Director, QC Labs

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 Director of Quality, Lab Operations, is responsible for managing analytical, microbial, stability and the reference standard quality control operations consisting of multiple disciplines. This includes establishment of processes and procedures, goals that are in-line with business operations, setting strategy, planning, coordinating, directing, coaching, developing, hiring, and planning the resources, facilities and budgets to ensure our Quality Control (QC) operations align with business needs. Functions as the technical consultant to business operations to conceive, design, conduct, and lead advanced independent scientific research activities per strategic business needs. This role will have responsibility for stability and reference standard operations of the lab.

Responsibilities

• Manages QC business units including setting of vision and strategy, develop and manage operating budgets, management of large group of technical employees, project management, and unit operational management to support overall business operations.
• Provide technical leadership in a multidisciplinary environment to ensure activities are on track per business needs and established timeline. Serves as an expert in technical/functional areas.
• Direct management of lab operations and to provide product quality system leadership to business operations.
• Establish and execute plans and commitments consistent to Development, Manufacturing, Customers and Business needs.
• Develop, negotiate, finalize timelines and cost estimates for projects and/or service contracts to support business operations and/or external customer’s needs.
• Applies extensive advanced scientific knowledge to design and manage multi-disciplinary projects.
• Applies advanced technical writing skills to prepare project protocol, and final reports to support product registration and/or business needs.
• Provides leadership in Product Quality Control Procedure and Quality System to support overall business operations. Responsible for site processes and procedures related to Quality Control laboratory to ensure product quality and compliance.
• Establishes and enforces product quality system procedure for business operations. Interface with multi-disciplinary functional areas including, development, operations, quality, compliance, and regulatory.

• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of Quality and/or Regulatory experience
• Prior experience managing a QC laboratory or other technical/scientific group
• Strong people leadership skills
• Solid understanding of financials and budgetary management experience
• Knowledge and understanding of operation of product quality control lab, product quality control requirement and system.
• Shows broad understanding of the issues relevant to the technical/science and business.

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. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-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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