Director, PDS&T Analytical CMC Development

Abb Vie'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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, Xand You Tube.

Abbvie Product Development Science and Technology (PDS&T) Biologics Analytical-CMC Strategy is responsible for driving the analytical CMC control strategy for late-stage development of biologics. The Analytical CMC Strategy team is responsible for ensuring late phase to commercial method development, optimization, validation, advanced characterization, process development support, regulatory authoring, and control strategy for biologics. The team works cross-functionally with process development, regulatory, and quality within the Abbvie network.

This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical analytical background in gene therapy and tLNP technologies, manage complex projects, and effectively communicate cross-functionally.

• Drives overall analytical control strategy, including justifying appropriate specifications, determining critical quality attributes, assessing product shelf-life, and risk-based comparability strategies for the biologics pipeline.
• Establish collaborations across the organization to ensure delivery of critical analytical BLA enabling activities.
• Setting team strategies, managing resources and defining risk mitigation strategies.
• Communicate project strategy, key issues, and risks to relevant teams and elevate risks and facilitate resolution within/across functional areas.
• Act as the principal contact for all stakeholders and balance conflicting expectations between cross-functional areas.
• Actively participate in yearly FTE planning across the analytical organization

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education in Science related field with extensive (typically 18 years) of related work;
  Master’s Degree or equivalent education Science or PharmD or equivalent education with extensive (typically 16 years) of related work;
  PhD in Science or related field with typically 10 years of related work experience.
• Experience in research and/or development environment.
• Proven ability to innovate with a history of new or improved product releases.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within function and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others across areas of scientific disciplines.
• Technical background in healthcare, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices or pharmaceutical companies.
• This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical analytical background in gene therapy and tLNP technologies, manage complex projects, and effectively communicate cross-functionally.

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.
  
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• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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