Director, PDS&T Analytical CMC Development

Biopharma Careers; Maryland; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a senior scientist to lead analytical CMC strategy for biologics, driving late-stage development and commercial readiness. The role requires cross-functional collaboration with process development, regulatory, and quality teams to ensure robust strategy and timely execution.

The candidate will influence across disciplines, manage complex projects, and participate in annual planning. A strong technical background in biologics, gene therapy, or related technologies is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in science with extensive related work experience.
• Experience in research and/or development environments.
• Proven ability to innovate with a history of new or improved product releases.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within function and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.

Responsibilities

• Drives overall analytical control strategy for biologics.
• Establishes collaborations to enable BLA activities across the org.
• Sets team strategies, manages resources and risk mitigation.
• Communicates strategy, issues and risks to stakeholders across functions.
• Acts as principal contact for stakeholders and balances expectations.
• Participates in yearly FTE planning for the analytical organization.

Skills

Strategic analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in science

Master’s Degree, PharmD or PhD with extensive related work

PhD in Science or related field

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

Abbvie Product Development Science and Technology (PDS&T) Biologics Analytical-CMC Strategy is responsible for driving the analytical CMC control strategy for late-stage development of biologics. The Analytical CMC Strategy team is responsible for ensuring late phase to commercial method development, optimization, validation, advanced characterization, process development support, regulatory authoring, and control strategy for biologics. The team works cross-functionally with process development, regulatory, and quality within the Abbvie network. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical analytical background in gene therapy and tLNP technologies, manage complex projects, and effectively communicate cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Drives overall analytical control strategy, including justifying appropriate specifications, determining critical quality attributes, assessing product shelf-life, and risk-based comparability strategies for the biologics pipeline.
• Establish collaborations across the organization to ensure delivery of critical analytical BLA enabling activities.
• Setting team strategies, managing resources and defining risk mitigation strategies.
• Communicate project strategy, key issues, and risks to relevant teams and escalated risks and facilitate resolution within/across functional areas.
• Act as the principal contact for all stakeholders and balance conflicting expectations between cross-functional areas.
• Actively participate in yearly FTE planning across the analytical organization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education in Science related field with extensive (typically 18 years) of related work; Master’s Degree or equivalent education Science or PharmD or equivalent education with extensive (typically 16 years) of related work; PhD in Science or related field with typically 10 years of related work experience.
• Experience in research and/or development environment.
• Proven ability to innovate with a history of new or improved product releases.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within function and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others across areas of scientific disciplines.
• Technical background in healthcare, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices or pharmaceutical companies.

Additional Information

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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 the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimately paymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin 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 toparticipatein 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 any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolute discretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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