Project Manager - Durham, NC

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Durham, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

AbbVie is recruiting a Project Manager for the core start-up leadership team at its new manufacturing campus in Durham, North Carolina. The role plans, designs, and delivers engineering projects that support manufacturing, research and development, and infrastructure needs. The Project Manager leads cross-functional efforts to implement systems, equipment, and technologies while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory standards. The position manages project scope, schedule, and budget to deliver operational improvements and business value. Travel of up to 50% is expected during the initial project start-up phase.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a similar related discipline.
Seven or more years of relevant industry experience.
Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics, and/or aseptic sterile fill-finish is required.
Project management experience is required.
Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with successful teams in a GMP manufacturing environment.
Ability to travel up to 50% during the initial start-up phase of the project.

Nice To Haves

Project management experience in start-up environments.
PMP certification.

Responsibilities

Define project design and engineering planning for assigned projects.
Lead system, equipment, and technology installations, ensuring safe integration, commissioning readiness, and on-time delivery.
Assess project processes and resolve operational or technical issues.
Deliver operational improvements, business value, and site production efficiency through effective project execution.
Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate systems, equipment, and technologies.
Deliver high-quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; define and validate methods, document results and key assumptions, ensure adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicate technical progress, impacts, and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.
Lead technical workstreams and contribute to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross-functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.