IT Project Manager – PMO

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 115000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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 IT Project Manager PMO plays a critical role within the Business Technology organization providing strategic and operational leadership across the Project Management Office (PMO) and enterprise portfolio execution. This role combines advanced program leadership with PMO transformation expertise driving standardized delivery practices governance and toolingparticularly the evolution and execution of the ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) roadmap.

This individual is responsible for shaping enterprise IT PMO strategy improving portfolio visibility and enabling datadriven decisionmaking across IT initiatives. The ideal candidate is a highly experienced IT project management professional with strong strategic planning capabilities deep knowledge of portfolio management frameworks and handson expertise in portfolio management tools.

What Youll Work On

• Lead PMO strategy development and execution including governance frameworks delivery standards and operating models aligned to enterprise priorities
• Oversee the intake prioritization and demand management lifecycle for IT projects ensuring transparency and alignment with organizational objectives
• Drive standardization of project and program management methodologies (Agile Waterfall Hybrid) across the IT PMO
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards KPIs and metrics (e.g. delivery performance resource utilization financial tracking) leveraging ServiceNow SPM
• Define and drive the ServiceNow SPM roadmap including demand management portfolio planning resource management financial tracking and reporting capabilities
• Establish and continuously improve enterprise portfolio management processes ensuring alignment between business strategy funding and technology delivery
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for ServiceNow SPM guiding configuration enhancements and adoption across the enterprise
• Collaborate with technical teams to design and implement integrations between ServiceNow and other enterprise systems
• Lead IT PMO transformation initiatives including process optimization tool enablement and organizational change management
• Provide mentorship and leadership to project managers and PMO resources fostering a highperformance delivery culture
• Identify and mitigate portfoliolevel risks and issues acting as an escalation point when necessary
• Manage vendor relationships including ServiceNow partners ensuring successful delivery and value realization
• Communicate IT portfolio health and strategic insights to senior and executive leadership
• Drive adoption of best practices in governance compliance and regulatory alignment
• Travel domestically up to approximately 5% as required

Minimum Education/ Experience

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in IT project management program management or portfolio management
• Demonstrated experience in PMO leadership governance and strategic planning
• Proven ability to drive datadriven decisionmaking through portfolio analytics and reporting
• Expertise in demand management portfolio prioritization and resource planning
• Ability to manage and balance multiple concurrent initiatives across portfolios of varying size and complexity
• Strong background in strategic planning roadmap development and organizational change management
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies (Agile Waterfall Hybrid)
• Excellent communication facilitation influencing and executive presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in PMP PgMP SAFe or ServiceNow (SPM or related)
• Experience using ServiceNow SPM modules (Demand Project/Program Resource Management Financials Roadmaps) or similar tool
• Experience working in regulated or compliancedriven environments
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture and digital transformation programs and process improvement
• Experience integrating ServiceNow with tools such as Jira SAP or financial systems
• Experience managing budgets financial tracking and investment planning

Misc: This is an onsite role at Abbott location in IL This is not a remote role/opportunity.

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The base pay for this position is

$99300.00 $198700.00

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

IT Services & Solutions Delivery

BTS Business Technology Services

United States > Waukegan : J46

United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr.

Standard

Yes 5 % of the Time

Not Applicable

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)

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

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