R&D Laboratory Coordinator

Thornton Tomasetti; Minster Lovell; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salaries

Defined contribution pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Subsidized canteen

Flexible benefits scheme

Local community STEM outreach

Yoga

Job summary

Abbott Diabetes Care is seeking an R&D Laboratory Coordinator to lead the Sensor Test Laboratory Team in Witney. You will ensure efficient operation, manage equipment and personnel, and collaborate with R&D scientists and engineers on product development projects.

The role requires experience leading laboratories, strong communication and people management skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a focus on quality, compliance, and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role within a laboratory environment.
• Strong communication, organisational, and people management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the R&D Sensor Test Laboratory Team, providing day-to-day direction and support.
• Coordinate the daily operation of the R&D Test Laboratories, ensuring resource allocation and scheduling oversight.
• Drive laboratory quality, compliance, and EHS initiatives while maintaining procedures and test protocols.
• Act as SME for R&D Sensor Laboratory equipment, procedures, and processes.

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION: R&D Laboratory Coordinator Location: Witney

Grow your career and help shape the future of diabetes care technology. Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare. With a diverse global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

As the world leader in glucose monitoring, Abbott Diabetes Care designs, develops, and manufactures glucose monitoring systems for use in both home and hospital settings. Our product portfolio includes FreeStyle Libre, a system that is revolutionising how people with diabetes around the world monitor their glucose levels. We are passionate about doing work that improves the quality of people's lives. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an R&D Laboratory Coordinator to join our Research and Development team, providing pivotal leadership to support the Company's future growth.

The R&D Laboratory Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the daily activities of the R&D Sensor Test Laboratories and leading the Laboratory Team, ensuring that the equipment, materials, and personnel required to deliver business-critical product testing and support new project introductions are available and effectively managed. Due to the evolving product pipeline and the introduction of new sensor technologies, this role requires a high degree of adaptability and the ability to quickly develop expertise in new and complex testing techniques and instrumentation. The R&D Laboratory Coordinator will actively manage sensor testing activities and collaborate with R&D Scientists and Engineers on product development projects.

As a subject matter expert across multiple laboratory processes, including quality, compliance, equipment maintenance, and calibration, the role will ensure that laboratory operations are conducted efficiently and in accordance with established standards. The R&D Laboratory Coordinator will maintain the laboratories in a compliant and audit-ready state, ensuring that equipment, facilities, and processes remain operational, fit for purpose, and capable of meeting the evolving needs of the business. The role will provide leadership for R&D sensor-based studies, supporting study design, test execution, and procedure development, while working closely with cross-functional teams involved in product development activities.

In addition, the R&D Laboratory Coordinator will provide day-to-day leadership for the Sensor Laboratory team, driving performance, developing capability, and fostering a safe, collaborative, and compliant environment that supports the successful delivery of R&D objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the R&D Sensor Test Laboratory Team, providing day-to-day direction and support.
• Coordinate the daily operation of the R&D Test Laboratories, ensuring appropriate resource allocation and oversight of laboratory scheduling activities.
• Take a lead role in laboratory quality, compliance, and EHS initiatives.
• Ensure all laboratory work is conducted in accordance with approved operating procedures and test protocols.
• Liaise with other functional groups across the site to achieve objectives and resolve investigations in a timely manner.
• Work closely with R&D project teams during the execution of business-critical studies within the R&D test laboratories.
• Provide complex and detailed project information and feedback to the R&D Laboratory Lead and other technical functions within the department.
• Review laboratory test methods and processes, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement while maintaining compliance and quality standards.
• Act as the subject matter expert for R&D Sensor Laboratory equipment, procedures, and processes.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who is excited by the opportunity to join a team at the forefront of diabetes care innovation and work within a modern, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment. You will have experience in a leadership role within a laboratory environment, together with strong communication, organisational, and people management skills. You will be comfortable managing multiple priorities, collaborating across multidisciplinary teams, and delivering results in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

What Abbott Offers

Abbott offers a benefits platform that provides security to you and your family. As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, subsidized canteen and a flexible benefits scheme. Here at Witney, we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including local community STEM outreach, yoga and more!

• Excellent salaries
• A class-leading defined contribution pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Subsidized canteen
• A flexible benefits scheme
• Local community STEM outreach
• Yoga

The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: United Kingdom > Witney : Range Road ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.