Vision Statement
PDP is a pipeline for key leadership/management positions
Mission Statement
Serve as the compelling offer to early-in-career professionals to attract top talent into Abbott. Accelerate talent to the leadership pipeline through experiential learning, formal training and aggressive performance management.
Program Highlights
§ Operations PDP (OPDP) members begin their career at Abbott as a part of the 3-year Program designed to provide participants with a broad growth and development through breadth and depth of Operations experience.
§ Upon completion of the program, they graduate out into their next full-time post-program position and continue growing their career and contributing as an Abbott professional using the foundation of skills, experience and network developed during their time in the program.
Program Overview
§ Over the course of 3 years, an OPDP member will engage in three critical career experiences to accelerate learning.
§ There will be 3 different assignments in different divisions or in different functional areas of Technical, Supervisory and Operations Excellence.
§ There will be development & experience through rotation opportunities in Production, Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Operation Excellence, etc.
Rotation Guidelines
§ 3 assignments (12 months each) in different division and/or in different functional areas.
§ No assignment is repeated; each is with a different Assignment Manager.
§ OPDP member starting the program in July 2026 will complete a three-year program with the final international (overseas) rotation ending in June 2029.
