Senior Manager Specimen Operations and Clinical Affairs

Regulatory Jobs; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Madison, WI seeks a Manager of Clinical Affairs Specimen Operations to lead cross-functional teams in specimen logistics and clinical study support. You will drive program milestones, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables across the cancer diagnostics portfolio.

The role requires extensive project leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities while upholding Abbott’s values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in health or life sciences, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of project management experience with increasing responsibility.
• 5+ years managing and leading large impact, large budget, high-risk, client-facing, and critical projects using Project Management software.
• 2+ years of experience managing direct reports or project team members in a clinical research environment in a healthcare or clinical research environment.
• Experience with specimen management, clinical research studies, and/or lab specimen management preferred.
• Experience in start‑up clinical research studies for specimen logistics.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the position's Essential Duties with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams involved in specimen logistics, Clinical IT, Clinical Supply, and Clinical Lab.
• Process engineer and design strategy for clinical research study specimen logistics.
• Identify specimen logistic improvements through workflow analysis.
• Develop and improve processes for specimen logistics across projects of varying complexity.
• Define, report, and improve metrics and tracking for workflow and performance.
• Assess cross-functional impact and integrate stakeholder recommendations to streamline processes.
• Perform technical analysis to understand and reduce risk and set timelines.
• Recruit, train, and support team members.
• Manage schedules, budget planning, forecasting, and risk management with the finance analyst.
• Travel up to 10% between Abbott sites.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in health or life sciences, Engineering, IT, MIS, or related

Master’s Degree

Job description

Abbott in Madison, WI seeks a Manager of Clinical Affairs Specimen Operations to lead cross-functional teams in specimen logistics and clinical study support. You will drive program milestones, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables across the cancer diagnostics portfolio.

The role requires extensive project leadership, strong communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities while upholding Abbott’s values.