**Project Manager**
**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.
- 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 diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
**The Opportunity**
The Project Manager position is responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of large global projects that contribute to significant financial success and achieve Site goals as well as being a key Abbot project management leader.
Overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of large global projects that contribute to significant financial success and achieve Site goals as well as being a key Abbot project management leader.
**What You'll Do**
- Provides leadership and centralized management for the planning, development and execution of large, global projects for Site or programs to achieve key strategic business objectives.
- Manages multiple, often concurrent Site projects and consistently meets expectations.
- Leads the project team in using established PM tools and techniques from PMO (FEP, Cash Flow Projections, Scope / Schedule Control, etc.)
to stay within authorized budget limits and achieve the overall project and organizational objectives.
- Leads and contributes to the development of long-term business and organizational strategies.
- Leads project team comprised of internal and external resources.
- Performs periodic review of project resource allocation.
- Monitors aggregate performance and value indicators.
- Anticipates and identifies areas of tactical and strategic risk and mitigates risks through early risk assessments and implementation of fallback / mitigation strategies.
- Proactively mentors, advises, and shares knowledge and opinions.
- Coaches others in performing support tasks, such as writing Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), safety / quality checklists, scope documents, etc.
- Anticipates and resolves problems and crisis situations requiring fast, astute decisions with rapid implementation by utilizing technical training and / or experience.
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or closely related discipline._ _
- _9 years of experience demonstrated_ and been recognized for excellence in breadth and depth of knowledge in global project management.
- Interacts well with diverse groups across a division and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
- A technical background in health care, nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices, or pharmaceutical companies.
- Consistently demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal control and project accounting experience.
- Understanding and management of procurement & contracting processes.
- ** Available for travel (50%- 75%) of the time**:
- _ Advance Commands of English / Required _
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.