Project Manager R&D PPMO (1st role) - 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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Project Manager R&D PPMO

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.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division.

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)

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 meet project milestones
• Proactively identify changes in project scope and assure appropriate measures are taken to reassess and amend requirements, budget, and timeline
• Participate in the development and implementation of innovation plans
• Ensure alignment with key planning processes, such as business planning, brand planning, customer planning, S&OP, and corporate project reporting
• Manage project plan in Project Management (PM) software through lifecycle and maintain resource and financial allocations.  Maintain documentation, provide data management, and identify communication plans for knowledge sharing for project deliverables for management review.  Oversee execution and delivery of all projects and programs within span of program control (CJR)
• Provide support in compiling and reporting projec