Planning Specialist R&D - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

1003 Abbott Laboratories; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 68,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Columbus, OH is seeking a Planning Specialist, Research & Development to support contracts, budgets, and planning for R&D initiatives across HEOR, preclinical, and clinical studies. You will draft and negotiate agreements, manage budgets, and coordinate with Legal, Ethics and Compliance, and Clinical Development.

This on-site role requires a BA/BS in a relevant field and several years of contract, budget, and project management experience, with Planview proficiency.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in business, finance, healthcare or science.
• Minimum 4 years contracts experience.
• Minimum 2 years in finance/budgets.
• Minimum 2 years in healthcare/clinical research.
• Minimum 2 years in project management.
• Paralegal certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and implement agreements for R&D.
• Negotiate clinical study budgets with sites/organizations.
• Manage budgets for milestone-based projects (HEOR, preclinical, ISS, surveys).
• Track budgets and resource planning for ongoing studies.
• Prepare and maintain contracting documentation per SOPs.
• Coordinate with Legal, OEC, and Clinical Development.
• Monitor cost drivers and ensure best value for quality, pricing, service.
• Use Planview to manage milestones (cost, timeline, resources).

Skills

Budget management

Contract negotiation

Project coordination

Legal/compliance awareness

Education

BA/BS in Business, Finance or Healthcare/Science

Tools

Planview

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: Planning Specialist R&D

About Abbott

Working at Abbott Our nutrition business develops science‑based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

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.
• 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.

Our location in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for a Planning Specialist, Research & Development (R&D). In Research & Development (R&D) our ambition is to provide innovative high‑quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.

What You’ll Do

• Draft, negotiate, and implement agreements supporting all of R&D.
• Negotiate clinical study budgets with clinical research sites/organizations.
• Manage agreements and budgets for milestone‑based projects, such as HEOR, preclinical, ISS, surveys, and retrospective studies/projects.
• Manage and track budget and resource planning estimates for ongoing studies. This includes the overall study budget and ensuring the resource hours per study phase are accurate and adding actual dates for timelines.

Major Responsibilities

• Prepare, negotiate, and implement agreements and budgets that maximize value and support R&D activities on time, within budget and in compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
• Responsible for timely communication of contract issues to teams and management.
• Work closely with Legal, Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC), and Clinical Development.
• Understand cost drivers and procedural/study related fees in assigned studies and drive negotiations that ensure the best value for quality, pricing, and service.
• Develop and maintain necessary contracting documentation according to departmental policies and procedures.
• Draft, negotiate, and/or route all standard contract types, including CDAs.
• Manage milestone‑based projects in Planview (cost, timeline, and resources).
• Ensure proper resource hours are entered for each phase of assigned study; monitor and update throughout life of the study.
• Ensure timelines are accurate and actual dates entered.
• Work with Project Manager (PM)/Finance for monthly Financial/LBE process.
• For studies and projects assigned as Work Manager in Project Management Software, will approve ACRs and POs, assuring that correct and adequate funds are available.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives.
• Provide back‑up for both ACR and PO payment processing.
• Establish and cultivate a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• Includes the assurance of contract and project quality to meet or exceed divisional goals.
• Complete daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.
• May exercise authority within pre‑established limits and approval.
• Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious delays and considerable expenditure of resources.

Required Qualifications

• Required BA/BS: Business, Financial or Healthcare/Science Degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Contracts: Minimum 4 years.
• Finance/budgets: Minimum 2 years.
• Industry (Healthcare, Clinical Research): Minimum 2 years.
• Project Management: Minimum 2 years.
• Paralegal certification desirable.

MISC

• This is an on‑site role - not a remote role.
• Sponsorship: we will not provide sponsorship of any kind for this role (including OPT).
• Relocation assistance is not offered for this role.

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

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The base pay for this position is $68,000.00 – $136,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Clinical Affairs / Statistics DIVISION: ANRD Nutrition Research & Development LOCATION: United States > Columbus : 2900 Easton Square Place 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 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.

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