Affiliate PV Partner Compliance Specialist

AbbVie; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Maidenhead seeks a Compliance Specialist responsible for oversight of pharmacovigilance services. This role includes managing supplier quality, investigating discrepancies, and providing training. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with fluency in Spanish required. Strong technical writing and analytical skills are essential, alongside collaboration across cross-functional teams. Full-time position with an opportunity to contribute actively to compliance and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3 years pharmaceutical industry experience, with minimum 2 years in pharmacovigilance quality systems.
• Excellent understanding of global pharmacovigilance regulations.
• Experienced in cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Manage standards and oversee monitoring of outsourced processes.
• Investigate discrepancies and support quality management processes.
• Deliver training sessions and manage issue investigations.

Skills

Fluent in Spanish

Technical writing

Excel data interrogation

Ability to manage compliance risks

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related science field

Job description

Purpose

Support the establishment and maintenance of effective compliance & oversight of external providers of pharmacovigilance services for AbbVie affiliates. At a minimum this system must ensure compliance with global regulatory requirements AbbVie standards and local PV regulations. The scope extends to all externalized services and providers overseen by PPS on behalf of AbbVie affiliates including adverse event management reporting and related operational activities and spans all marketed products.

Responsibilities

• Manages standards and oversees the monitoring of outsourced processes investigates and leads the follow-up of discrepancies.
• Manages the monitoring of supplier performance via SLAs and other metrics prepares routine and ad hoc reports leads the investigation of trends and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Supports presentations of quality control results and trend analysis to senior cross‑functional AbbVie stakeholders.
• Support the establishment of AbbVie quality management processes for external suppliers of affiliate pharmacovigilance services that meet applicable PPS RDQA and affiliate standards and ensure reproducible controlled and timely delivery of high quality outputs.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal partners to implement vendor quality management processes which integrate with supplier and AbbVie processes wherever possible. Support the use of risk‑proportionate approaches for in‑line and retrospective evaluations.
• Supports development of materials and delivers training sessions (through multiple modalities) in conjunction with supplier including train‑the‑trainer special‑topics refresher and internal AbbVie trainings as needed.
• Manages issue investigation (eg CAPAs) coordinating between AbbVie and supplier systems. Supports the communication and collaborates across internal and partner stakeholders for prioritization of issues as well as timely effective and permanent remediation actions.
• Performs quality control (QC) of all outsourced processes reliable documents results; proactively identifies areas of process and technical improvement and supports the implementation of changes.
• Proactively suggests changes in QC approaches to account for external and internal process regulatory and business change.
• Responsible as a member of the Affiliate PV Operations team for driving compliance and business excellence for all of outsourced affiliate PV activities.

Qualifications

Please note - candidates who are not fluent in Spanish cannot be considered for this role.

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in related science field
• 3 years pharmaceutical industry experience; including a minimum of 2 years in pharmacovigilance quality systems. Affiliate experience strongly preferred
• Good knowledge of global pharmacovigilance regulations including one or more countries with an excellent understanding of PV quality assurance systems
• Skilled at technical writing and authoring including SOPs/procedural documents corrective actions plans / exception reports
• Good Excel data interrogation and interpretation skills and experience
• Good influencer across multiple stakeholders; seen as a collaborative partner across the organization
• Able to proactively identify assess and effectively manage compliance risks
• Experienced in working in cross‑functional teams
• Analytical with a high degree of attention to detail
• Very good written and spoken English plus one other language

Key Stakeholders

PPS: Safety Compliance Affiliate Vigilance Excellence Vendor Management Team Case Processing Center of Excellence ODC Center of Excellence EU QPPV. RDQA: Pharmacovigilance & Regulatory Affairs Quality Assurance. GMA: Area Medical Heads Aff MDs

Additional Information

AbbVie 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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Employment Type

Full‑time

Location

Compliance Specialist • Maidenhead, England, UK