Senior Quality Engineer, Risk Management

Company Description

About Abb Vie

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 () , X ()  and You Tube.

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Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer, Risk Management has various objective/functions related to Third Party Manufacturing (TPM) plants and PQA functions. During routine operations, the Senior PQA Analyst is responsible for supporting the day to day Quality Assurance activities related to the TPM plants including but not limited to approval of manufacturing direction to the production floor, review and approval of manufacturing, laboratory, and raw material investigations, assess product impact analysis and corrective and preventive action for events, review and approval of changes as applicable.

The Senior PQA Analyst also is responsible to evaluate supplier change notification, monitor process track and trending, and perform annual Product Quality Reviews. This person also acts as a liaison between Abb Vie regulatory areas and TPM plants for regulatory submission.

Responsibilities

+ Maintains an effective liaison and cooperative relationship with other Abb Vie Areas including but not limited Quality, Regulatory, Technical, Supply Chain, along with the TPM sites.

+ Ensures that bulk drug substance and/or drug product production at TPM sites is performed as per current good manufacturing practices, according to local procedures and as per specifications and manufacturing directions provided by Abb Vie QA Operations.

+ Ensures TPM procedures including but not limited to raw material specification, product specification, test methods, supplier change notification, shipping, are in compliance with cGMP, policies, regulatory approvals, and Quality Technical Agreement with TPM site.

+ Review and approve manufacturing directions to the production floor.

+ Provide support to PQA in global projects and events to ensure intended results are achieved; including planning, risk analysis, and implementation.

+ Ensures investigations of TPM plant events related but not limited to process, laboratory, raw materials are completed thoroughly and documented accurately, including adequate product impact analyses and corrective and preventive action for plant events are documented.

+ Perform annual Product Quality Review according to Abb Vie global procedure to comply with regulatory requirements.

+ Participates in Trend Review Board to monitor process track and trending.

+ Participates in the Global Change Review Board (GCRB) meeting as TPM representative to evaluate global changes related but not limited to supplier change notifications, process, laboratory, and regulatory submissions that impacts all sites.

+ Generates detailed change management plans related to TPM plants changes to ensure intended results are achieved; including planning, risk analysis, and implementation.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree preferably in Engineering or Science

+ Six years of experience within the Pharmaceutical operations, preferably Biologic manufacturing process

+ Knowledge of GMP regulations and standards affecting pharmaceutical products

+ Comprehensive knowledge and application of business and quality concepts

+ Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

+ Change plan, Exception Reports, SAP and LRMS experience is highly preferred

+ Proven ability to adapt communication style for a variety of modes as well as for multicultural audiences

+ Strong interpersonal relations / communications skills. Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization

Additional Information

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+ The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay…