Project Manager/Program Manager - Integrated Brand Team

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Description:

The Integrated Brand Team (IBT) Project Manager will provide support for new product launches and on market brands. He/she will work closely with key leaders of the marketing organization and other AbbVie teams to ensure successful product launches and on market support. Responsibilities include organizing and tracking progress of integrated launch plans, planning launch related events, coordinating agendas, and project management of key initiatives identified by the Integrated Brand and Integrated Operating Teams (IOT).

  Primary Responsibilities/Duties:

• Relationship Management: Establish and maintain high-quality relationships with project leaders, across all cross-functional areas within commercial operations and develop a thorough understanding and knowledge in the science of the diseases, the business, and challenges.


• Initiate and Plan Project: Works with commercial business partners to establish and gain consensus on project goals, objectives, and deliverables across the franchise.   Responsible for building the plans and resource needs to accomplish business objectives.


• Project Control: Assess the degree to which changes to scope, issues and risks will affect the project working with the IBT lead and business partners to gain agreement for resolution. Measure performance to assure the project is progressing as compared to original plan and budget.


• Executing and Closing Project: Leads project managers and teams in developing and executing a project plan ensuring that authorized resources are obtained to make certain that all activities are performed. Gather lessons learned and obtain final program approval from sponsor and stakeholders.


• Project Communication: Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to project teams, and senior commercial business partners. Makes recommendations based on current program status to resolve issues and manage risks.


• Quality Management: Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and functional policies and procedures.



 
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Significant Work Activities -Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment

Skills/Experience Requirements:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills.


• Exemplary written and oral communication skills.


• Demonstrable program and project management experience (3 to 6 Years).


• Ability to understand and organize projects and project tasks for several different cross-functional business teams.


• Experience with AbbVie brands, products, and teams.


• Can motivate and influence others without direct management authority.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree


• Project Management Experience

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pharmaceutical experience


• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification


• Smartsheets Experience

 

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.