Project Coordinator - Medical, Scientific, and Clinical Affairs
AbbottAbout the role
JOB DESCRIPTION:
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.
- Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
- 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for the role of Project Coordinator - Medical, Scientific, and Clinical Affairs for our Abbott Park, IL location. The primary function of this position is to economically and efficiently coordinate services for Transfusion Medicine Medical, Scientific, and Clinical Affairs (MSCA) in compliance with relevant policies, procedures, and objectives. The Project Coordinator works under the supervision of the Director of Scientific Affairs to coordinate the execution of actions and projects that maximize value and support MSCA activities on time and within budget. This position navigates a range of actions, including but not limited to invoice settlement, expense reporting/payment, Disclosure Agreement generation, Services Agreement generation, Licenses, Sponsorships, and Statements of Work.
In addition, this role anticipates, identifies, and resolves issues to ensure final deliverable disposition is of the best value for quality, pricing, and service while demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement and other value-adding activity to support functional, business unit, and customer needs and expectations.
What You’ll Work On
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and Procedures.
- Prepare, negotiate, and implement agreements that maximize value and support TM activities on time, in budget, and in compliance with process parameters.
- Timely communication of issues that could impact project or deliverable timelines.
- Work closely with Legal, Procurement, OEC.
- Understand cost drivers and notify team of any opportunities or risks to quality, service, or execution.
- Develop and maintain necessary contracting documentation according to departmental policies and procedures.
- Ensure proactive and open communication with functional and cross-functional team members.
- Participate in process improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate, navigate, and execute invoicing, expense reporting, and other payments.
- Coordinate, draft, negotiate, and/or route standard contract and report types, including but not limited to: Confidential Disclosure Agreements, meeting planning, Amendments, Consulting Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Investigator Initiated Study agreements, Collaborative Research Study agreements, Statements of Work, Licensing Agreements, Sponsorship Agreements.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3-4 years experience with fluency navigating Abbot invoicing and procurement (Ariba, SBM, others).
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a com
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