Director, Safety. Regulatory Affairs and Medical Affairs Quality Standards
AbbVie
- Irvine, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- In collaboration with applicable GXP RDQA Leaders, lead, develop and implement routine and QA oversight strategies relating to R&D business stakeholders including but not limited to Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety, Regulatory Affairs and Medical Affairs to ensure optimal QA oversight and continuous improvement.
- In collaboration with other RDQA Quality Standards Leads implement process to lead gap assessments of draft and final regulatory intelligence against internal core requirements and SOPs. Ensures effective safety, regulatory and medical affairs Management Review process. Drives continuous improvement through the R&D Quality Plan process.
- Oversees the development/implementation of safety, regulatory and medical affairs corporate and/or organizational policies/procedures. Partners with the Director, R&D Quality Assurance on cross-GxP standards and those requiring RDQA Leadership support.
- In conjunction with Compliance leaders, review escalation issues to proactively identify emerging trends, including developing and implementing appropriate action plans to ensure strategic continuous improvement and ongoing compliance.
- Represents safety, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs in the Quality System Owner Network Governance Structure. Seeks opportunities for simplification and efficiency.
- In collaboration with functional QA Leads is responsible for the discovery, evaluation, and potential implementation of safety, regulatory and medical affairs function regulatory requirements. Proactively monitor and interpret the external global regulatory environment for regulatory issues, trends, and changes that have the potential to impact our products.
- Consistently demonstrate AbbVie's Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes including a collaborative mindset and people leadership. Effectively manage performance inclusively and equitably; provide timely feedback, appropriately reward, and recognize valuable achievement, develop talent and create a succession pipeline. Create a learning environment, embrace the ideas of others and manage innovation to reality.
- Establish high expectations and goals to ensure organizational success and lead staff to meet or exceed those expectations. Encourage a culture of open and honest communication where all are encouraged to express their views, offer suggestions and experiment for improvement.
- Bachelor's degree preferably in Life Sciences, Biology, Nursing, Pharmacy, or other science-based degree.
- Minimum of 10 years pharmaceutical experience, including substantial, progressive leadership positions in quality and/or compliance
- Proven leadership skills with direct reporting and matrixed environments. Well-developed leadership competencies including motivation, cultural awareness, active engagement, relationship building, sound judgment, and the management of sensitive proprietary information.
- Extensive knowledge of quality standards, worldwide regulatory requirements and industry best practices relating to Safety, Regulatory Affairs and/or Medical Affairs and experience in interpretation and application of quality assurance/controls of regulatory requirements.
- Strong, strategic, creative, and "big picture" thinker, considered a visionary. Proactive leader with well-developed management skills and the ability to anticipate and identify potential issues to address early to mitigate or prevent. Demonstrated executive presence. Ability to make difficult decisions under pressure.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing assignments and ability to effectively prioritize with minimal supervision. Ability to work in a fast-paced, high pressure and changing environment in an autonomous manner.
- Excellent communication skills, including superior negotiation and influencing skills. Acute listening skills to gain understanding or to solve a problem and the ability to recognize the difference. Ability to manage difficult conversations and seek alignment. Ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams with challenging goals that bring growth and development, including those over whom they have no direct authority.