AbbVie Posted September 25, 2026

QA Compliance Specialist - 12 month contract

Sligo, ie Full-time
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

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

Job Description

The NPI Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring new products transferred to AbbVie Sligo are manufactured in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and AbbVie procedures and policies.  To ensure effective and compliant transfer of New Products to the site.

Responsibilities:  

Responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of the integration of new products into the AbbVie NPI quality system.

Ensuring that new products manufactured at AbbVie Ireland NL B.V. meet requirements of applicable regulatory requirements and AbbVie procedures and policies.

NPI Compliance Specialist is responsible for supporting new product transfers to the site from development through to commercialization, liaising closely with local and external cross functional teams to provide direction on quality concerns and ensure appropriate mitigation to address potential risk.

Support vendor evaluation and approval, management of all technical agreements from initiation, review, approval, and storage.

Support review and approval of NPI related Analytical Test Method Transfers and / or validation.

Collaborate with CMC QA, R&D, S&T, and other functional groups to maintain roles and responsibilities, identify potential quality issues, obtain an understanding of the quality compliance and provide input on quality concerns.

Coordination of site review of new product related material specification documents including but not limited to, intermediate specifications, API specifications, Drug Product specifications, raw material specifications, and excipient specifications.

Support review and approval of new product related analytical Test Method Transfers and/or validation.

Support the management of new product related exception documentation including the generation of corrective and preventative action to prevent reoccurrence.

Generation of product transfer documentation to attest the completion of product transfer deliverables, in advance of the applicable product transfer stage gate review.

Interfaces with internal auditors and outside regulatory agencies/auditors as the subject matter expert for new products and technology transfers.

Adheres to and supports all EHS & E standards, procedures and policies

Qualifications

A Third level qualification in a science, quality or relevant discipline.

A minimum of three years’ experience in a quality role supporting new product introductions.

A strong knowledge of regulatory requirements is required

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Sligo, ie
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1008 comparable Quality roles across 131 biopharma companies.

1008Comparable roles tracked
957Currently active
131Companies hiring similar roles
48Countries represented

Salary context

193 of 1008 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

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Lowest disclosed · Quality Control Stability Technician · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $19/hr – $30/hr (≈ $39,395–$61,610/yr)
Highest disclosed · Quality Assurance Specialist · Merck KGaA $65,100/yr – $976,000/yr
Peer group range $50,502 – $520,550 (median $136,700)

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Germany54
China53
Ireland52
Switzerland39
France38

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Seniority mix

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Manager160
Senior116
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc60
Associate Director40
Associate39
Director32
Principal23
Senior Director20
Executive/VP8

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 1008 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Respiratory1

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