Specialist, Lab Services

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.

Purpose
The Senior Specialist, Lab Services is responsible for planning, coordinating, and/or implementing initiatives that provide quality assurance support for QC Lab Operations. Specific areas of support may include: GMP/Compliance; Change Management, Lab Equipment/Instrument procurement, installation, calibration, validation/qualification, training and other QC Lab support projects. This position will help to ensure that the QC Labs operate in compliance with corporate and governmental regulations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as compliance specialist for the QC lab including routine assessment of lab compliance, monthly communication to lab management regarding compliance concerns, ensure lab managers complete quarterly LIR and data review checklists, and serve as coordinator for any lab specific audits as needed.


• Coordinate lab review of compendial changes to evaluate impact and assign verification testing as needed.


• Serve as calibration coordinator for lab including approval and scheduling of service requests, impact assessment of demand maintenance on instrument qualification status, assignment, review, and approval of instrument related investigations, and creation of workorders in Maximo to capture vendor visits/maintenance as well as adding new instruments and decommissioning old instruments as needed.


• Work collaboratively with multiple parties to ensure appropriate instrumentation is procured, installed, calibrated and qualified according to company procedures.


• Perform assessments of QC documents (i.e. methods, qualification protocols, calibration documents, etc.) to determine compliance to processes and regulations to identify potential gaps. Mitigate and implement improvements within the quality system.


• Lead project teams in planning, preparation, review, and approval of quality documentation related to calibration requests.


• Participate on validation review board as area validation for equipment qualifications.


• Assist in the design of effective quality systems, procedures, and/or processes within cross functional teams to ensure compliance as well as efficiency throughout our quality system.


• May be asked to assist in development, revision, or implementation (including delivering training) of training modules, videos, and documents to the local and to global labs.



 
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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Microbiology, Engineering or other technical/ scientific area preferred.


• 4+ years’ experience in quality assurance, quality oversight or relevant experience.


• Knowledge and familiarity with product testing, test method requirements, and capabilities of common lab instrumentation is preferred.


• Knowledge of QA systems and GMP compliance requirements including regulations and standards affecting device, biologics, and pharmaceutical products preferred.


• Experience leading teams to deliver tactical results.


• Strong oral and written communication skills.


• Good interpersonal skills.


• Good negotiation skills.



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

• 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. ​

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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