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Head of Business Capabilities - Global Digital Activation
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 United States - Illinois - Lake Forest
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST” (Database Architects) in IL: $98k–$140k, median $119k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Abbott Laboratories
The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 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. • 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, an d 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: As our Head of Business Capabilities - Global Digital Activation, you are responsible for leading and managing the DHS business deployment, implementation and adoption of the capabilities and processes required to deliver a digital solution within the organization. Working with the business stakeholders, you are responsible for aligning the Digital solutions capabilities with the overall business strategy, objectives, and goals of the organization. WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON: This role is critical to ensure: • Digital Solutions offered by the organization meet the needs and expectations of its customers and stakeholders. • Integration into the Businesses serves as the counterpart of the Archetype Process & Systems Excellence team, in order to translate business requirements into new user stories and/or additional technical functionality in the existing or new tools and applications. • You are responsible for organizing, prioritizing and documenting functional requirements from the businesses, understanding the downstream impact in Markets and Customers, defining the operational benefits (Business case). Working with business owners, architects, product management, Q&R and Market leaders contributing to vision and program backlog, streamlining the execution of program priorities while leveraging opportunities of standardization cross-business. • Managing a team focus on E2E implementation of DHS capability delivery. • Implement standardized project planning and control processes and ensure tools are effectively used across programs. • Establish processes to support project management standardization. • Accountable for Project Management Office scope, strategy, and programs. • Accountable for demonstrating continual improvement in effective completion of projects and sub-projects in the Division. You are responsible for • Participating with other Abbott senior leaders to establish strategic plans and objectives related to DHS, representing customer/market requirements and needs • Acting as a direct point of contact for program escalations, driving strategic direction to increase solutions adoption and product utilization within the region • Strategically and operationally advance Digital Solutions while meeting the timelines and deliverables of the business • Mentoring the development of leaders within the DHS delivery practice, up to the senior manager level • Selecting, developing,