PDS&T Director F/M

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 PDS&T Director will play a key leadership role within the site, serving as a member of the Site Leadership Team and providing strategic direction for late-stage product and process development, commercialization, and lifecycle management.

In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate closely with site, global, technical, quality, regulatory, engineering, and R&D stakeholders. You will ensure that products, processes, laboratories, and technical activities meet applicable quality, regulatory, safety, operational, and business requirements.

This role has a direct impact on AbbVie’s exciting and rapidly growing portfolio of medical aesthetic products, with a major focus on dermal fillers.

Key responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Shape the site’s long-term technical strategy and roadmap, identifying future technologies, capabilities, risks, and opportunities.
• Drive alignment between site priorities, product strategy, and asset governance.
• Lead PDS&T budget and investment priorities in partnership with site and global stakeholders.
• Lead the late-stage development and commercialization of strategic projects.
• Define development strategies to ensure robust products and processes are successfully transferred to manufacturing.
• Drive cross-functional execution against agreed development plans, timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
• Represent PDS&T within key leadership and portfolio governance forums.

Product & Process Lifecycle Management

• Lead the optimization of manufacturing processes following product transfer, integrating quality, regulatory, productivity, safety, and operational requirements.
• Support market expansion through the implementation of global regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical support for investigations into marketed-product issues, in partnership with Quality and Engineering.
• Strengthen product and process knowledge and technical capabilities across the site.
• Ensure development laboratory capabilities, equipment, and operations meet quality, EHS, and business requirements.
• Lead, develop, and engage PDS&T managers and teams in line with AbbVie values and leadership principles.
• Build the capabilities and resources required to support the site’s medium- and long-term objectives.
• Foster strong collaboration across site, global, technical, quality, engineering, and R&D functions.
• Influence and align senior, cross-functional, and technical stakeholders in a complex matrix environment.
• Clearly define and communicate roles and responsibilities to enable effective collaboration.
• Travel up to 25% both locally and internationally to help foster collaboration, evaluate next generation technologies and drive project deliverables.

Qualifications

Education and experience

• Master’s degree in general engineering, chemical engineering, process engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in product development, manufacturing, formulation, and/or technical roles.
• At least 6 years of managerial experience within the pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and complex cross-functional programs.

Technical and leadership capabilities

• Strong knowledge of process development, technology transfer, and manufacturing lifecycle management.
• Understanding of risk management for microbiologically sensitive processes.
• Strong industrial, technical development, and project management capabilities.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical and/or medical device standards.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate long-term objectives into actionable priorities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead both directly and through influence in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence, align, and engage executive, technical, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Fluent in both English and French

Additional Information

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