Project Coordinator

Abbott Laboratories; Temecula (CA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Temecula, CA is seeking a Project Coordinator to manage cross‑functional projects within the Abbott Vascular Devices division. The role focuses on planning, executing, and delivering strategic initiatives with governance and standard PMO practices.

You will work with staff to scope efforts, prepare plans, budgets, and schedules, and ensure quality across projects while mentoring junior leaders and fostering continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Master's Degree is preferred for advanced project planning and governance.
• Minimum 2 years of related experience in project coordination or management environments.

Responsibilities

• Estimates project effort and resources with staff to understand scope.
• Prepares plans, schedules, and budgets using MS Project and other tools.
• Directs execution by assigning tasks and tracking schedules.
• Assures quality with standard development methods and SQA collaboration.
• Communicates status through reports and meetings with stakeholders.
• Resolves issues by coordinating with team members and customers.
• Mentors junior project leaders and shares PM guidance.
• Participates in professional PM associations to stay current.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Project

PMO Tools

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 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity:

This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division.

The Project Coordinator, manages the planning, execution, and implementation of company projects involving departmental or cross-functional teams, ensuring the successful delivery of new or ongoing strategic initiatives. Supports overall PMO governance by maintaining project management standards, processes, tools, and templates, while driving consistency, transparency, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.

What You'll Work On:

• Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort.
• Prepares project plans, schedules and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project.
• Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.
• Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies and by working with SQA to develop and execute project quality plans.
• Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in departmental and customer project status update meetings.
• Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate.
• Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and assisting or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.
• Participates in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an extensive external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• May lead a project team of moderate scope.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Acts as a mentor to lower level individual contributors.
• Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.; 6. (Decision Making/Impact) Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.
• Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays in program schedules and may result in the allocation of additional resources.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Masters Degree (± 18 years)- Preferred

Experience/Background

Minimum 2 years

Related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.

Working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices and procedures. General understanding of business unit/group function. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.; 3. (Cognitive Skills) Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Has a broad knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.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 $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.