Project Manager

Abbvie; Durham (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie in Durham, North Carolina, is recruiting a Project Manager to lead engineering projects that support manufacturing, R&D, and infrastructure. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while delivering operational improvements and business value.

You will coordinate cross functional teams, drive new systems and equipment installations, ensure quality and safety compliance, and mentor junior engineers throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Requires advanced education and experience; with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar discipline and 7+ years relevant industry experience.
• Experience in GMP manufacturing environment is required.
• PM experience with startup exposure; PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define project design and engineering planning for assigned projects.
• Lead system, equipment, and technology installations, ensuring safe integration and on-time delivery.
• Assess project processes and resolve operational or technical issues.
• Deliver operational improvements and business value delivery through project execution.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Communicate progress, impacts and mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering planning

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions 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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

New to North Carolina. Known for pursuing breakthroughs in medicine.

Ready to join our team?

At AbbVie, we bring together talented people and innovative science to develop medicines that help patients. Now, we’re bringing that commitment to Durham, North Carolina, with a new manufacturing campus that will expand our ability to produce medicines and create opportunities in the Research Triangle.

The campus will integrate advanced manufacturing, laboratory technologies and AI to support the production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The first phase will include manufacturing facilities, next-generation laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices and employee wellness facilities.

To learn more about this investment, please visit https://www.abbvie.com/abbvie-north-carolina-manufacturing.html

We are now recruiting our Project Manager as part of the core start up leadership team. In this role, you will responsible for planning, designing, and delivering engineering projects that support manufacturing, R&D, and infrastructure needs. You will lead cross-functional efforts to implement new systems, equipment, and technologies while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory standards. You will manage project scope, schedule, and budget to deliver operational improvements and business value.

Key Responsibilities

As Project Manager, you will lead technical workstreams and contribute to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborate with cross‑functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advise on complex technical decisions and risks. You will:

• Define project design and engineering planning for assigned projects.
• Lead system, equipment, and technology installations, ensuring safe integration, commissioning readiness, and on‑time delivery.
• Assess project processes and resolves operational or technical issues.
• Deliver operational improvements, business value delivery, and site production efficiency through effective project execution.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and collaborate with cross‑functional teams, ensuring integration of systems, equipment, andtechnologies.
• Deliver high‑quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and keyassumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommendedmitigations to project leads and stakeholders

Qualifications

• You will have in-depth knowledge typically obtained through advanced education and experience; with a Bachelors degree in Engineering or similiar related discipline and 7 + years relevant industry experience.
• Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics and/or aseptic sterile fill finish is required
• Project Management experience is required with specific experience in start up is preferred (PMP certification is preferred)
• You will have demonstrated your ability to partner cross functionally with successful teams in a GMP manufacturing environment
• Travel up to 50% during the initial start up phase of the project

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html