Senior Project Manager (Product Lifecycle Manager)

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Senior Project Manager (Product Lifecycle Manager)

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• 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.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

The Product Lifecycle Manager drives operational excellence for the Chronic Heart Failure franchise. You will lead cross-functional teams to manage on-market products from launch through end-of-life (EOL). This role partners closely with Manufacturing Sites, Quality, R&D, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs to ensure supply continuity and product optimization. You will oversee critical operations initiatives, including geographic expansions, lifecycle strategy execution, and product performance improvements.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the most complex cross-functional project teams to drive life cycle strategy execution
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and deliverables with a focus on supplier performance and risk mitigation.
• Portfolio Management: Manage execution plans for Geographic Expansion and Tier 2/3 country product launches.
• Operational Continuity: Proactively identify and mitigate End-of-Life (EOL) risks and component obsolescence issues.
• Governance & Prioritization: Implement rigorous project governance aligned with the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Process Optimization: Standardize project execution methodologies to reduce non-conformance events and improve operations.
• Risk Mitigation: Build and maintain comprehensive risk registers for on-market manufacturing and engineering changes.
• Prepare and present project status reports to stakeholders, highlighting risks, milestones, and quality-related outcomes.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, set priorities, allocate tasks, and guide project staff to meet key deliverables and regulatory milestones.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the medical devices or similar field
• A self-directed, efficient individual with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have excellent project and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks.

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