Senior Manager, Clinical Quality Assurance

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About the role

  • Senior Clinical Quality Assurance Manager advancing AbbVie’s innovative medicines through compliant clinical research. Driving quality systems, audits, risk management, and inspection readiness across Canadian affiliates.

Responsibilities

  • Support assigned countries and region through proactive quality management activities
  • Maintain collaborative relationships with RDQA functions and clinical research stakeholders in designated Affiliates
  • Advance the AbbVie Quality System and drive quality excellence toward first-pass health-authority approval
  • Oversee quality and compliance in a regulated environment
  • Develop risk identification, mitigation, and control strategies for clinical research and clinical trials
  • Establish quality measures and drive quality strategy in assigned countries and region
  • Manage fit-for-purpose governance and oversight under the One AbbVie Quality System
  • Identify trends, root causes, and risks affecting clinical research
  • Maintain regulatory preparedness and monitor applicable regulations
  • Support supplier visits, audits, and vendor qualifications
  • Develop inspection strategy and provide inspection-readiness support for local and regional Health Authority inspections
  • Provide oversight, support, and follow-up 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

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Biology, Nursing, Pharmacy, or another medical science discipline, combined with equivalent technical experience
  • 8+ years of biopharmaceutical, medical device, quality assurance, compliance, regulatory affairs, clinical research, or related development experience
  • 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 perspectives
  • Ability to manage strategic risk amid evolving global regulations and expectations
  • Thorough knowledge of quality systems, auditing standards, and quality management
  • Strong analytical, organizational, leadership, communication, negotiation, influencing, collaboration, and networking skills
  • Ability to work effectively with business partners at all levels and foster cross-functional collaboration
  • Fluent in additional languages desirable but not required
  • Ability to travel as needed in AREA, up to 35%

Benefits

  • Remote work options
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Travel as needed in AREA, up to 35%

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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