Associate Director, Program Management

Associate Director, Program Management

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Provide Program Management support for assigned Asset Team Sub-teams/working teams
• Supports development of sub-team plans and drives aligned execution for functional components
• Ensure accurate and timely tracking and reporting of sub-team deliverables and identification, communication and management of sub-team risks
• Actively participates in the advancement of Program Management and asset development at AbbVie

Detailed Responsibilities:

1. Provide Program Management support for assigned Asset Team Sub-teams/working teams
   • Serves as a core member of the assigned sub-team(s)
   • Serves as a key business partner for the asset sub-team leader in developing core strategies and meeting the sub-team's goals
   • Operates with a strategic, cross-functional mindset
   • Coordinates sub-team activities and deliverables and supports the sub-team leader in driving cross-functional alignment within sub-team and structures sub-team meetings and discussions to drive good decision making practices
   • Ensures effective management of sub-team meetings including scheduling, agendas, minutes, action item follow-up
   • Responsible for partnering with Asset Team PM and helping sub-team prepare key messages and deliverables for, and navigate the governance process effectively and efficiently and appropriate use of each forum
   • Actively contributes to sub-team discussions both from a PM functional perspective, and a cross-functional strategic perspective
   • Ensures high performing sub-team through monitoring and assessing team's performance and effective partnership with the sub-team lead and Asset Team PM
2. Supports development of sub-team plans and drives aligned execution for functional components
   • In partnership with the sub-team lead, drives development of (and participates in) creation of sub-team plans and deliverables to inform asset strategy, and to translate asset strategy into execution by the sub-team and associated functions
   • Maintains awareness of upcoming deliverables as a part of the asset development lifecycle to ensure sub-team preparedness
   • Proactively identifies challenges or potential issues for execution, both within sub-team and partnering with asset PM cross-functionally, managing or escalating as appropriate
3. Ensure accurate and timely tracking and reporting of sub-team deliverables and identification, communication and management of sub-team risks
   • Partners with project planners to ensure appropriate and accurate tracking and reporting of team deliverable timelines
   • Maintains operational awareness of the sub-team deliverables and upcoming needs by the asset team
   • Ensures appropriate team document management practices and repository of key program information for the sub-team
   • Partners with sub-team members to proactively identify, communicate and manage sub-team risks, including escalation as appropriate for asset level risks
4. Actively participates in the advancement of Program Management and asset development at AbbVie
   • Proactively seek learnings from other teams and share best practices
   • Partners with colleagues in the PM organization and sub-teams to seek process improvement opportunities and participate as needed in developing and implementing change
   • Actively champions the AbbVie drug development process for assigned sub-teams and seek opportunities to increase sub-team effectiveness within the AbbVie model

Required

• 7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of roles in at least one role/functional area associated with drug development (research and development, commercial, project management, operations)
• 4+ years in a cross-functional project / program management role
• Strong program management skills and knowledge of program management practices in the pharmaceutical industry and common tools utilized
• Well-developed communication skills - both written and oral
• Well-developed strategic thinking and leadership skills

Preferred

• Experience in late stage drug development, including being a part of a launch team
• Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled