[Sigkm-l] Job Oppty-Search/Taxonomy/Knowledge Mgmt

[Emmi Costello]

  We have an exciting opportunity available on our Knowledge Management team 
at Abbott.  Responsibilities include enterprise search and taxonomy 
leadership.  If you are interested, visit http://www.abbott.com/ and 
navigate to Careers > Explore Job Opportunities at Abbott >  Abbott United 
States > Search Openings.  Applications are accepted directly through the 
site.  A copy of the job description is below for reference. 
 
Emmi Costello
Project Manager, Knowledge Management
Abbott
emmi.costello at abbott.com
 
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Job Title:   Project Manager, Knowledge Management 
AutoReqId:  48679BR 
Job Family:  Information Technology, Corporate Services 
Job Category:   Full-Time 
Job Classification:   Experienced 
Division:   Corporate Finance and Administration 
Shift:   First 

Job Description:   Abbott, a Fortune 100 healthcare company is seeking a 
dynamic and innovative professional to provide enterprise search and 
taxonomy leadership for corporate-wide knowledge management solutions that 
support information needs of all Abbott’s lines of business and employees 
in 130 countries. 

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide internal consulting for search and taxonomy areas of expertise 
including vocabulary development, content assessment classification and 
organization, and enterprise search strategies for web, database and other 
content sources. 

- Cultivate strategic internal partnerships and understand information 
needs to facilitate development of end-user information access solutions 
in support of business strategy.

- Investigate and recommend search and taxonomy technology solutions that 
are address project requirements.

- Manage and prioritize search and taxonomy portfolios; coordinate 
teamwork of corporate and affiliate partners in enterprise search and 
taxonomy program.

- Identify and source necessary human resources to accommodate search and 
taxonomy project needs. 

- Manage project-specific financial resources and identify potential cost 
savings.

- Represent the Library Information Resources group on corporate-wide 
teams to ensure that investment in enterprise search and taxonomy 
solutions are leveraged through the organization.
 
Skills/Experience Requirements: 
- Demonstrated leadership ability in management of complex technical and 
knowledge management solutions.

- Demonstrated ability to translate broad strategies into specific 
objectives and action plans.

- Minimum 3 years project or team leadership, including demonstrated 
consensus building and problem solving in a distributed team environment. 

- Requires excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication 
skills.

- Experience in global, corporate healthcare library environment 
preferred, but not required.

- Knowledge and experience with taxonomy, metadata management, and/or 
search solutions is required. Knowledge and experience with Autonomy K2, 
IBM WebSphere Portal, and ILWCM products preferred, but not required. 

Education Requirements:  Masters degree in library and/or information 
science, or equivalent professional experience. 
Significant Work Activities & Conditions: Keyboard use (greater or equal 
to 50% of the workday) 
Percentage of Travel: 5% 
Country: USA 
State/Province/Region: Illinois 
Site Location: Lake County IL 
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