Senior Manager, Technical Center

Allergan; Barceloneta (PR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Long-term incentive programs

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Manager to oversee all commercial products at the site, providing technical process support and leadership for projects from definition to validation. The role includes program management, process improvements, and alignment with regulatory requirements to ensure site objectives are met.

The position also entails developing department staff, coordinating with functional area leaders, and ensuring continuous improvement and successful product launches while maintaining EH&S

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years hands-on experience in Process Validation/Qualification.
• At least 4 years in a managerial role or on multidisciplinary projects.
• Proficiency in project management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Computer literate with knowledge of statistics, data manipulation and interpretation.
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish (written and verbal).
• Strong administrative, communication and interpersonal skills; able to manage multiple assignments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and continuous improvement for commercial and new products on day-to-day production issues.
• Assist with changes in manufacturing equipment, batch size, ingredient supplier and experimental batches; ensure validation compliance.
• Drive Drug Product Technology transfers to manufacturing and manage related financial aspects.
• Support commercial manufacturing of third-party products and act as technical contact for customers.
• Lead troubleshooting and investigations; plan data collection and present results with charts and reports.
• Ensure EH&S requirements and promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

English

Spanish

Statistical thinking

Education

Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering or Natural Sciences

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, Xand YouTube.

Job Description

Provides direct oversight, management, and leadership for all commercial products within the site. The Manager, with minimal technical or administrative guidance, has the responsibility for all aspects of technical process support such as but not limited to project management, process monitoring and validation programs within the site. This includes leadership of in-line product support for processes, project definition and demonstration, and process improvements/productivity while assuring compliance with regulatory agencies. These activities involve economic feasibility studies toward objectives assigned or approved by site leadership. The Manager can execute activities or administratively manage a professional staff to ensure objective achievement. The manager is also responsible for development of department employees, resource loading and effectively interface with functional area leaders from other departments to deliver the department and site objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and continuous improvement support for commercial and new product introductions on day-to-day production and processing issues: problem solving, deviations, manufacturing documentation changes, etc. Source for plant consistency across the Division, share problem-solving activities, and maintain updated technical product history.
• Provide technical assistance with the implementation of changes in manufacturing equipment, batch size, ingredient supplier and experimental batches as needed. Ensure that products and processes are kept in compliance with validation requirements.
• Drive Drug Product Technology transfers to manufacturing, including the financial aspects of each project.
• Supports the commercial manufacturing of third-party products and serves as the technical contact for the customer.
• Identifies and solve technical problems independently for new products and for commercial
  operations.
• Plans data collection, organizes results and applies statistical methodology. Presents numerical information through computer readouts, graphs, charts and tables, written reports and/or other methods.
• Evaluates new process equipment and advises management about areas of opportunity in the application of novel technologies.
• Implement at plant level global technical initiatives as: new technologies, suppliers, methods, etc. and provide tactical perspectives.
• Leads team in troubleshooting and investigation activities.
• Assure fulfillments of environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) requirements and compliance obligations, promote continuous improvement, and consider EH&S aspects during the design and change process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering or Natural Sciences.
• A minimum of ten (10) years with “hands on” experience in the Process Validation/Qualification areas, four of them in a managerial position or working with interdisciplinary complex projects.
• The incumbent should be proficient in project management and be able to work within a multidisciplinary group in order to bring assigned projects to completion/closure.
• Computer literate with knowledge of statistical methods, data manipulation and interpretation.
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish (written and verbal).
• Incumbent must possess good administrative, communication and interpersonal skills, to effectively manage multiple assignments at different levels.
• Capable to adapt to changing priorities, and switch tasks based on those priorities, while maintaining excellent customer service levels.
• Capable to positively influence department employees and/or contributors from other disciplines or peers of higher managerial levels to obtain decision approvals for critical courses of action, either exception or planned.

Additional Information

• 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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