Senior CDQ PMO Lead: Cross-Functional Delivery

AbbVie; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Ireland seeks a Project Manager Lead to govern, coordinate, and oversee complex CDQ projects. You will drive governance, prioritization, and execution across cross-functional teams, ensuring milestones and timelines are met.

You will lead stakeholder communications, develop standard PMO templates and dashboards, and support continuous improvement of project management processes across the organization. Strong GMP knowledge and pharma experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience, including 5+ years in program or project management.
• Demonstrated experience managing large, complex, cross-functional projects in a pharmaceutical or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of GMP manufacturing, supply chain, CMC technical development, and pharmaceutical regulations.
• Proven ability to develop governance models, manage priorities, and drive execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts and influence cross-functional teams and technical experts.
• Ability to understand technical aspects of complex systems and contribute to detailed problem-solving discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the CDQ PMO function coordinating project managers and resources.
• Establish and maintain project governance, prioritization, and reporting processes.
• Translate PMO and business priorities into clear execution plans and milestones.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies; escalate where needed.
• Develop and maintain standard templates, tools, dashboards, and metrics.
• Lead cross-functional teams for planning, implementation, and budget tracking.
• Ensure timely, clear communication to stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Support rollout of standard program management processes and ways of working.
• Facilitate governance forums and knowledge sharing channels.
• Oversee team workload and delivery of responsibilities.
• Maintain alignment with project standards and business requirements.
• Support continuous improvement of PM processes and tools.

Skills

Project governance

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or Business

Tools

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

AbbVie in Ireland seeks a Project Manager Lead to govern, coordinate, and oversee complex CDQ projects. You will drive governance, prioritization, and execution across cross-functional teams, ensuring milestones and timelines are met.

You will lead stakeholder communications, develop standard PMO templates and dashboards, and support continuous improvement of project management processes across the organization. Strong GMP knowledge and pharma experience are essential.