Infrastructure Project Manager

Infrastructure Project Manager

Location: North Chicago, IL – REMOTE ROLE The contract will be long term

Primary Needs: Position will reside within the Innovation, Architecture, and Infrastructure team at AbbVie. Technical Project Manager: Will plan, coordinate, and execute Infrastructure projects aimed at firewall hardening, with the goal of monitoring and filtering incoming and outgoing network traffic, based on AbbVie’s security policies, to allow safe traffic and prevent dangerous traffic. Over the life of the engagement, there will be a mix of AbbVie and Legacy Allergan sites in scope. Initially, there will be 12 AbbVie sites, running through roughly mid-2022, followed by additional Allergan sites which will be scheduled out to the end of 2022. This means the candidate will be expected to lead multiple site implementations in parallel. Each site/project will have a similar, but unique design, requiring each implementation to submit its own final design. Each of these implementations will uniquely balance the needs of the particular site, as well as those of the Information Security and Network Infra teams. The individual will need to ensure the team is following appropriate AbbVie IT implementation/change policies throughout the projects.

Candidate should be an experienced (12+ years required) Technical Project Manager with Infrastructure project management experience in firewall hardening and Infrastructure lifecycle management. Strong project management skillset needed, including proven ability to lead and drive project success. Should be well organized with the ability to review and track the project schedule end to end. Provide execution coordination during cutover events, including planned sequence tracking, issues/risks, and escalation where required. Must be a self-starter, detail-oriented, able to manage a variety of tasks, and be able to communicate to leadership. Will conduct meetings with project team members and key stakeholders, publishing meeting minutes. Will manage weekly and monthly progress reporting, as well as tracking project financials for budget adherence. Strong collaboration and communication skills needed as the individual will provide updates and ongoing reporting to both the immediate team and leadership. This individual will work with a matrixed AbbVie team across IAI, Security, and the individual sites, as well as at minimum 2 AbbVie vendors/managed service providers. Contract to run from candidate’s start date through 12/31/22. Fully remote acceptable, with expectation candidate will work hours aligned with a Lake County, IL team based in the Central Time Zone. Applicants must be U.S.-based and able to work full time.

Expectations: Develop, execute, and manage project(s) within the defined scope. Lead all aspects of the project lifecycle, working with project sponsors/key stakeholders, team members, and management to oversee all phases of project completion. Build and manage project’s work breakdown structure, milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables within the constraints of human and financial resources and changing priorities to ensure the successful completion of the project. Ensure transparent reporting of project status, issues, risks, and financials. The individual will rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. Be able to work under general supervision. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.

Specific Responsibilities: Drive Project Success and Completion: Understand and drive leadership of the project to success. Build key relationships with stakeholders, mentor team members and demonstrate leadership at all levels. Initiate and Plan Project: Works with business and IT management to establish and gain consensus on project goals, objectives, financials, and deliverables. Project Control: Assess the degree to which changes to scope, issues and risks will affect the project, working with business and IT management and sponsor to gain agreement for resolution. Measure performance to assure the project is progressing as compared to original plan and budget. Executing and Closing Project: Develops and executes a work plan obtaining authorized resources to ensure all activities are performed. Leads team in delivering project scope. Gather lessons learned and obtain final project approval from sponsor and stakeholders. Project Communication: Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to project teams, business, and IT management. Makes recommendations based on current project status to resolve issues and manage risks. Resource and Team Management: Coordinate resources to ensure project needs are addressed and effectively assign tasks and deliverables to team members based upon their abilities. Motivates project team to deliver project outcomes. Quality Management: Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and functional policies and procedures. Decisions: Make decisions that impact project level activities. Drive Continuous Improvement of Project Process and Governance: Will continually examine Plans/Risks/Issues to identify gaps in project communication or process, and holding project team accountable for improvement, to drive proactive solutions as the project is ongoing. Escalate issues that need Permanent Process changes.

Qualifications: Primary Needs on page 1. Candidate should be an experienced (12+ years required) Technical Project Manager with Infrastructure project management experience in firewall hardening and Infrastructure lifecycle management. Fully remote acceptable, with the expectation candidate will work hours aligned with a Lake County, IL team based in the Central Time Zone. Applicants must be U.S.-based and able to work full time.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience with using Clarity PPM. Note: no requirement for Organization Change Management experience for this role. Note: no requirement for PMP certification for this role. Note: no requirement of Pharma experience for this role.