Senior Director, Manufacturing Strategy
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
Purpose:
The Senior Director, Manufacturing Strategy plays a pivotal role in shaping the long-term direction of the organization's global manufacturing operations across the entire ME&C network. This leader is responsible for envisioning and executing strategies that maximize operational effectiveness, foster innovation, and ensure alignment with ME&C, Operations and AbbVie goals.
The Senior Director, Manufacturing Strategy will lead a group of professionals responsible for developing and implementing strategic initiatives to optimize manufacturing operations, drive efficiency, and support business growth.
Responsibilities:
Develop and execute global manufacturing strategies across all ME&C sites to support business objectives and growth initiatives.
Collaborate with senior leadership, operations, quality, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure integrated global manufacturing plans.
Manage the ME&C site selection and make buy processes
Establish goals, metrics, and KPIs to monitor progress and ensure successful implementation of strategic projects.
Stay updated on industry trends and regulatory requirements to maintain competitive advantage and compliance.
Manage the ME&C LRP processes for the SVP of Manufacturing, ensuring robust plans, assumptions and financials are established for success of ME&C
Partner with the 5 regional Strategy Directors, establishing standards and alignment with overall ME&C strategy
Evaluate contingency plans and risk management strategies.
In collaboration with the finance teams, develop appropriate tools, performance indicators and decks that enable monitoring and control of financial performances at senior leadership level.
Partnering with Regional ME&C Vice presidents and Site Heads to develop and implement regional initiatives to achieve network objectives
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science or Engineering. MBA is preferred.
Strong technical knowledge and operational experience in GMP manufacturing, Quality operations, CMC development and pharmaceutical regulations is required.
Significant experience (15+ years) in manufacturing operations, strategy, or related leadership roles.
Proven track record of developing and implementing manufacturing strategies.
Demonstrated strong planning and project management skills while managing large, complex programs in the pharmaceutical industry.
Strong strategic thinking and leadership skills.
Strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and people skills.
Demonstrated experience in a global and multi-cultural environment.
Proven ability to resolve conflict across cross-functional teams and technical experts.
Ability to understand technical aspects of complex systems and guide cross-functional and detailed technical discussions during critical problem-solving exercises.
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 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 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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How this role compares
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We currently track 119 comparable Senior Director Manufacturing & CMC roles across 43 biopharma companies.
Salary context
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