**Microbiology Manager**
**Shift: Admin (Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)**
**On-Site position**
**About Abbott**
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
**Working at Abbott**
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Private medical insurance, cafeteria subsidy, stock program, and employee association, among others
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
**The Opportunity**
This position works out of our Alajuela, Coyol location in the Electrophysiology business unit. EP is advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
**The Microbiology Manager **is responsible for managing teams with focus on policy and strategy implementation and control rather than development.
Short-term operational/tactical responsibilities.
**What You'll Do**
**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Carries out studies in the growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms.
- Isolates and produces cultures of microorganisms to identify them and to observe their action upon living tissues and dead organic matter of animals, plants, and other microorganisms.
- Conducts chemical analysis of substances such as acids, alcohol, and enzymes.
- Evaluates new substances prior to their initiation into clinical and/or toxicological investigations by verifying activity.
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree Microbiology or related science.
- Minimum of 10+ years in a medical device/pharmaceutical, or related industry. experience in microbiology and sterilization.
- Experience in microbiology and sterilization.
- Articulates technical concepts well and demonstrates technical leadership within the department and outside the department.
- Person in this position has demonstrated excellent troubleshooting skills in complex situations outside of routine out of specification issues, such as sterilization or contamination issues while at the Senior Microbiologist level.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in both Spanish and English
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.