Digital Health Solutions, Project Manager (Lab Informatics)

Abbott; Illinois; Remote; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement savings plan with employer‑

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Digital Health Solutions Project Manager in the Diagnostics division. This field-based remote role is based in a metro US city near an international airport.

You will lead digital health and laboratory informatics implementation projects from planning through execution, partnering with customers and cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes and drive adoption. The role requires managing project plans, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations, while ensuring quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years leading projects or project teams.
• At least 3 years of experience working in IT-related roles or supporting IT-focused projects.
• Experience managing project plans, timelines, resources, budgets, and stakeholder expectations.
• Demonstrated experience implementing software, hardware, digital health, or healthcare technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital health solutions and laboratory informatics implementation projects, ensuring delivery within scope, timeline, and business objectives.
• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout the project lifecycle and coordinate activities across sales, service, delivery, and implementation teams.
• Partner with customer IT and laboratory stakeholders to support LIS integrations and connectivity initiatives.
• Collaborate on implementations involving laboratory information systems including EPIC Beaker, Cerner, Meditech, Sunquest, Soft, and comparable platforms.
• Support deployment of diagnostic instruments, laboratory automation solutions, middleware applications, and digital health technologies.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, resource strategies, risk assessments, and contingency plans.
• Manage project scope, issues, risks, and change requests while driving timely resolution of implementation challenges.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

IT project experience

Healthcare technology

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

EPIC Beaker

Cerner

Meditech

Sunquest

Soft

Job description

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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

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.

We have an opportunity for the role of Digital Health Solutions Project Manager within our Diagnostics division. This is a field based remote position, must be based in a metro US city by an international airport.

As the DHS Project Manager, you'll have the chance to lead digital health and laboratory informatics implementation projects from planning through execution. You'll partner with customers and cross-functional teams to deliver successful outcomes, drive adoption, and support customer satisfaction.

What You'll Work On

• Lead digital health solutions and laboratory informatics implementation projects, ensuring delivery within scope, timeline, and business objectives.
• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout the project lifecycle and coordinate activities across sales, service, delivery, and implementation teams.
• Partner with customer IT and laboratory stakeholders to support LIS integrations and connectivity initiatives.
• Collaborate on implementations involving laboratory information systems including EPIC Beaker, Cerner, Meditech, Sunquest, Soft, and comparable platforms.
• Support deployment of diagnostic instruments, laboratory automation solutions, middleware applications, and digital health technologies.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, resource strategies, risk assessments, and contingency plans.
• Manage project scope, issues, risks, and change requests while driving timely resolution of implementation challenges.
• Maintain accurate project records and status reporting within enterprise project management systems.
• Facilitate alignment between customer stakeholders and internal teams through routine operating reviews and communications.
• Monitor project progress against customer commitments, revenue projections, and implementation milestones.
• Ensure projects comply with quality standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors and cross-functional teams to resolve technical and operational issues and support successful project delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years leading projects or project teams.
• At least 3 years of experience working in IT-related roles or supporting IT-focused projects.
• Experience managing project plans, timelines, resources, budgets, and stakeholder expectations.
• Demonstrated experience implementing software, hardware, digital health, or healthcare technology solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience supporting software, hardware, digital health, laboratory informatics, or healthcare technology implementations.
• Extensive experience with LIS platforms including EPIC Beaker, Cerner, Meditech, Sunquest, Soft, or comparable laboratory information systems.
• Strong understanding of laboratory middleware, interface connectivity, and laboratory automation workflows.
• Experience implementing laboratory diagnostic instrumentation and managing related customer-facing projects.
• 3+ years of project management experience leading large-scale LIS implementation projects.
• Knowledge of diagnostic industry regulations, compliance requirements, and laboratory quality assurance standards.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in laboratory informatics and digital health technologies.
• Prior experience supporting digital products within sales, marketing, service, or customer support functions.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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 $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.