Implementation Project Manager - Outpatient

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:

Implementation Project Manager - Outpatient

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, 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 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

The position of Implementation Project Manager- Outpatient is within our Abbott Point of Care (APOC) Division. It's a remote role, overseeing/managing the projects within the West Coast and will require local travel up to 75%. Abbott Point of Care is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and informatics products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive, dependable, and cost-effective. Our i-STAT System is an advanced, portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time, lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making as well as optimize resource utilization for our customers and the patients that they serve. The i-STAT System has the industry’s most comprehensive menu of tests in a single, with-patient platform, including tests for respiratory, metabolic, coagulation, hematology, glucose, and cardiac function. By delivering lab-quality results in minutes, on just a few drops of blood, our i-STAT System fosters a collaborative, patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance. 

The Implementation Project Manager – Outpatient will be working on providing best-in-class project management and execution of associated tasks of the company's portfolio of products; and engage with key personnel to streamline customer processes to better facilitate patient care through the use of the company's solutions. Support Field sales team (i-STAT Solution Specialists) to deliver sales growth by assuming post-close to Test of Record implementation responsibilities. Develop new innovative strategies to implement customer solutions at an expedited rate. The Implementation Project Manager functions as a laboratory project and account manager to facilitate implementations, build product value with existing customers to minimize declining business, and support field sales during the pre-close process to drive territory growth.

What you'll work on

• Facilitate project management of the Implementation and Integration of customer point-of-care solutions, taking full responsibility for post-close responsibilities to shorten Implementation to revenue time with the goal of 45 days.

• The Implementation Project Manager will serve as the lead implementation resource providing effective and efficient project management of product installation and integration utilizing Implementation Best Practices. Coordinate involvement of customers, local i-STAT Solution Specialists, and other resources for executing successful utilization and adoption of i-STAT products at an accelerated rate. 

• Protect key base business in collaboration with field sales serving as the clinical lab resource.

• Support i-STAT Solution Specialists with the development and implementation of strategies to secure base business and reduce loss and