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

Abbott; North Carolina; On-site; USD 87,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

HIP PPO medical plan

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott in Columbus, OH seeks a Senior Project Manager for Pediatric Nutrition within the Internal Design Agency. You will translate business priorities into executable project plans for marketing communications initiatives and lead cross-functional teams through the creative studio from concept to completion.

This role requires 5+ years leading complex marketing projects in corporate settings, plus strong stakeholder management and ability to align diverse teams around priorities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading complex marketing, creative or digital projects within a matrixed corporate environment.
• Experience within agency or in-house agency preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

End-to-end project leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project planning & prioritization

Communication & presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Business

Job description

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. 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.

The Opportunity

Job Description: Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition (within Internal Design Agency). 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.

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 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.

What You’ll Work On

Core Job Function

• 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 escalating 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.

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.

Job Details

JOB FAMILY: Advertising/ Promotion (Communications)

DIVISION: ANPD Nutrition Products

LOCATION: United States > Columbus : RP02

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Equal‑Opportunity and Diversity Statements

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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

Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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.

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.