Bioprocess Manufacturing Project / Portfolio Manager

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

• Assemble and lead matrixed cross-functional teams comprised of scientists and engineers responsible for all operational aspects of drug substance process development, characterization, manufacture, quality assurance and quality control.
• Gather required project plan inputs then develop, maintain and execute the cross-functional project plan. Track and hold team accountable for measurable actions.
• Identify and anticipate schedule changes and their impact to scope and deliverables.
• Proactively identify and drive technical and project plan related issues to closure by working with all relevant functional lines and facilitating the application of effective troubleshooting and/or decision making methodologies, e.g. root cause analysis, decision tree analysis, DIA, etc.
• Present project status to management and stakeholders at scheduled management update meetings and client steering meetings.
• Understand project drivers, requirements, scenarios and options. Proactively drive development of contingency and/or risk-mitigation plans.
• Evaluate risk, cost implications, regulatory path of scientific/quality/manufacturing alternatives and present to management and stakeholders for decision.
• Coordinate directly with Operations Commercial Development counterpart on business related issues such as scoping change orders for existing contracts, and clarifying contractual obligations with client.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize tasks. Elevate proposals for prioritization changes for management review appropriately.
• Work with site leadership to develop site goals and financial planning

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters level degree in (bio)chemical engineering, life sciences, or other scientific related disciplines.
• 8+ years combined experience in positions related to process development, project management, engineering/process support, and manufacturing.
• Must have demonstrated organizational and planning skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to plan, sequence, schedule, monitor, control and execute project plans.
• Must be able to effectively facilitate the resolution of complex scientific, technical, analytical, and business issues across functional lines and/or with external clients.
• In-depth knowledge of Manufacturing Processes, QA, QC and Engineering
• Sound understanding of regulatory requirements to guide team and project

Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis 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, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.