Manager, Clinical Laboratory

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: 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 Phoenix, AZ location supporting Molecular Diagnostics in our Cancer Diagnostics division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.   Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.    Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.     Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.    Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions.  We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.      The Manager, Clinical Laboratory manages the overall daily clinical laboratory operations and develops procedures to ensure safety, quality, and accuracy of results. This position oversees the supervision and development of laboratory staff, provides technical expertise to the laboratory, and serves as the liaison to internal and external entities. In addition, the Manager, Clinical Laboratory oversees the quality management program within the clinical laboratory and ensures that the laboratory is in compliance with all laws and regulations required by CLIA, CAP, OSHA, New York, and any other applicable state or federal legislative organizations. The Manager, Clinical Laboratory collaborates with various departments and cross-functional teams to ensure the quality and timeliness with which patient and clinical validation study samples are processed, and is accountable for the laboratory team’s deliverables on designated product development and process development projects. The Manager, Clinical Laboratory facilitates timely and effective communication with other departments regarding service coverage needs and resolution of issues related to co