Project Manager

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This Project Manager position can work remotely within the U.S.

Project Manager manages the development and implementation process of company's products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products.

What You’ll Work On

• Estimate project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort.

• Prepare project plans, schedule and budget by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project.

• Direct project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.

• Assure project quality by using standard development methodologies and by working with SQA to develop and execute project quality plans.

• Communicate project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings.

• Resolve project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate.

• Consult with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and assisting or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.

• Participate in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.

• Influence/Leadership-Understand business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external technological activities to trends.

• Interface with senior management on significant, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units.

• Participates in the development of other technical contributors by facilitating training and providing feedback and guidance.

• May lead a project team.

• Provide technical leadership to business units. Act as a mentor to less-experienced staff and may provide work direction or supervise other technical employees.

• Exercise judgment independently.

• Planning/Organization-Plan and organize project assignments of substantial variety and complexity.

• Initiate or maintain schedule for projects and project milestones.

• Establish priorities of individual or project assignments.

• Decision Making/Impact-Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field

• Minimum 8 years of Related work experience with a complete understanding of specified functional area.

• (Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)-Comprehensive knowledge of a particular technological field. Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships.

• Perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

• Cognitive Skills-Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.

• Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

• Broad knowledge of various technical alternatives and their potential impact on the business.

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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.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.

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The base pay for this position is

$57,300.00 – $114,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), 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

     

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