- Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition (within Internal Design Agency) - Columbus, OH

Abbott Laboratories; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Career development

Job summary

Abbott in Columbus, Ohio, is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition, to translate business priorities into executable plans for marketing communications. You will orchestrate work through the creative studio, balance priorities, and coordinate across Brand, CDS functions and external partners.

This onsite role requires 5+ years leading complex marketing projects in corporate settings; agency experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years leading complex marketing, creative or digital projects in a matrixed corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project management from intake to delivery.
• Develop, maintain and communicate integrated project plans and timelines.
• Organize and facilitate project reviews, decisions, and stakeholder approvals.
• Track milestones, risks, decisions and action items.
• Drive timely decision-making and escalate obstacles.
• Lead status meetings with detailed recaps and next steps.
• Ensure compliance with Abbott’s medical, regulatory, and legal guidelines.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Marketing knowledge

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Business

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.

Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition (within Internal Design Agency)

About Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutritional 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 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.
• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
• 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.

The Opportunity

Our location in Columbus, OH, currently has an opportunity for a Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition.

The Senior Project Manager, Pediatric/Infant Nutrition, reports to the Business Relationship Manager, Pediatric Nutrition within the Internal Agency, Creative + Digital Services. This role is responsible for translating business priorities into executable project plans for marketing communications initiatives. The Sr. Project Manager serves as the primary orchestrator of work through the creative studio, balancing business priorities, team capacity and delivery timelines. They will lead project intake, prioritization, resource coordination and cross-functional alignment, ensuring projects are structured for success and delivered efficiently from concept through completion.

What You’ll Work On

Core Job Function

Project Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Brand teams to understand business objectives, marketing priorities and project requirements
• Partner across CDS functions to align resources, timelines and deliverables that support business objectives
• Translate business needs into clear & comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements
• Parter with creative studio leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, capacity planning and resource allocation
• Ensure projects are properly structured and positioned for successful execution
• Maintain visibility to project health and drive resolution of issues that could impact delivery
• Lead prioritization discussions and recommend trade-off decisions when project demand exceeds available capacity
• Proactively plan for upcoming work by aligning business priorities, timelines and resource needs across CDS
• Build strong partnerships across CDS, Brand & cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project delivery
• Foster collaboration and accountability among teams to achieve project objectives
• Champion continuous improvement of project management processes, workflows and tools

Project Management

• Own end-to-end project management from intake to delivery
• Lead project intake, scoping and kickoff activities to ensure clarity & alignment
• Develop, maintain and communicate integrated project plans and timelines
• Organize and facilitate project reviews, decision-making discussions, and stakeholder approvals
• Track project milestones, dependencies, scope, risks, decisions, feedback and action items
• Drive timely decision-making and elevate when project obstacles arise
• Lead Brand and Internal status meetings, providing detailed meeting recaps and next steps
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while balancing priorities, timelines and resource constraints
• Ensure compliance with Abbott’s medical, regulatory, and legal guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field preferred
• 5+ years leading complex marketing, creative or digital projects within a matrixed corporate environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within agency or in-house agency preferred
• Demonstrated success translating business objectives into actionable project plans and leading complex, cross-functional marketing projects from intake through execution
• Strong ability to facilitate prioritization discussions and influence decision-making
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to align diverse creative teams around shared priorities and project objectives
• Knowledge of healthcare and/or consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational abilities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills across all levels.
• High marketing acumen and strategic thinking.
• Proactive, independent, and solutions-oriented mindset.

Misc.

• This is an onsite role – this is not a remote role/opportunity.
• Sponsorship: we will not provide sponsorship of any kind for this role (including OPT).
• Relocation assistance is not offered for this role.

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.