Global Portfolio Manager, Clinical Sciences

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Manager, Global Portfolio Management to oversee a portfolio of projects within Clinical Sciences. You will partner with stakeholders to design and implement strategic initiatives, provide project management support, and lead governance meetings to address issues and drive outcomes.

The role requires collaboration across global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on communication and delivering timely status updates and dashboards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional work experience with 3+ years supporting projects and programs from strategy through implementation across a range of business topics.
• Must possess basic project management capabilities including knowledge of project management best practices, risk analysis and mitigation planning, change management support, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral required.
• Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

• Partners with business stakeholders to lead the design and implementation of strategic, cross-functional, projects for Clinical Sciences.
• Provides project management support to project teams, including the development of project planning scenarios in collaboration with team members, identification, monitoring, and analysis of project risks, and action item tracking, organization and communication of team materials.
• Leads project team meetings effectively using project governance processes to effectively escalate and support resolution of project issues.
• Demonstrates effective group facilitation skills and ability to support decision-making among team members regarding project strategy and deliverables.
• Collaborates effectively with management, SMEs, and team members inside and outside of Clinical Sciences to implement cross-functional solutions.
• Develops effective working relationships with project team members. Communicates (oral and written) and interacts effectively with project sponsors, and shares information regarding projects concisely and effectively to project stakeholders.
• Prepares status reports and dashboards using standard methodologies, tracking risks and mitigation plans, as well as other project roadblocks and facilitates resolution.
• Supports deliverable preparation and may own select individual deliverables based on the needs of individual project teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Risk analysis

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Manager, Global Portfolio Management to oversee a portfolio of projects within Clinical Sciences. You will partner with stakeholders to design and implement strategic initiatives, provide project management support, and lead governance meetings to address issues and drive outcomes.

The role requires collaboration across global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on communication and delivering timely status updates and dashboards.