Project Manager II

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 II

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

The position of Workplace Project Manager is within our Toxicology business unit located in our Kansas City, MO office. This position is responsible for overseeing and managing Operational projects within the business unit. This candidate will coordinate with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to Operations, Finance, National Accounts, Clinic Solutions, Product, Quality, Regulatory, Human Resources and IT to ensure that all deliverables are completed correctly and delivered on time.

What You’ll Work On

• Create and manage the integration of project schedules, scope, team resources and budget. Ensure the project is staffed appropriately, completed on time, within scope and budget, and in accordance with any other constraints.

• Develop project documentation necessary to capture project purpose, progress, and achievement of key milestones, including project charters, communication plans, risk/issue logs, status reporting presentations and other artifacts.

• Communicate effectively to senior management and key stakeholders by providing accurate updates, ensuring appropriate levels of engagement, monitoring key performance indicators, and other factors necessary to the success of the project.

• Provide project management oversight for medium to large-scale initiatives.

• Lead a multi-functional core team from Ideation through Commercial Launch, through the proper execution of Design Controls.

• Work closely with various SMEs within Operations, Finance, Account Management, Marketing, Clinic Solutions, Quality, Product, Regulatory, Human Resources, Contracting and IT to create business cases, gather requirements, outline deliverables and establish project plans.

• Track progress and proactively communicate the impact of changes (e.g. scope, cross-functional resources, timelines, risks, costs, etc.) to stakeholders.

• Ensure that teams are equipped and prepared per the appropriate phase requirements to present at key business and IT software review meetings; that all appropriate stakeholders within and outside the business unit are apprised of review meetings and the results thereof.

• Provide training or mentorship to other project leaders to champion project management best practices, elevate project efficiencies and facilitate compliance to the software development life cycle (SDLC), as well as Product Development and Design Change processes.

• Exhibit professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices; build productive internal/external working relationships.

• Understand the quality consequences that may result from poor management of a specific project or impr