Project Lead

At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott Ireland

In Ireland, Abbott employs around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.

Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies that enable people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can. At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare.

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 meetingsDeveloping 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 discussionLead problem solving workshops to identify program gapsIdentify and resolve operational problems to mitigate schedule impactEvaluate 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 sitesUnderstanding of project lifecycle & how to manage the transition of projects from concept to planning & execution at site levelAdvanced MS project & MS Excel experienceExperience with Manufacturing & Quality documentation.Strong communication and influencing skills.Strong problem-solving skills – ideally evidenced through leadership of workshop style sessionsSolid Presentation skills.Ability to work cross functionally and collaborate.Influencing without authorityPeople management experience is desirable but not requiredMinimum 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 schemeLife assuranceCareer DevelopmentFantastic new facilityGrowing business plus access to many more benefits.

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer