Senior Project Manager, R&D

AbbVie

Annecy, France

Under the responsibility of the R&D Project Management Director for Medical Devices based in Irvine (US), and in close and permanent collaboration with the R&D team at the Pringy site, the Senior R&D Project Manager manages and ensures the animation of the R&D projects for the Medical Aesthetics products that are entrusted to him.

Alongside Global Project Managers and as a “co-leader” of Research & Development projects for our medical devices, you participate in the development of the strategy and in the functional organization of the projects. You are the guarantor of the proper execution of these projects by ensuring the scheduling, planning, coordination, execution and control of all aspects of the projects, including the development and launch of new products, the obtaining of new clinical indications and the geographical extension of existing products. As such, you lead multidisciplinary teams (Product Development, Clinical Development and Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Marketing, Operations).

You guarantee the successful completion of project milestones, especially those considered to be major for each project and for the company, and you inform management of any significant discrepancies or deviations. You develop alternative scenarios, with the project team, to correct them and obtain approval on their implementation.

You are responsible for managing inter-department governance and the decision-making process for each of the projects. A true partner of the Global Project Manager, you prepare and coordinate with him, presentations to governance bodies and participate in meetings.

You ensure the management and financial follow-up of the projects under your responsibility in collaboration with the global project manager.

You create, fill in and update all R&D information systems: schedule management, financial management, portfolio management, monthly “reporting” of all current projects.

You train project teams in processes including governance, roles and responsibilities within the team, the planning process, goals and milestones, the use of project management tools (such as the global development strategy (GDS), Gantt charts, decision trees...), the project budget and how to establish a forecast.

Qualifications

You have assets to join us:

A higher scientific education such as Bac+5/Engineer (Biology, Chemistry, Pharma...);
An experience of 8 years, including 5 years in project management, acquired ideally acquired in research and development in a pharmaceutical/medical and multicultural environment;
Knowledge of Medical Device development processes (Design Control, clinical studies, registrations) is a plus;
Experience with transversal and international organizations;
Mastery of computer tools, Microsoft Office and Project;
The practice of fluent English is essential;
A PMP project management certification will be a plus;
Ideally, experience with one of the leading project management software packages such as Planisware;
Facilitator, strong communication skills (written and oral), facilitation and teamwork;
Excellent ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams in a matrix and multi-cultural environment;
Excellent organizational and planning skills;
Excellent ability to solve problems and to lead decision-making processes;
Willing to travel internationally for short trips.