Senior Project Manager PPMO R&D - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

Abbott Laboratories • Columbus, OH

7d • $99,300 - $198,700 • Onsite

About The Position

In Research & Development (R&D) our ambition is to provide innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life. This position serves as a strategic partner to cross-functional teams by driving stakeholder alignment, facilitating informed decision-making, framing risks and tradeoffs, and guiding teams through ambiguity to achieve successful project outcomes. Projects will include line extensions, reformulations, new products, new manufacturing processes and new packages. The role involves planning projects by establishing timelines & budgets, identifying opportunities to improve project planning and forecast accuracy, and leading cross-functional teams through complex and evolving challenges while providing structure, clarity, and direction. It also includes identifying and addressing synergies and/or conflicts across multiple projects, and coaching/guiding/leading other PMs to elevate their level of performance. This position will work with limited supervision and is accountable for all project deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent experience plus demonstrated competence in project management.
• 4-5 years’ experience in project leadership roles

Nice To Haves

• PMP certification desirable
• Critical thinking/problem-solving skills method
• Extensive knowledge of and competency in project management methodology and processes, including planning tasks and allocating resources, risk management, working in teams, issues management, monitoring and reporting, and documentation
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance technical, operational, commercial, and organizational considerations when developing recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to guide teams through ambiguity by creating structure, establishing clarity, evaluating options, and enabling progress despite evolving information, competing priorities, and uncertain paths forward.
• Ability to plan and facilitate meetings.
• Strong written and presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
• Ability to negotiate consensus among diverse groups and influence the activities of others not in own reporting structure.
• Personal integrity and courage to escalate issues about the project and to advocate for responsible solutions to management.

Responsibilities

• Drive decision readiness by identifying critical decision points, synthesizing complex information, framing alternatives, and ensuring stakeholders have the insights needed to make timely, informed decisions.
• Participate in project assessments and ensure project scope and success criteria are clearly outlined.
• Establish clear priorities among project activities and develop and manage project plans to meet deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional project timeline and follow-up with project team members to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Provide cross-functional forecasting, tracking, reporting and oversight on project budget and expenditures.
• Maintain documentation and provide data management for project deliverables; identify communication plans for knowledge sharing across functional areas and project teams.
• Proactively identify changes in project scope and assure appropriate measures are taken to reassess and amend requirements, budget and timeline.
• Manage project plan in Project Management (PM) software through lifecycle and maintain resource and financial allocations. Maintain documentation, provide data management, and conduct lessons learned at appropriate project.
• Create and deliver program review presentations to senior leadership.

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 - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

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