Associate Project Planner

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.

Job Description:

Country: US

Language:  English

 

Job Title:  Associate Project Planner

 

Purpose:

The Associate Project Planner assists with the development of project plans for Asset Strategy Teams (AST) using standardized project management tools and processes.  These plans and data are used for decision making on drug development teams and across the R&D portfolio. 

 

Responsibilities:

•Provide advanced project management support to complex (late stage, partnered, requiring a device, etc) drug development projects, including action item tracking, organization and communication of team materials (e.g. SharePoint sites, etc.). Develops multiple project planning scenarios; identifies, monitors, and analyzes business risks.

•Recognizes when corrective action and planning are necessary and conducts root cause analyses (escalating recommendations to Managers and Directors).  Supports functional managers to ensure accurate resource estimates.

•Independently identifies opportunities for improvement of departmental work processes and manages a single large project, or several small process improvement projects.  Converts goals to tasks and coordinates activities to meet goals.  Estimates and manages requirements to achieve defined objectives.  Execute against defined objectives and keep management informed of progress and achieved project milestones.

•Apply advanced project management principles and techniques to the coordination and completion of assigned goals and tasks.  Prioritize tasks with effective use of time.

•Support and advise Project Managers on monthly project plan issues and timelines for maintenance and information reporting. Provide data entry for change requests. Utilize Quality Control (QC) reports to ensure proper input of project information and accuracy of data.

•Compile and provide routine standard reports on a monthly and ad hoc basis. Proactively address conflicting, incorrect, insufficient, or inappropriate information prior to report publication.  Collect and analyze project and process data and metrics.  Apply advanced project management tools for metrics collection and conduct advanced analysis of project data.  Develop guidelines and checklists.

•Provide general training support, administration and guidance regarding project management practices and systems.

•Establish and maintain strong network within department and external clients.

•Interacts with all levels of employees in support of project coordination.

•Assesses performance against plans, processes, and practices to determine effectiveness and recommend areas for process improvement to Managers and Directors within R&D Performance Solutions.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

•Bachelors degree required, preferably in a technical, scientific or project management related discipline and 4+ years professional work experience, preferably in project management, system based processes, or the pharmaceutical or biotech industry; or Masters degree with 2+ years of work experience; or Doctorate degree in same disciplines.

•Accreditation in a project management or process improvement discipline preferred (e.g. Project Management Professional, LEAN Six Sigma, etc.).

•Must be self-directed and work well in a team environment, be able to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet commitments, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, be process-oriented, convert goals to tasks and define estimates on time and requirements to achieve goal objectives, and demonstrate initiative.

•The incumbent must be able to discern the difference between general vs. confidential/sensitive reporting information and act accordingly.

•Experience/Awareness in the tools and techniques of Project Management and /or Business Excellence desired. Proficient technology skills (e.g., MS Office software, Planisware, MS Project, Qlikview, etc.) preferred.

 

Key Stakeholders:

Development project leaders, PPMs, Deliverable Team PMs,  development team representatives, finance, R&D Performance Solutions and PPM.

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
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.