delivering value for patients and for the business?

What they are checking: Whether they can define fair, honest metrics for relationship-based work.

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The full job description

As published by Abbott.

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. 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. Apply Now 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 – $156,000.00 In 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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