Job Description

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
An excellent retirement savings plan with 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.
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

We are seeking talent for an opportunity in our Portland, OR location in the Heart Failure Division.

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Heart Failure division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies in heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Do you….want to lead projects to develop products that positively change people’s lives? Join a diverse, high caliber, and agile team? Work with multiple business units on products in all stages of their lifecycle?

You will be supporting the process development, validation, and sustaining operations of sub-components manufactured for Abbott medical devices. You will establish project plans and coordinate with a cross-functional team to meet project objectives and cost improvement initiatives, while maintaining and improving upon product cost, quality, and safety.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

Management of process development, sustaining, and compliance projects.
Identify, scope, plan and conduct medium-size to complex assigned projects.
Direct the work of project team members, set goals and objectives, monitor progress on tasks.
Communicate project progress and escalate issues to management in a timely manner.
Interact cross-functionally, with internal customers and external contractors to complete project deliverables with extended scope and duties.
Cultivate an internal and external network of resources.
Analyze and solve problems from basic engineering principles, theories and concepts through to a wide range of complex and advanced problems which require novel and new innovative approaches or a major breakthrough in technology.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum of 5 years related work experience in project management
Proven strong analytical, problem solving, and project management skills
Self-motivated, results focused, and resourceful individual, who can work with minimal direction

PREFERRED (OUR “NICE TO HAVE”, BUT WE WILL STILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE THESE)

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferably Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial)
Work Experience in a highly-regulated industry (e.g. medical, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or defense)
PMP Certification