Data Governance Manager

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

We are looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Data Governance Risk Assessment Manager with a strong legal background and the ability to think outside the box with a business perspective. The ideal candidate will ensure alignment between Legal and Data Governance and be responsible for managing requests, conducting legal assessments, and partnering with legal for compliance issues. This individual will review agreements and licensed data, work closely with R&D stakeholders to understand and unlock legal requirements, and engage effectively with scientists to grasp their objectives. They will possess a deep understanding of global compliance requirements, particularly around data anonymization, and be familiar with the pre-clinical environment.

Additionally, the candidate should have experience in reviewing ICF protocols and licensing agreements and working with an R&D function. Familiarity with the System Life Cycle (SLC) is essential. While a law degree or equivalent legal experience is preferred, it is not absolutely necessary. The ideal candidate must be process-oriented with the capability to think long-term and build a legacy within a compliance/legal environment.

Data Convergence

Ensuring the protection and appropriate use of research data is essential to our Convergence mission, which aims to bring people and data together to help R&D deliver new therapies for patients faster. Having an effective process to support this is critical to safeguard patients and AbbVie. At the same time, the process must be easy to navigate for our researchers and have a structure that is flexible enough to keep up with industry changes. 

Join our team you will be part of the next step in the digital health revolution! (Click here to learn more about Data Convergence at AbbVie)

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and process the data governance risk assessment in accordance with relevant policies.
• Conduct regular risk assessments to identify potential data governance risks and vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with data protection laws such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.
• Act as a business partner to R&D; provide guidance and support to business units on data governance risk management best practices, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Legal, IR, BTS, Compliance, to gather and analyze data governance risk information.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of existing data governance controls and recommend improvements to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Develop new strategies and initiatives to solve problems at scale; standardize the process as much as possible.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and action plans to address identified risks, ensuring legal compliance and adherence to industry best practices. 
• Stay updated with changes in laws, regulations, and industry standards emerging risks related to data governance, and ensure timely adjustments to risk assessment processes.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to increase awareness and understanding of data governance risks and requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including legal counsel and regulatory bodies, to ensure alignment of data governance risk management efforts with legal obligations.
• Review according to our internal guidance ICFs, Licensed Agreement and Protocol.

• 7+ years of direct experience in Pharma or Research and Development with focus on supporting legal, governance, risk and or compliance activities
• Juris Doctor or bachelor’s degree in related field; Legal degree preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the Biopharmaceutical Industry’s Research and Development environment, regulations, and industry best practices.
• The ability to function and problem solve independently
• Extremely organized with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive strategic projects to successful delivery
• Understanding of IT systems (SLC) and their connection to data collection and processing
• Business partnering and collaboration skills, adept at establishing effective working relationships, both within and between departments.
• Comfortable working in a global, matrixed organization
• Ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives
• Excellent communication skills.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• ​There is a strong preference for on-site capability (3 days minimum). 
• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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