R&D Program Manager at Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, IL
About the Job
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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Diabetes Care team bringing the next generation digital products to life. As an R&D Project Manager you will be responsible for shepherding products through the product development lifecycle to commercialization. You will lead the delivery team, uncovering program interdependencies, owning updates to the Design History File, and managing initial development and tracking to schedule. This is an excellent opportunity to have an immediate and measurable impact!
What you’ll work on:
- Develop and own development program schedules for digital products, coordinating with functional leads for inputs, risk identification, and tracking
- Ownership of change strategy for product updates and releases
- Cross-functional coordination planning and delivery of Design History File deliverables
- Communication outside of R&D on Program timelines, commercialization strategies, risk mitigations, and technical inputs. Key partners include Quality, Regulatory, Product Management, PMO, and Marketing
What you’ll bring:
- Understanding of Design Control Processes and the Design History File, either from previous Program Management or R&D functional experience
- An excitement to use your experience to collaborate with others to determine innovative solutions to help bring products to market faster
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in Medical Device or tangential field, software experience is preferred
- Ability to travel approximately 15% of the time, including internationally
Desired Experiences:
- Project Management, Design Control, Design History File, Design & Development Planning, New Product Introduction, Software development, Agile methodologies, ISO 13845, 21 CFR Part 820
- * Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
- Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
- 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.
- Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is $83,000.00 – $166,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
