Abbott

Senior Project Manager

Abbott$114K — $228K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associates Degree with 10+ years industry experience or Bachelor's Degree with 7+ years; combination of education and experience accepted.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in diabetes management.
  • Relevant business or QA experience is preferred.
  • Experience in medical devices specific to diabetes management is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with complaint handling, regulatory reporting, or post-market surveillance is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex, cross-functional projects in a regulated medical device environment.
  • Implement and maintain the effectiveness of the quality system.
  • Support corrective and preventative action (CAPA) plans to address quality issues.
  • Collaborate with investigation and risk teams to apply product knowledge to risk evaluations.
  • Prepare and present reports to senior management and external audiences.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness benefits for you and your family.
  • Opportunity to work for a company with a focus on career development and diverse opportunities in the medical device field.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Project Manager

The Opportunity

The Senior Project Manager will lead complex, cross-functional projects within a regulated medical device environment, ensuring quality system compliance, effective risk management, and successful delivery across scope, cost, and timelines. It partners with internal teams and leadership to drive post-market surveillance, resolve quality issues, and implement process improvements while aligning projects to broader business and regulatory objectives.

What You'll Work On
  • Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
  • Define the business results expected from a project.
  • Is responsible for making recommendations for achieving those results.
  • Support corrective and preventative action (CAPA) plans to ensure that quality issues are properly investigated, resolved, and prevented from recurring.
  • Collaborate with investigation and risk teams to support activities requiring product knowledge and associated risk.
  • Results may be in terms of compliance with Post Market Surveillance policies, quality, time, scope and cost.
  • Lead the team through the translation of management and customer needs into project goals.
  • Identify resource requirements, cost and time schedules and participate in the funding process.
  • Develop an implementation plan, conduct risk assessments, and develop and implement contingency plans to allow for and accommodate unforeseen events and changes in strategy.
  • Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies, quality system, ethics policy and project goals.
  • Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that long and short term business goals are attained.
  • Assure project requirements are met.
  • Establishes and manages team charter including project timeline.
  • Negotiate with resource managers to resolve any resource limitations that cannot be resolved by the team.
  • Participate on division initiatives to identify process improvements to accelerate projects.
  • Interface with other disciplines, customers, internal clients, project staff and internal and external experts as required.
  • Prepare and present written and oral reports and other presentations to internal and external audiences.
  • Interact with senior level management to present significant Program strategies and make recommendations.


Required Qualifications
  • Associates Degree with a minimum of 10 yrs industry experience or Bachelors degree with min of 7 yrs of industry experience. equivalent combination of education and work experience will be accepted.
  • Min of 5 yrs experience with diabetes management experience is required.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Relevant experience, including business / QA experience.
  • Experience in medical devices for diabetes management is preferred.
  • Experience with complaint handling, regulatory reporting, or post market surveillance is preferred.


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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

Diabetes

We're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The base pay for this position is
$114,000.00 - $228,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Project Management

DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

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

About Abbott

Abbott Careers

Joining Abbott means becoming part of a globally diverse team dedicated to making a lasting impact on human health. As a leader in healthcare innovation, Abbott provides a dynamic workplace where careers flourish through growth, leadership, and diversity training.

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Work You'll Do

At Abbott, every role contributes to our mission of helping people live fuller lives through better health. From groundbreaking research in medical devices to advancements in pharmaceuticals, our team is at the forefront of healthcare innovation. By joining Abbott, you are not just accepting a job; you are embarking on a path of professional and personal growth.

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Benefits and Culture

Our employees enjoy comprehensive benefits designed to support their life and well-being. From health insurance to retirement plans, we ensure our team has everything they need to thrive. Abbott's culture is built on a foundation of respect and integrity, united by a shared commitment to improving health outcomes.

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
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