Senior Manager, Lab Services

Company Description

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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care, and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
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The Senior Manager, Lab Services provides leadership and direction to the Quality Control Laboratories they are responsible for within Operations. This Sr. Manager role is responsible for the effective implementation of Abb Vie Quality Systems, including Incoming Quality Assurance of drugs and packaging materials, Validation of instruments, test methods, and test method transfers, Quality Engineering, Quality Control, Training, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Planning, Product Quality and strategic initiatives.

The Sr. Manager will manage a budget and lead a team of quality professionals who ensure compliance and quality oversight for the Quality Control Labs and/or strategic initiatives.

• Responsible for various aspects of quality assurance and quality control related to products produced at the plant, a high‑volume, high‑complexity manufacturing site with multiple product types.
• Represents the decision‑making authority on job‑specific aspects of the Quality and Regulatory compliance program for the Quality Control Labs.
• Manages a team of quality professionals, providing effective organization, administration, training, and supervision of their functional area.
• Provides regulatory and technical guidance to all departments in the Quality Control Labs and can act as the SME.
• Communicates with executive level for Quality Management Review, Quality Initiatives, etc.
• Develops and administers the annual operating budget and annual capital budget.
• Responsible for quality decisions related to all aspects of the Quality Control Labs operation, including facility design, laboratory controls, and product specifications, ensuring adherence to cGMP, FDA, EU, DEA and other regulatory requirements.

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Physical or Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering;
  Master's Degree or PhD preferred.
• 8+ years of combined experience in Manufacturing, QA, QC, R&D in the pharmaceutical, biologics, device, or chemical industry.
• 4+ years of supervisory/technical leadership experience.
• Familiarity with statistical quality systems, electronic document management, and laboratory information management.
• Knowledge of Quality policies and cGMP and other regulatory requirements.
• Effective people management and communication skills; ability to supervise direct reports and work with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• 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. The 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.

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 employer remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie 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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