PMO Manager

About AbbVie

AbbVie is dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions that address serious health challenges today and future medical needs. The company focuses on therapeutic areas like immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and also has offerings in Allergan Aesthetics.

Role Overview

We invite you to join our North Dublin Oral Solid Dose manufacturing site as a PMO Manager. In this pivotal role, you will lead the Program Management Office on site to assure project excellence, governance, and successful delivery of essential initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the site PMO function including project managers and resources to foster aligned project success across functions.
• Manage a broad spectrum of initiatives encompassing strategic projects, New Product Introductions (NPI), and capital expenditures (CAPEX).
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve project management processes, methodologies, and standards.
• Supervise the project portfolio with responsibilities from project intake and prioritization to resource allocation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Report project status, risks, and milestones to senior site leadership including Site Head and Operations Director.
• Ensure rigorous risk management, issue tracking, and change control processes are in place across active projects.
• Drive standardization of project methodologies and documentation to uphold compliance with quality, regulatory, and audit-readiness standards.
• Act as the main escalation point for project-related issues, risks, and change management.
• Promote collaboration among matrix functions such as Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Regulatory to achieve technical project goals.
• Guarantee that projects meet timelines, scope, budgets, and site business objectives.
• Support continuous improvement via data-driven project performance assessment and lessons learned analysis.
• Align the PMO's efforts with Business and Operational Excellence programs to support governance and improvement projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years' project management experience within pharmaceutical, biotech manufacturing, or a comparable regulated environment.
• Proven leadership managing teams or PMO operations in a manufacturing context.
• Strong familiarity with project management frameworks such as PMBOK or PRINCE2 to establish project governance, risk management, and stage-gate processes.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, or other operational excellence approaches within regulated manufacturing settings.
• History of managing complex, cross-functional projects effectively.
• Excellent skills in stakeholder management, communication, and presentation.
• Experience in risk, resource, and change control management.
• Proficiency in project portfolio management software and Microsoft Office tools.
• Certification in PRINCE2, PMP, or equivalent is preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong influencing and negotiation capabilities across diverse teams and leadership levels.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible, collaborative, and adaptive leadership style.
• Commitment to quality, regulatory compliance, and business excellence.
• Able to manage competing project priorities in a dynamic operations environment.
• Competent in defining and tracking key performance metrics that ensure sustained compliance and behavioral improvements.

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces integrity, innovation, and community service. We welcome veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply.