Project Manager – Diagnostic Instrument Implementation

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:

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.
• 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 remote for our Core Diagnostics Division.

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

• This position is a remote position.
• Qualified candidates must currently live in the East or Central US territory.
• Relocation assistance is not authorized for this position

What You’ll Work On

The Project Manager is responsible for leading diagnostic implementation projects and is the single person responsible and accountable for ensuring that these projects are completed within scope and on-time.

• Will work directly with the sales and service teams to create project plans that deliver the agreed upon solution in the desired time frame.
• The PM will serve as the primary point of contact with the customer throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Will develop appropriately detailed, cross-functional, realistic and appropriate timeline that includes resource requirements and management reserve.
• Will actively manage the scope, scope changes, risks and issues for each project that they lead and work with stakeholders to overcome obstacles and mitigate risks.
• Will actively manage their projects in the enterprise management tool and ensure that project records are kept up to date and active.
• Will recommend innovate ways to improve project management processes and performance in the PMO.
• Will work with cross-functional teams to resolve conflicts, manage changes in the project and adjust activities to meet new requirements.
• Will establish routine joint operating mechanisms with Abbott and customers to ensure good communication and alignment.
• Will drive for on-time project execution and customer satisfaction as primary project objectives for each project they lead

Main Responsibilities:

• Leads the team through the translation of management and customer needs into project goals.
• Identify resource requirements time schedules for all Projects.
• Develop an implementation plan, conduct risk assessments, and develop and implement contingency plans to allow for and accommodate unforeseen events and changes in strategy.
• Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that long and short-term business goals are attained.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies, quality system, ethics policy, and project goals.
• Accountable for the successful completion of project tasks on time a