Associate Project Manager (R&D PPMO) - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

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:

Associate Project Manager (R&D PPMO)

About Abbott

Working at Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

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.

Our location in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for an Associate Project Manager R&D - PPMO. In Abbott Nutrition Research & Development (R&D), our goal is to create innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.

WHAT YOU’LL DO  

• Responsible for managing multiple projects, from beginning to end, with accountability for project execution.
• Disciplined project management: deliver project excellence by incorporating best practices into project management to deliver and/or exceed customer needs across the Project Management process groups: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing. (CJR – Core Job Responsibility)
• Provide clear and consistent communication, both oral and written to all project stakeholders on key project elements such as scope, timeline, issues, etc.  Act as point of contact for project reporting and updates to Business Unit and Senior Leadership. (CJR)
• Perform effective stakeholder management: perform stakeholder analysis, plan and manage stakeholder engagement, control stakeholder engagement, escalation. (CJR)
• Portfolio Management: Management of Area portfolio of new strategies and products.  Provide guidance/structure to Area leadership on new strategies and product launch targets.  Management of the portfolio through launch grids, project lists, prioritizations, project data, and resource allocations (in the project ERP) monthly to support AN’s innovation sales. (CJR)
• Identify process issues and recommend improvements to senior leaders.
• Recommend and implement Project Management strategies and enhancements to improve efficiency.
• Assist in idea capture and cataloging activities of new ideas.

Major Responsibilities:

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

• Ensure project scope and success criteria are clearly established; develop and manage project plan to meet deliverables
• Develop estimates and manage resources to deliver project objectives
• Manage cross-functional project timeline and follow-up with project team members to ensure timely completion of tasks
• Track overall project budget and metrics, as required
• Initiate, lead and communicate project assessments and lessons learned
• Establish clear priorities
• Ensure team is working within project scope and effectively coordinate the activities of the team to