Program Manager- (Quality Management) On Site- Westbrook, Maine

Working at Abbott

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. Youll 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 bachelors 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.

Working at Abbott

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. Youll 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 bachelors 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

The position of Program Manager is within our Infectious Diseases business unit located On Site in Westbrook Maine. Were empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day more than 10 million tests are run on Abbotts diagnostics instruments providing lab results for millions of people.

In this role you will manage all aspects of a large scale and complex project from start to finish so that it is completed on time and within budget.

This role reports into the Program Management Office and has a focus on Quality Affairs projects including leading cross-functional teams to design and implement large scale program strategies to support platform level initiatives. The expectations are the person hired will have multiple years of experience in collaborating and influencing Quality Management System Execution in a past role.

What Youll Work On

• Design communicate and implement a strategic execution plan for completing a project; monitor progress and performance against the project plan; resolve problems minimize delays.

• Identify develop and gather necessary resources to complete the project.

• Prepare designs and work specifications; develop schedules budgets and forecasts; select materials equipment project staff and contractors.

• Estimate costs resources and time required to complete.

• Monitor activities allocate resources and assign tasks to ensure targets are met.

• Liaise with other areas in the organization to secure specialized resources and contributions for the programs/projects.

• Conduct project meetings and prepare reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team.

• Coach and mentor project staff and assist them to solve problems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Sciences or related field.

• 6 or more years of end-to-end program management experience in new product development within a diagnostic or medical device/biomedical company.

• Demonstrated experience collaborating with project stakeholders (client and internal) end-users business partners and technical team members to ensure proper systems and plan alignment.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels in the organization

• Previous experience working in a matrixed and geographically diverse business environment

• MS Office (Word Excel Outlook) Smartsheet and Visual Program Management (VPM) experience.

• Ability to travel for the role as needed up to 20% including internationally.

Preferred

• Experience managing multiple quality program workstreams across hardware software consumables and assay teams in a complex NPI environment.

• Direct experience in point of care and IVD products.

• Program/Project Management certification.

• Additional cross-functional experience in the areas of R&D Manufacturing Operations Commercial Clinical Regulatory and Quality.

• Working knowledge of FDA 510(k) CLIA waived and EU IVDR regulatory requirements.

• At least 10 years of working in Medical Device or similar company environment.

• Agile Methodologies Waterfall Kanban Six Sigma and other project management theories and certifications/understandings are a plus!

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