Project Manager - Clinical Laboratory

Abbott Laboratories; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Madison, Wisconsin, seeks a Project Manager to plan, direct, coordinate activities and lead cross-functional strategic initiatives. The role supports the business in following best practices to ensure projects meet objectives, are accomplished on time and within budget, and may be onsite or remote.

You will partner with sponsors, manage timelines, budgets, risks, and resources; coach teams on PM processes; build strong stakeholder relationships; and communicate effectively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years project experience.
• 5+ years of progressive project experience.
• 3+ years leading projects or teams.
• Ability to collaborate as part of a team across projects.
• Proficiency with MS Project, MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Plan, track, and manage projects to support business needs.
• Lead cross-functional teams to execute project tasks with timelines and budgets.
• Manage scope, requirements, issues, and risks.
• Prepare status reports and monitor deviations from the plan.
• Coach teams on project management processes and tools.

Skills

MS Project

MS Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Project

MS Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

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.

Position Overview

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating activities, and leading cross-functional strategic initiatives while working with the business to follow best practices to ensure their projects meet business objectives and are accomplished on time and within budget. This role helps ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives. This position may be onsite or remote.

Essential Duties

• Support Program Manager and leadership to plan, track, and manage projects to support the needs of the business.
• Act as a business partner to directly or indirectly lead cross-functional teams to execute on project tasks to include effective creation and management of timelines, budgets, resources, risks, interdependencies, and project objectives.
• Follow established project management practices, including management of scope, requirements, issues, and risks.
• Consult with project sponsors and reviews project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding, allotment of resources and procedures for accomplishing projects.
• Direct and coordinate responsibilities and scope of authority to team members.
• Troubleshoot problems associated with coordination, development, or design of projects.
• Escalate issues when critical risks arise and maintain pulse with project activities to ensure progress.
• Monitor and prepare status reports on project deliverables and any deviation from project plan.
• Advise on the right level of governance by project and program.
• Coach and facilitate teams on project management processes, tools and techniques, such as process maps, value stream maps and root cause analyses.
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and team members.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance multiple competing priorities within and across multiple projects at the same time.
• Demonstrated success with oral and written communications/presentations, influence and persuasion, results orientation, facilitation, and teamwork skills across multiple audiences.
• Ability to work within a matrix management organization.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability and means to travel between local locations.
• Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or High School Degree/General Education Degree and 4 additional years of experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5+ years of progressive, broad-based project experience.
• 3+ years leading projects or teams.
• Ability to effectively collaborate as a part of a team and operate independently across projects based on project complexity and needs.
• Proficiency with MS Project, MS Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI Project Management Certification.
• Experience working in human resources.

Pay

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.

Location and Travel

JOB FAMILY: Project Management

DIVISION: ONCO Cancer Diagnostics

LOCATION: United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Equal Opportunity

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

Our Mission

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.