Company Description

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.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced technical leader to join our Device Engineering management team and contribute to the development and launch of exciting new drug / device combination products.

Within Combination Product Development, the Device Engineering team is responsible for developing products informed by user needs and product requirements, completing feasibility and margin assessments, and ultimately supporting design and verification activities that result in robust delivery systems. The team provides both subject matter expertise (key engineering disciplines and functional subsystems) and technical leadership (overall technical program accountability) to support the cross-functional development team.

The delivery systems we develop enable the delivery of AbbVie’s innovative medicines targeted at difficult-to-cure diseases with the goal of making a remarkable impact on people’s lives. If you’re a self-motivated leader who is excited by the idea of taking on the toughest challenges, this opportunity might be for you.

Major Responsibilities:

• Direct management of a multi-disciplinary technical team consisting of mechanical, hardware, software and biomedical engineers

• Develop and implement staffing plans for global pipeline development programs using both internal staff and external contract resources

• Attract, develop and retain key technical talent aligned with AbbVie’s pipeline and technology needs

• Translate outputs of early pipeline technology identification and device selection activities into detailed design and development under formal design control

• Proactively manage global third-party development partners across a broad range of technologies and device types

• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership and executive management to drive organizational excellence and process improvement

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Biomedical or similar)

• 10 years of experience leading technical teams in the medical device / combination product industry

• Detailed knowledge of combination product and drug development processes and practices (including design controls per 21 CFR 820.30 / ISO 13485 and ICH Quality Guidelines)

• Working knowledge of human factors, systems engineering, GMP lab practices

• Demonstrated record of design and development of a broad range of medical devices and / or combination products, from feasibility and landscaping through verification, submission and launch

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to clearly articulate development challenges and implementation strategies to stakeholders across a broad range of functional groups at all layers of the organization

Key Stakeholders: Key stakeholders include Drug Product CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls), Operations / Science & Technology, Operations / Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Clinical, Medical

Additional Information

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. ​

• 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. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.