[Sigkm-l] Job Opening: Enterprise Search Program Lead (Chicago area)

[Emmi Costello]

Abbott, a Fortune 100 Company located north of Chicago, has an exciting 
opportunity available for an Enterprise Search Program Lead.  To apply, 
submit your materials via Abbott's online job application by visiting 
http://www.abbott.com, navigating to Careers > Featured Jobs > United 
States > Search Openings > Keyword: Enterprise Search.   A copy of the job 
posting is below.

Regards,
Emmi Costello
Project Manager - Knowledge Management
Abbott
Abbott Park, IL
emmi.costello at abbott.com

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Job Title:  Enterprise Search, Program Lead 
AutoReqId:  48679BR 
Job Family:  Information technology
CORPORATE SERVICES 
Job Category:  Full-Time 
Job Classification:  Experienced 
Division:  Corporate Finance and Administration 
Shift:  First 
Education Requirements:  Masters degree in library and/or information 
science, or equivalent professional experience. 
Significant Work Activities & Conditions:  Keyboard use (greater or equal 
to 50% of the workday) 
Percentage of Travel:  5% 
Country:  USA 
State/Province/Region:  Illinois 
Site Location: For corporate headquarters positions, please select Abbott 
Park,IL and Lake County,IL 

Job Description:  Abbott, a Fortune 100 healthcare company is seeking a 
dynamic and innovative professional to provide enterprise search and 
taxonomy leadership for corporate-wide knowledge management solutions that 
support information needs of all Abbott’s lines of business and employees 
in 130 countries. 

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide internal consulting for search and taxonomy areas of expertise 
including vocabulary development, content assessment classification and 
organization, and enterprise search strategies for web, database and other 
content sources. 

- Cultivate strategic internal partnerships and understand information 
needs to facilitate development of end-user information access solutions 
in support of business strategy.

- Investigate and recommend search and taxonomy technology solutions that 
are address project requirements.

- Manage and prioritize search and taxonomy portfolios; coordinate 
teamwork of corporate and affiliate partners in enterprise search and 
taxonomy program.

- Identify and source necessary human resources to accommodate search and 
taxonomy project needs. 

- Manage project-specific financial resources and identify potential cost 
savings.

- Represent the Library Information Resources group on corporate-wide 
teams to ensure that investment in enterprise search and taxonomy 
solutions are leveraged through the organization. 
Skills/Experience Requirements o Demonstrated leadership ability in 
management of complex technical and knowledge management solutions.

- Demonstrated ability to translate broad strategies into specific 
objectives and action plans.

- Minimum 3 years project or team leadership, including demonstrated 
consensus building and problem solving in a distributed team environment. 

- Requires excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication 
skills.

- Experience in global, corporate healthcare library environment 
preferred, but not required.

- Knowledge and experience with taxonomy, metadata management, and/or 
search solutions is required. Knowledge and experience with Autonomy K2, 
IBM WebSphere Portal, and ILWCM products preferred, but not required. 

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