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Associate Director/Director, CMC Dossier Management

Employer
AbbVie
Location
North Chicago, IL
Start date
Aug 21, 2024
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Discipline
Science/R&D, CMC
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
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Job Details


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 onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.


Job Description

Leads global regulatory dossier preparation activities by coordinating cross-functional teams of subject matter experts, from internal and external third parties. The primary function is to ensure consistent preparation of drug substance, drug product and analytical sections of regulatory submission documents of high scientific and technical quality that are compliant with global regulatory requirements. Implement well-defined, efficient processes for preparation, review and approval of these CMC sections. Plays a critical role in ensuring that the CMC submission strategy is aligned closely with the clinical/regulatory development strategy and provide drug development experience and advice to the CMC team. Influence development of new regulatory guidance, assure timely impact assessment, and implementation of new regulatory requirements. Will lead CMC Coordination activities for later stage and more complex projects, anticipate regulatory questions, and help drive first pass approvals

Responsibilities

  • Author and coordinate submission documentation for all phases of clinical development, with emphasis on later phase programs and marketing applications, often under significant time pressure. Drive team resolution and author responses to questions from regulatory authorities.
  • Leverage extensive drug development experience to lead the global cross-functional CMC Team in completion of global regulatory submission documents. Maintain awareness of global regulatory requirements on pharmaceutical development. Ensure necessary changes to regulations are implemented in local practices and procedures.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop important relationships with external collaboration partners and key internal stakeholders. Demonstrate strong negotiating, influencing, and leadership skills.
  • Manages completion of CMC regulatory submission documentation for multiple projects of moderate complexity utilizing a matrix management approach. Individually completes submission document authoring, and implements other creative approaches to conserve resources, and achieve efficiency with respect to time and budget.
  • Serve as the primary Drug Product Development (DPD) representative to interface with the CMC Regulatory group. Develop standard processes and lead CMC project teams in planning, preparation, review and approval of drug substance, drug product and analytical sections of CMC submission documentation. Develop and maintain submission document templates for CMC regulatory documents in collaboration with CMC Regulatory and Process R&D.
  • Partner with CMC Regulatory to assist CMC project teams in identifying submission-related risks and develop mitigation strategies. Provide local expertise in the use of e-Docs.
  • Develop an organizational memory of regulatory issues. Review regulatory guidance documents to develop and maintain expertise. Coordinate document authoring and reviews with various groups outside of DPD such as Process R&D Operations S&T, preclinical safety, PK, and QA.
  • Interface with CMC Regulatory personnel to ensure consistency across projects. Represent the CMC team in communication of issues to DPD management.
  • Develop and maintain tools and templates to facilitate submission process. Lead cross-functional initiatives related to streamlining the regulatory submission dossier preparation processes.
  • Provide feedback to functional area management on performance of contributors. Capable of overseeing non-exempt personnel.

Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree with at least 8-10 years of CMC functional experience required; Masters Degree with at least 6-8 years of CMC functional experience preferred; PhD Degree with at least 4-6 years of CMC functional experience highly preferred.
  • Interdisciplinary experience required, some analytical and/or formulation experience strongly preferred.
  • Excellent scientific writing skills and working knowledge of regulatory requirements.
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with a demonstrated ability to summarize and communicate findings in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on scientific data, to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, and to work with a sense of urgency.
  • Demonstrated skills in negotiation, influencing others, and leadership.

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 thetimeof 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 anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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