Senior Manager, Clinical Quality Assurance

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About the role

  • Senior Clinical Quality Assurance Manager overseeing clinical-trial quality, audits, and regulatory readiness. Supporting AbbVie’s development of innovative medicines across designated countries and regions.

Responsibilities

  • Support assigned countries and region through implementation and execution of proactive quality-management activities
  • Maintain collaborative relationships with RDQA functions supporting clinical research in designated Affiliates
  • Establish relationships with clinical-development leaders and staff to advance the AbbVie Quality System and achieve first-pass health-authority approval
  • Oversee quality and compliance in a regulated environment under AbbVie policies, procedures, and applicable country and regional standards
  • Lead or collaborate on risk identification, mitigation, and control strategies for clinical research and clinical trials
  • Establish quality measures and drive quality strategy in designated countries and region
  • Manage fit-for-purpose governance and oversight within the One AbbVie Quality System
  • Identify trends, root causes, and risks affecting clinical research
  • Maintain regulatory preparedness and support Affiliates R&D Management on Quality System health
  • Maintain awareness of applicable regulations and develop quality standards for assigned countries and region
  • Support supplier visits, audits, and vendor qualifications
  • Develop inspection strategies and provide inspection-readiness support for local and regional Health Authority inspections
  • Provide oversight, support, follow-up, and inspection-report responses for Health Authority inspections
  • Participate in Health Authority inspections as needed
  • Determine the need for country/process assessments and audits
  • Conduct audits to assess compliance with regulations, guidelines, policies, procedures, and Sponsor requirements
  • Communicate audit results orally and in writing
  • Review and approve corrective-action plans and audit responses
  • Support robust audit and inspection responses through coaching and education
  • Mentor AREA Managers, AREA Associates, or line management as an additional lead responsibility
  • Report to the RDQA Associate Director or RDQA Global Director, AREA

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Biology, Nursing, Pharmacy, or another medical science, combined with equivalent technical experience
  • 8+ years of biopharmaceutical / medical device industry experience in quality assurance, compliance, regulatory affairs, clinical research and/or related development functions
  • 3 years of experience in leadership positions involving people and/or initiatives/projects
  • Strong understanding of local and global regulatory and legal requirements and regulatory-agency approaches
  • Ability to maintain a strategic risk focus amid evolving global regulations and expectations
  • Thorough knowledge of quality systems, auditing standards, and quality management
  • Strong analytical, organizational, written, oral communication, presentation, negotiation, influencing, collaboration, and networking skills
  • Ability to work at an experienced level and lead interactions with business partners at all levels
  • Ability to foster cross-functional collaboration
  • Fluent in additional languages desirable but not required
  • Ability to travel as needed in AREA, up to 35%

Benefits

  • Employees can work remotely
  • Travel as needed in AREA (up to 35%)
  • Equal opportunity employment
  • Reasonable accommodation for US & Puerto Rico applicants

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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