Senior Project Manager, R&D
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager, ACOS drives strategic, cross-functional initiatives that support and elevate the AbbVie Community of Science. The role delivers R&D cross-functional efforts, including transformational projects within ACOS, supports R&D recognition events, and enables strategic priorities. It coordinates multiple initiatives through completion and reports to the Director of R&D Change Management and ACOS Program Management. The position independently formulates project scope, timelines, and deliverables, seeking final input from sponsors and management, and prioritizes project work. It identifies risks and mitigation plans, resolves issues by presenting options to management, reports status to management, and provides project management support to others outside the department. The Senior Project Manager communicates routinely with project teams, executes projects in compliance with procedures, helps select project team members, documents lessons learned, and uses project tools to manage work. The role also manages cross-project dependencies, mitigates programmatic risks and conflicts, and translates executive vision into structured roadmaps with workstreams and milestones.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 7 years of related work experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of related work experience; higher education may compensate for years of experience, and years of experience may compensate for lower education.
- Experience working in a complex and matrixed environment.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of project management principles.
- Proven leadership skills and executive presence.
Nice To Haves
- At least 2 years of project management experience, including leadership of a cross-functional project.
Responsibilities
- Formulate project scope, timelines, and deliverables independently, seeking final input from sponsors and management.
- Prioritize work associated with assigned projects.
- Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans; identify problems and issues and provide options to management.
- Report project status to management at various levels and provide project management support to others outside the department.
- Communicate with project teams through regular meetings, ad hoc discussions, and documented meeting minutes.
- Execute projects in compliance with processes and procedures.
- Offer suggestions and assist in selecting appropriate project team members.
- Document lessons learned and develop action plans to address improvement initiatives.
- Use project tools, including work plans and action and issue logs, to manage projects according to plan.
- Demonstrate team leadership and influence without direct authority while building and maintaining positive relationships.
- Identify, track, and manage cross-project dependencies to prevent bottlenecks.
- Proactively identify and mitigate programmatic risks, system issues, and conflicts.
- Translate executive vision into a structured program roadmap with clear workstreams and milestones.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
