Senior Manager Specimen Bank

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Description: Senior Manager Specimen Bank

Working 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.

Benefits

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage biobank teams; assist with hiring, coaching, training, and motivating personnel to meet departmental needs.
• Oversee Internal Specimen Collection Program adherence as Principal Investigator - ensuring all internal collection studies comply with regulations, including Informed Consent.
• Oversee specimen procurement, receipt, processing and cataloguing of samples, ensuring adherence to IRB limitations, data privacy, and validated inventory systems.
• Oversight of sample storage conditions for biobanking, including temperature control, equipment maintenance, and inventory management.
• Functions as point person for identifying and collaborating with new vendors and research partners in contract development and negotiation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor'S Degree in Life Sciences.
• Minimum 2 years of Management experience.
• Minimum 10 years: Biobanking, clinical research, or specimen management within IVD industry, a laboratory, or clinical environment.

Compensation & Job Details

The base pay for this position is $129,300.00 - $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Location: United States > Abbott Park : AP20

Job Family: Medical & Scientific Affairs

Division: CRLB Core Lab

Work Shift: Standard

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Medical Surveillance: Not Applicable

Significant Work Activities

• Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day).
• Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day).
• Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day).
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday).

Equal Opportunity Employment

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether its next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life's greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.