Validation Associate III

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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.

This position works out of our Madison, WI location in the Cancer Diagnostic 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.    As the Validation Associate III, you’ll have the chance to participate or lead a variety of validation functions including protocol generation, validation execution, and summary report generation. This role will support project teams during the design transfer process and continuous improvements projects as well as supporting the maintenance of the validated state of existing equipment, processes, and methods.

Overview The Validation Associate III will participate or lead a variety of validation functions including protocol generation, validation execution, and summary report generation. This role will support project teams during the design transfer process and continuous improvements projects as well as supporting the maintenance of the validated state of existing equipment, processes, and methods. Essential Duties Include, but are not limited to, the following: Author validation plans, validation protocols, and validation summary reports for computer system, processes, equipment, test methods, and cleaning processes.  Execute validation or qualification protocols, including equipment, facilities, cleaning, and/or process and test method validations as needed.  Prepare executed validation binders, including identification of attachments and supporting data. Serve as reviewer or approver for documents (protocols and summary reports)