Manager ILS Instrument Labeling

Thornton Tomasetti; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Freedom 2 Save program

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Irving, TX, is seeking a Manager ILS Instrument Labeling to lead the labeling team for CORE Dx instruments. You will guide technical direction, set documentation requirements, and ensure regulatory-compliant, user-friendly content across multiple projects.

The role focuses on creating manuals and online help, aligning with quality standards, with opportunities to mentor staff and drive strategic labeling initiatives in a global company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 5 years' experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical products, nutritionals).

Responsibilities

• Lead Instrument Labeling team, providing technical direction and oversight for planning and quality of deliverables.
• Partner with project managers, SMEs, and stakeholders to define documentation requirements and timelines.
• Oversee creation of customer-facing technical documentation, including user manuals and online help for CORE DX instruments.
• Ensure documentation supports U.S. and international regulatory submissions and meets quality and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate activities across multiple projects to ensure accuracy, consistency and on-time delivery.

Skills

Regulated industry experience

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

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.

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.
• Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

The Opportunity

The Manager ILS Instrument Labeling works on site in our Irving, TX location in the CORE Dx Division. 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 role Leads the Instrument Labeling team responsible for creating global customer-facing documentation for CORE DX instruments, including user manuals and online help systems. The position combines technical expertise, people leadership, and project management to ensure labeling is compliant, accurate, user-focused, and aligned with regulatory requirements and business goals.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead and manage the Instrument Labeling team, providing technical direction, guidance, and oversight for planning, effort estimation, and quality of deliverables.
• Partner with project managers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders to define documentation requirements, project scope, priorities, and timelines.
• Act as the organization’s expert in instrument labeling, developing labeling strategies, standards, and best practices while guiding key decisions across multiple projects.
• Oversee the creation and delivery of customer-facing technical documentation, including user manuals, instructions for use, and online help content for CORE DX instruments.
• Ensure documentation supports both U.S. and international regulatory submissions and meets quality, compliance, and business requirements.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate team activities across multiple projects, reviewing deliverables to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, and on-time completion.
• Ensure all labeling and documentation activities comply with quality system requirements, regulatory standards, and internal procedures, while maintaining clear, accurate, and user-friendly content.
• Communicate project progress, risks, priorities, and resource needs effectively with cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Provide technical solutions to documentation and labeling challenges, develop project estimates, set delivery commitments, and drive execution to meet schedule, quality, and business objectives.
• Resolve complex technical, process, and labeling-related issues by working across product lines and functional teams.
• Provide strategic guidance, clarify requirements, and support informed decision-making.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members through performance management, mentoring, career development planning and day-to-day support.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• 5 years' experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical products, nutritionals).

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience leading content development initiatives in structured authoring environments, ideally within regulated industries.
• Working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with experience overseeing documentation efforts that align with each phase: requirements, design, implementation, and verification.
• Experience with ensuring documentation supports product and procedural goals.
• Strong track record of collaborating with engineering, product, and compliance teams to align documentation strategy with development milestones.
• Experience managing or mentoring content teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite environments.
• Familiarity with content management systems, version control tools, and collaborative platforms is a plus.
• Experience in the medical industry is a plus.
• MS degree preferred
• Minimum 8 years' experience in content strategy, product documentation leadership, or a related area; or a comparable combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing technical teams or projects may also be considered.

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: Regulatory Operations

DIVISION: CRLB Core Lab

LOCATION: United States > Irving : LC-02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % 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, committed to employee diversity.

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

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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.