Senior Manager, Regulatory Strategic Planning

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Manager, Regulatory Strategic Planning in Lake County, IL, to lead cross-functional teams on regulatory strategies. The role combines scientific, regulatory, and business process knowledge to drive execution of regulatory strategies and manage GRPT schedules, deliverables, and governance.

It requires leadership, strong communication, and experience in a complex matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science (biology, chemistry, microbiology, medical technology, pharmacy, pharmacology) or related fields.
• Advanced degree in science, math, business management, or engineering preferred; RAC/PMP certifications preferred.
• 7 years’ related experience.
• Proven leadership skills with ability to interact with senior management and executives.
• Experience in a complex, matrix environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership for GRPTs; develop schedules and wave plans and coordinate with Regulatory staff globally.
• Plan and facilitate GRPT meetings; ensure action items are completed and summarize highlights for stakeholders.
• Interact with ADTs and other stakeholders to communicate regulatory milestones and progress.
• Drive GRPT operations to keep information and tools up to date.
• Plan and execute medium-to-high complexity process improvements and lead change initiatives.
• Lead governance discussions and drive consensus on process changes.

Skills

Leadership

Verbal and written communication

Matrix environment

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Advanced degree & regulatory certifications (RAC, PMP)

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

The Senior Manager, Regulatory Strategic Planning, is responsible for successfully delivering project management capabilities for cross-functional teams of medium- to high-complexity within and across the Regulatory Affairs organization. The individual combines knowledge of scientific, regulatory, and business processes to properly drive the execution of AbbVie’s regulatory strategies. The Senior Manager will be developing and managing the schedules, activities, and deliverables for the Global Regulatory Product Teams (GRPTs), interacting with key stakeholders, and leading process improvement efforts to help achieve business performance goals for regulatory compliance and productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Provides project management leadership in support of GRPTs; develops schedules and wave plans to ensure regulatory milestones are adequately planned and tracked and works with Regulatory staff across the globe to drive the execution of GRPT-related activities and deliverables.
• Works independently to plan and facilitate GRPT and related meetings (e.g., Dossier Kick-off Meetings, Regulatory Strategic Reviews, Rapid Response Teams, and Regulatory Advisory Panels); ensures action items are assigned and completed; periodically summarizes and shares team highlights with stakeholders as necessary.
• Interacts with ADTs and other key stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure regulatory milestones are properly communicated; periodically communicates with Regulatory management to provide timely updates on progress and/or issues that may impact the global program.
• Drives GRPT operations in support of the Global Regulatory Lead (GRL); ensures GRPT-related information and tools (e.g., team sites, rosters, charters, schedules) are kept up to date.
• Plans and execute process improvement initiatives of medium-to high-complexity; demonstrates effective change leadership and is able to move ideas from concept to implementation.
• Possesses proficient knowledge of the regulatory product lifecycle, business processes, and regulations across Regulatory sub-functions; is able to provide business subject matter knowledge on assigned initiatives, and demonstrates effective problem solving & decision making, learning and adjusting behaviors based on prior results/experience.
• Leads team meetings effectively; uses the project governance process to effectively elevate and drive resolution of issues; demonstrates effective group facilitation skills and ability to drive consensus among team members regarding process changes.
• Develops effective working relationships with project team members; prepares and delivers clear, relevant, and influential written reports and presentations for a variety of audiences.
• Coordinates and drives deliverable preparation; develops and maintains process models using standard methods and tools; manages and tracks budgets, contracts, communications, metrics, and reporting-related processes.
• Supports mechanisms to identify, capture, and report business performance metrics. Analyzes metrics with subject matter experts in an effort to drive increase compliance, quality, and productivity across the organization.
  Incorporates diverse, cross-functional, and global perspectives into strategies & tactics that consistently enhance the ability to improve outcomes for the Regulatory Affairs organization.
• This role will work a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office) from our AbbVie Lake County, IL headquarters.

Significant Work Activities:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science (biology, chemistry, microbiology, medical technology, pharmacy, pharmacology), math, engineering, business management, or medical field
• Advanced degree in science, math, business management, or engineering is preferred. Certifications such as RAC from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, and/or Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) are preferred
• 7 years’ related experience
• Proven leadership skills and presence.Ability to interact with senior management and executives
• Experience working in a complex and matrix environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

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 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, andwemayultimatelypaymore 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 andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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