Sr. Project Leader - Design Assurance

Abbott Laboratories; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Singapore is seeking a Sr. Project Leader, Design Assurance to ensure product designs meet safety, efficacy, regulatory and customer requirements while balancing speed to market and cost.

You will collaborate with R&D, Technical Centers and Plant Operations to assess critical quality attributes, enable scalable manufacturing, and drive risk mitigation across Abbott Nutrition products. This role requires a science background, strong writing and communication skills, and at least 5 years in

Qualifications

• BS in a science-related field; Master’s degree a plus.
• Proficient technical writing; able to communicate issues clearly and concisely.
• Ability to organize and communicate technical information effectively.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards for infant formula and nutritional products.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Prepares quality documents and ensures design reviews are conducted.
• Monitors product, process, and package quality performance and identifies issues and trends.
• Develops and implements corrective actions with functional peers and operations.
• Works on complex problems requiring analysis of data and factors.
• Demonstrates strong technical competence in data analysis and product calculations.
• Leads and collaborates across the technical portion of the organization.
• Defines design criteria, negotiates compromises, balances quality with other criteria.
• Leads risk assessments and implements mitigations in product development.
• Ensures compliance with regulations and Abbott policies for nutrition products.
• Provides training and onboarding support for project leaders and team members.

Skills

Technical writing

Cross-cultural communication

Regulatory knowledge

Quality management systems

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in science-related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands, including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure® and Glucerna®, to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity As the Sr. Project Leader, Design Assurance, the Design Assurance Sr. Project Leader will assure product designs provide necessary safety, efficacy, regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction while balancing the need for speed to market as well as cost effectiveness. The successful candidate works with their functional group peers and managers to define Design Assurance related deliverables to ensure successful scale up to commercial scale manufacturing (successful FLTS process). Together with R&D, Technical Centers and Plant Operations, the incumbent assesses critical quality attributes and ensures the manufacturability of new formulations and products.

What You’ll Do

• Prepares Quality documents and assures appropriate design review is conducted.
• Monitors product, process, package quality performance and identifies quality-related issues and trends.
• Works with and provides direction to functional peers and operations to develop and implement corrective actions.
• Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situation or data requires review of defined factors.
• Exhibits high level of technical competence in data analysis and product-related calculations.
• Collaborates and provides leadership across the technical portion of the organization.
• Identify/gain agreement on design criteria, negotiate compromises, balance quality with other criteria across all functional areas.
• Leads risk assessments required as part of product development, identifies mitigations and drives the implementation of mitigating actions.
• Displays working knowledge of relationships between regulations, labeling, process and product.
• Encounters differing but recurring problems and/or duties, supports root cause analysis and problem resolution.
• Displays working knowledge of global regulations and policies related to Abbott’s nutritional products and assures products meet regulations.
• Assures that the design and testing for all Abbott Nutrition products are fully compliant with applicable regulations and Abbott policies.
• Lead/support the training of Project Leaders and Associate Project Leaders within the team, and onboarding of new team members.

Requirements

• B.S. in a Science-related field (Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology or other technical science area); Master’s degree a plus.
• Proficient technical writing skills; able to effectively and concisely communicate issues.
• Ability to effectively organize and communicate technical information.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for infant formula and nutritional products.
• Knowledge of quality management systems and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work and interact with many cultures across time zones and be capable of interpreting and analyzing technical data from different regions for decision making.
• Ability to work independently and/or function with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and analytical thinking.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in the food/nutritional industry and experience in the scale‑up and commercialization of product innovations.

Location This position is based in Singapore. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain LOCATION: Singapore > Singapore : SN20 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Yes SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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