- Senior Project Manager, Pediatric Nutrition (within Internal Design Agency) - Columbus, OH

Abbott • Columbus, OH

16d • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader focused on helping people live more fully. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutritional products for all ages, including leading brands like Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna®. This role is within the Internal Design Agency, Creative + Digital Services, and is responsible for translating business priorities into executable project plans for marketing communications initiatives. The Senior Project Manager will orchestrate work through the creative studio, balancing business priorities, team capacity, and delivery timelines. They will lead project intake, prioritization, resource coordination, and cross-functional alignment to ensure projects are structured for success and delivered efficiently from concept through completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years leading complex marketing, creative or digital projects within a matrixed corporate environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within agency or in-house agency preferred.
• Demonstrated success translating business objectives into actionable project plans and leading complex, cross-functional marketing projects from intake through execution.
• Strong ability to facilitate prioritization discussions and influence decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to align diverse creative teams around shared priorities and project objectives.
• Knowledge of healthcare and/or consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing.
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational abilities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills across all levels.
• High marketing acumen and strategic thinking.
• Proactive, independent, and solutions-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Brand teams to understand business objectives, marketing priorities, and project requirements.
• Partner across CDS functions to align resources, timelines, and deliverables that support business objectives.
• Translate business needs into clear & comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Partner with creative studio leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Ensure projects are properly structured and positioned for successful execution.
• Maintain visibility to project health and drive resolution of issues that could impact delivery.
• Lead prioritization discussions and recommend trade-off decisions when project demand exceeds available capacity.
• Proactively plan for upcoming work by aligning business priorities, timelines, and resource needs across CDS.
• Build strong partnerships across CDS, Brand & cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
• Foster collaboration and accountability among teams to achieve project objectives.
• Champion continuous improvement of project management processes, workflows, and tools.
• Own end-to-end project management from intake to delivery.
• Lead project intake, scoping, and kickoff activities to ensure clarity & alignment.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated project plans and timelines.
• Organize and facilitate project reviews, decision-making discussions, and stakeholder approvals.
• Track project milestones, dependencies, scope, risks, decisions, feedback, and action items.
• Drive timely decision-making and escalate when project obstacles arise.
• Lead Brand and Internal status meetings, providing detailed meeting recaps and next steps.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while balancing priorities, timelines, and resource constraints.
• Ensure compliance with Abbott’s medical, regulatory, and legal guidelines.

Benefits

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical 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.
• Relocation assistance is not offered for this role.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior