Assistant Project Planner

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Purpose:

The Assistant Project Planner is responsible for translating the strategies of Asset Strategy Teams (ASTs) into AbbVie’s Asset Management Platform (AMP) through the development and maintenance of project plans, timelines, data quality, and reporting requirements. This position requires using standardized project management tools and processes to assist ASTs in decision making for drug and device development across the R&D Portfolio and will require strong and consistent communications within a matrix organization.                                     

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management support to drug development projects, including timeline tracking with critical path, risk management, finance support, organization, and communication (e.g. Sharepoint sites, cross functional alignment etc.).
• Understands drug development strategy and how to communicate strategy through planning relationships and tools. Proactively collaborates across functional areas to ensure alignment on project timelines and strategies and ensures that the appropriate information is entered into AMP through direct entry at the asset level as well as coaching and assistance with functions.
• Manages the Project Management Team in collaboration with a director of Portfolio Program Management with the objective of fostering strong communication, collaboration, and alignment within the matrix organization.
• Support Project Managers with project plan maintenance and information reporting. Provide data entry for change requests. Utilize QC reports to ensure proper input of project information and accuracy of data.
• Drives the development of multiple project planning scenarios in collaboration with AST members; assists with the identification, monitoring and analysis of business risks.
• Recognizes when corrective action and planning are necessary and assists with root cause analysis (escalating recommendations to Managers).
• Identifies opportunities for improvement of departmental work processes and collaborates on implementing the solution.
• Prioritize tasks with effective use of time.
• Provide general training support, administration and guidance regarding project management practices and systems to departmental staff and clients who use Project Office tools.
• Builds a strong network within the department and functional areas; interacts well with all levels of the organization.
   

•Bachelors degree required, preferably in a technical, scientific or project management related discipline. 
•2+ years professional work experience, preferably in project management, system based processes, or the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, and/or 6+ months working in the planner role as part of a SkillBridge, shadow, or rotational experience.
•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.
•Proficient technology skills (e.g., MS Office software, MS Project, Qlikview, Planisware etc.) desired.

Key Stakeholders 

Development project leaders, project managers, development team representatives, finance, and project office.

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

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• 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 short-term incentive programs. ​​

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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. 

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