Associate Director, Technical PDS&T
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Company Description

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose

The Associate Director, Technical position within the Product, Development, Sciences and Technology (PDS&T) organization is responsible for providing technical leadership, direction and management of the PDS&T teams. The Associate Director will provide technical expertise for development of new products, manage operation and developmental and transfer timelines, and executes budgets for global projects and the team. The Associate Director establishes goals that are consistent with the department, development, manufacturing and customer requirements, implements plans and policies, assigns duties and responsibilities and controls subordinates performance to meet the goals and commitments.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership for multiple PDS&T projects and is responsible for financial planning and timeline estimates of the project as well as execution.
• Responsible for implementation of global projects across AbbVie plants and marketed affiliates this includes both AbbVie plants and products manufactured at Third Party Manufacturers (TPMs)
• Provides technical expertise for Pipeline products and can represent the company in discussions with regulatory agencies. Due to nature of the projects and support of pipeline and marketed products, the impacts of decisions are significant to AbbVie's pharmaceutical Operations ($1B) to minimize back orders and regulatory risks.
• Technical function is responsible for providing support for developmental and marketed products including those related to process development, formulation support, clinical supplies and transfer of new entities to various clinical and manufacturing plants as well as process improvement and CMC support of marketed products. The role also includes transfer of marketed products between manufacturing plants and TPMs as required by the demands of Global manufacturing and product sourcing strategies.
• Leads the team that handles complex technical projects. These projects generally impact a significant portion of the business, are shared among multiple plants and/or markets. The team provides a high level of technical expertise required for support of various regulatory organizations and market needs and has a global approach in implementation of projects to ensure consistency. Teams within these functions have global responsibility (50+ markets), support multiple plants and/or markets.
• The scope of activities for these teams includes interactions with R&D, Mfg, Quality, Commercial and regulatory as well as the relevant technical plant support functions both within AbbVie and at third party manufacturers.
• Works directly with multiple groups in a matrix approach to ensure that the overall objectives of the PDS&T organization are met. These include the provision of seamless and effective technology transfers across AbbVie manufacturing facilities globally, the development of cost effective, robust and compliant processes and ensuring that customer services and customer support remain uninterrupted.
• Management of a technical team of multiple scientists ranging from associate scientists to senior level scientists as well as people leaders. The group is responsible for providing technical expertise for all regulatory and quality documentation associated with product launch as well as post approval filings.
• The global nature of the job requires the position to have an excellent knowledge of various regulatory and GMP requirements as well as outstanding communication skills. The position requires interaction with scientists from various sites and at times frequent traveling to support the projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical field preferably in Life sciences, pharmacy or engineering required. Masters Degree and/or PhD is beneficial.

• The incumbent would be expected to have 5+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical development / manufacturing, formulation, analytical chemistry and/or technical services roles.

• Strong background and expertise in drug development, marketed product support, technical issue resolution & related technical, manufacturing, regulatory and compliance fields.

• Exhibits a thorough understanding of Global CMC drug development and support, research management practices and long term planning skills.

• Excellent knowledge of various international regulatory and GMP requirements.

• Must be goal oriented, able to work within a team environment, self-motivated and understand the business needs to meet timelines.

• Good verbal, written communication skills and the ability to interface with multiple areas within the organization is essential.

• Previous related work experience in formulation/process is preferred

• Previous experience in supervising people is preferred.

Additional Information

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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.

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