Project Management Specialist

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 Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we are 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.   

As a Project Management Specialist within the PMO organization you will manage all aspects of regulatory compliance projects, from start to finish, so that they are completed on time and within budget.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop, monitor and control the execution of project tasks, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements.

• Responsible for leading one or more cross functional teams managing the development and implementation of new products.

• Create and maintain detailed project plans including monitoring and updating project schedules and timelines

• Analyze project timeline variances to recommend and implement action plans to eliminate or minimize schedule delays.

• Creating, maintaining and organizing necessary documentation and records; responsible for the quality of project deliverables and documentation

• Facilitating the completion of various design control deliverables, such as product risk analyses, design and development plans, and design history files

• Communicating, documenting, and archiving project team activities and decisions; acting as a primary contact for project team related information

• Facilitating project team meetings, cross-functional communication and decision making, ensuring alignment with internal and external stakeholders

• Contributing significantly to the development and continuous improvement of the Program Management Office processes, related SOPs, and supporting materials

• Identify and communicate project needs to relevant functional groups. If needed, manage cross-functional team meetings to meet project objectives through negotiating, problem solving and influencing skills.

• Aid relevant functional groups to complete project tasks / goals per the approved timeline.

• Manage multiple projects or priorities concurrently.

• Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies

• Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Business or Engineering

Minimum 2 years industry experience in project management

Program management experience in one or more of the following areas: PMO, R&D, Operations, Quality, Marketing

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated administrative, written and verbal communication, negotiation and influencing skills

Project Management or similar certification a plus

Highly organized, detail-oriented and have prior project management experience

Possess exceptional leadership abilities and be a team playe