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 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 Manager, you’ll be responsible for defining, planning, coordinating, and integrating activities related to changes in existing products and the launch of new ones. This includes ensuring product readiness across all ADC systems, collaborating with tool administrators on change requests, conducting gap analyses, implementing process improvements, and supporting end-of-life (EOL) projects. You’ll also manage documentation updates, meeting minutes, and all related manufacturing, operations, and supply chain activities. You’ll track project progress and report status updates to management. This is an onsite role in Alameda, CA.
What You’ll Work On
Manage the full lifecycle of product readiness / setup in ADC systems—from initiation and planning to execution and reporting.
Support the full lifecycle of EOL projects— from initiation, planning, execution, and closing phases.
Develop and maintain detailed process improvement plans that align with scope, track progress, and support status reporting. Managing procedure revisions.
Ensure timely delivery of project milestones, within budget and quality standards.
Prioritize activities across multiple programs, balancing resource availability, timelines, and business needs.
Collaborate with functional leaders to identify and resolve issues, removing barriers to progress.
Participate in review meetings representing worldwide cross-functional teams plans including development, marketing, sales, regulatory, and operations.
Support the implementing and maintenance of quality systems & processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in a business or a technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience is required including knowledge of Program Management tools such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
- Good interpersonal and presentation skills are required in leading cross-function team and communicating project status.
- Furthermore, the ability to manage multiple projects and handle complexity.
- Some experience in product development or manufacturing in a medical device product is desirable.
- This position requires the ability to collect information from multiple sources, sort through, integrate, and resolve often conflicting requirements, and drive an organization through the various issues to result in a successful product launch.
Preferred Qualifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification
Apply Now
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$86,700.00 – $173,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Manufacturing
DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 2601 Harbor Bay Parkway
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
