PDS&T Director F/M

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.

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 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.

Late-Stage Development & Commercialization

• 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.

People Leadership

• 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