Manager, Operations

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.

• Provide effective project management for initiatives within Development as well as cross-functionally. Drive teams to execute defined deliverables. 
• Lead teams on special projects related to the team, such as integration, harmonization, systems, or employee culture survey.
• When managing a cross-functional team for Clinical Development, build relationships with others that may include Finance, Project Office, Project Management, all Therapeutic Areas, and all non-clinical Functions to accomplish all objectives and responsibilities. Global awareness and collaboration skills across multiple teams and time zones.
• The Operations Manager will also be capable to support any Project Management requests that come from the Senior Leadership of Clinical Development.
• Responsible for assisting with strategic design, tactical execution, and establishing strategic planning for global operations activities and projects to achieve departmental strategies, goals, and objectives for Development which have a positive impact on the advancement of the pipeline.
• Participates in process improvement initiatives.
• Track Actual expenses against plan. Forecast headcount and/or budget LBEs as required.
• Assist with planning and implementation of activities and projects to achieve departmental strategies, goals, and objectives, finance and information affecting the business and organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master of Science (BSc/MSc), or PhD in Science of Business-related FieldBSc with 6+ yrsMSc with 3+ yrsPh.D. with 2+ yrs
• Team, drug development, or project management related experience.
• Basic knowledge of project management practices, portfolio review, finance, and budgeting.
• General experience working on, or leading projects.
• Experience supporting clinical research/drug development and/or regulatory/pharmacovigilance/compliance department operations.
• May only have uni-faceted, narrowly-focused experience in one function.

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Part-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.