Digital Health Solutions, Project Manager (Lab Informatics)

Abbott; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Great retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement program

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a field-based DHS Project Manager in the United States to lead digital health and laboratory informatics implementations from planning through execution. You will partner with customers and cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes and drive adoption.

The role requires 5+ years PM experience, IT-focused background, and familiarity with LIS platforms; travel up to 50%.

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 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 and laboratory informatics implementation projects 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.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

IT project delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

EPIC Beaker

Cerner

Meditech

Sunquest

Soft

Job description

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.

• 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.

Position Details

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.

Compensation

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.

Job Family

• Job Family: Project Management
• DIVISION: CRLB Core Lab
• LOCATION: United States of America : Remote
• ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
• WORK SHIFT: Standard
• TRAVEL: Yes, 50 % of the Time
• MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No
• SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

EEO and Diversity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

About Abbott

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.

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