Planning Specialist R&D - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott seeks a Planning Specialist, R&D to draft, negotiate, and manage contracts and budgets for diverse R&D projects. You will liaise with Legal, OEC, and Clinical Development teams to ensure compliant, timely, and cost-effective study execution.

On-site role in Columbus, OH, with a focus on milestone-based projects, cost control, and resource planning. A background in contracts within healthcare or clinical research is preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Business, Finance or Healthcare/Science.
• Strong negotiation and budgeting skills are required.
• Experience in healthcare, clinical research, or related fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and implement agreements supporting all R&D activities.
• Negotiate clinical study budgets with clinical research sites/organizations.
• Manage budgets for milestone-based projects and track resource planning.
• Ensure timely communication of contract issues to teams and management.
• Coordinate with Legal, OEC, and Clinical Development.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Budget management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BA/BS: Business, Finance or Healthcare/Science Degree

Job description

Planning Specialist R&D

About Abbott

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

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

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

Preferred

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

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.