Project Lead

About Abbott

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.

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Abbott Diabetes Care has opened a new site, in Kilkenny, that is at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology, to manufacture FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems.

This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:

In this role you will drive program delivery in line with the organization's project management methodology. You will be responsible for leading key elements of the Lib3rty program and acting as the program voice for your given workstream You will also take ownership of the successful implementation of a set of projects that collectively can comprise a program and manage the work of project managers. It will be a very big plus if you can bring experience in developing projects or sites from square one.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project management activities for a given workstream/manufacturing line.
• Leading collaboration efforts across key stakeholders to ensure project risks are clearly understood & communicated in a timely manner.
• Develop and champion governance and reporting structures to ensure project transparency and accountability.
• Driving task & deliverable adherence to established schedule through the daily & weekly Tier meetings
• Developing project plans (incl. scope, objectives, timelines, and resource allocation) & challenging existing program schedules.
• Build an in depth understanding of your given workstream to drive valuable input to team discussion
• Lead problem solving workshops to identify program gaps
• Identify and resolve operational problems to mitigate schedule impact
• Evaluate and authorize changes that significantly impact the scope, budget, or timeline of the program
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

• Project Management experience (PMP/Prince 2/IPM certification or similar is desired)
• Ideally, experience leading large capital projects at medical device manufacturing sites
• Understanding of project lifecycle & how to manage the transition of projects from concept to planning & execution at site level
• Advanced MS project & MS Excel experience
• Experience with Manufacturing & Quality documentation.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills – ideally evidenced through leadership of workshop style sessions
• Solid Presentation skills.
• Ability to work cross functionally and collaborate.
• Influencing without authority
• People management experience is desirable but not required
• Minimum Level 7 Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role with > 5 years’ experience being ideal
  
  

What We Offer

Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as

• Family health insurance,
• Excellent pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Career Development
• Fantastic new facility
• Growing business plus access to many more benefits.
  
  

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer