Program Manager, Packaging Product Stewardship - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

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.

Program Manager, Packaging Product Stewardship

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, Pedia Sure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

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 forfree medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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.

Our Columbus, Ohio location currently has an opportunity for a Program Manager within the Global Analytical & Food Safety (GAFS) organization, a key function within Abbott Nutrition Research & Development (R&D).

The Program Manager will lead Abbott Nutrition's Packaging Restricted Substance Management (RSM) Program and support strategic product stewardship initiatives that help ensure the safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and sustainability of Abbott Nutrition packaging worldwide.

This role serves as a key technical and program leader responsible for monitoring emerging packaging chemical regulations, assessing potential risks associated with substances of concern, and developing strategies to mitigate business impacts. The individual will partner closely with Packaging Engineering, Packaging R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Government Affairs, and external suppliers while collaborating across Abbott businesses to evaluate materials, support compliance programs, and drive risk-based decision making.

As part of the GA&FS organization, the Program Manager will apply scientific knowledge, regulatory insight, and strong project leadership skills to address evolving global requirements related to chemicals in packaging, packaging materials, and medical device components while supporting innovation and business continuity across Abbott Nutrition.

• Lead Abbott Nutrition's Packaging Restricted Substance Management (RSM) Program and associated compliance activities.

• Monitor emerging chemical and product stewardship packaging requirements and evaluate potential impacts to Abbott Nutrition packaging and medical device components.

• Conduct risk assessments and provide recommendations regarding restricted substances, substances of concern, and evolving regulatory packaging requirements.

• Manage packaging restricted substance and material compliance data within internal systems and databases to support reporting, compliance, and business…