Senior Project Manager, R&D

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

 What you need to know about us:

Join us by integrating the world's 4th largest pharmaceutical laboratory and a growing site between lake and mountains!
A leader in medical aesthetics, Allergan, a subsidiary of the Abbvie Group, develops and manufactures sterile injectable products based on hyaluronic acid, for the aesthetic treatment of the face, thus contributing to the well-being of patients.
Our ambition? To offer the best of innovation in the aesthetic medicine market. 

As part of a replacement, we are recruiting for our R&D department, based in our center of excellence for aesthetic medicine in Annecy, Haute-Savoie:

A Senior R&D Project Manager on a permanent contract

This mission will suit anyone wishing to evolve within a multicultural organization combining agility, commitment and speed of action.

Under the responsibility of the R&D Project Management Director for Medical Devices based in Irvine (US), and in close and permanent collaboration with the R&D team at the Pringy site, the Senior R&D Project Manager manages and ensures the animation of the R&D projects for the Medical Aesthetics products that are entrusted to him.

Alongside Global Project Managers and as a “co-leader” of Research & Development projects for our medical devices, you participate in the development of the strategy and in the functional organization of the projects. You are the guarantor of the proper execution of these projects by ensuring the scheduling, planning, coordination, execution and control of all aspects of the projects, including the development and launch of new products, the obtaining of new clinical indications and the geographical extension of existing products. As such, you lead multidisciplinary teams (Product Development, Clinical Development and Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Marketing, Operations). 
You guarantee the successful completion of project milestones, especially those considered to be major for each project and for the company, and you inform management of any significant discrepancies or deviations. You develop alternative scenarios, with the project team, to correct them and obtain approval on their implementation. 
You are responsible for managing inter-department governance and the decision-making process for each of the projects. A true partner of the Global Project Manager, you prepare and coordinate with him, presentations to governance bodies and participate in meetings. 
You ensure the management and financial follow-up of the projects under your responsibility in collaboration with the global project manager.
You create, fill in and update all R&D information systems: schedule management, financial management, portfolio management, monthly “reporting” of all current projects.
You train project teams in processes including governance, roles and responsibilities within the team, the planning process, goals and milestones, the use of project management tools (such as the global development strategy (GDS), Gantt charts, decision trees...), the project budget and how to establish a forecast.
 

 You have assets to join us:
•    A higher scientific education such as Bac+5/Engineer (Biology, Chemistry, Pharma...)
•    An experience of 8 years, including 5 years in project management, acquired ideally acquired in research and development in a pharmaceutical/medical and multicultural environment.
•    Knowledge of Medical Device development processes (Design Control, clinical studies, registrations) is a plus
•    Experience with transversal and international organizations
•    Mastery of computer tools, Microsoft Office and Project.
•    The practice of fluent English is essential.
•    A PMP project management certification will be a plus.
•    Ideally, experience with one of the leading project management software packages such as Planisware
•    Facilitator, strong communication skills (written and oral), facilitation and teamwork
•    Excellent ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams in a matrix and multi-cultural environment
•    Excellent organizational and planning skills
•    Excellent ability to solve problems and to lead decision-making processes
•    Willing to travel internationally for short trips
 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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