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This position is accountable to the Office of the Product Safety Team (PST), within Strategic Operations under the Clinical Science organization.听 The Clinical Science and Patient Safety (PS) organizations work collaboratively and strategically with colleagues across the product lifecycle to identify, evaluate, understand, and communicate the safety profile of our drugs to protect patients globally.听
The Director, Product Safety Team Program Management, plays a critical role in defining and driving the strategic priorities of Patient Safety through exceptional strategic project management leadership across the PST. The PST is a high-profile, high-impact team that leads and owns safety decisions and strategy across the product lifecycle. The PST partners with cross-functional stakeholders to devise innovative, safety-focused strategies aimed at optimizing the product benefit-risk profile for patients.听
This role reports directly to the leader of the Product Safety Team Program Management organization and supports the leader with managing personnel, overseeing project management function within the PST, and executing strategic initiatives within the Office of the PST (OOPST).听听
Major Responsibilities:听
Provides oversight, leadership, and strategic direction to the Product Safety Team Program Management function within the Product Safety Team (PST), and OOPST strategic initiatives.听听
Supports the development and implementation of the vision, strategy and objectives of the project management functions within the Product Safety Team (PST), and OOPST strategic initiatives.听
Support responsibilities for hiring, coaching, training, onboarding, and managing the performance of PST Program Managers. Responsible for building and nurturing a culture of strong project management excellence across assigned PM teams.听
Builds strong strategic partnerships with all Patient Safety stakeholders including Therapeutic Area Heads, PST Leads and other stakeholders (within and outside PS). Seeks their input to shape priorities for the program managers and leverages relationships to advance the goals of the team. Ensures successful partnership between the assigned program management functions, PST Operational Excellence teams and the PSTs.听
Ensures that the assigned PMs are appropriately resourced. Collaborates with the Product Safety Team Program Management leader to plan and forecast the use of PST PMs across product safety teams. Seeks creative ways to utilize limited resources and works with Sr. Director Office of the PST to address critical resource needs听
Responsible for achieving quality and timely metrics for PST and assigned teams. Collaborates with the Product Safety Team Program Management leader to understand root causes of quality and timeliness issues. Accountable for ensuring that root causes are addressed within the appropriate PM team.听
Partners with the Product Safety Team Program Management leader to prepare for inspections and audits. Represents the PST PM team on audit and inspection teams, when required.听听
Promotes program management best practice and knowledge sharing across Product Safety Team Program Management functions and with other AbbVie program management teams.听听
Drives assigned critical OOPST leadership initiatives and projects that are critical to the success of the PSTs.听
Manages Product Safety Teams as assigned. Represents the PST Lead and PST decisions in committees/meetings.听
Supports and coaches PMs in addressing challenges that arise on the PSTs or other project teams, including navigating difficult decisions.听
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9+ years hands-on project management experience in leading cross-functional projects within a global matrixed organization. Hands-on experience applying project management tools and templates听
Required experience in at least two R&D areas such as clinical study management, regulatory, drug safety, discovery, etc.听听
Preferred leadership and people management experience. Experience in directly leading and driving major change initiatives within a team. Strong leadership presence and demonstrated ability in courageously challenging the status quo and influencing others. Experience in working directly with and influencing senior management including functional heads听听
High emotional Intelligence and strong relationship management and communication skills听
Understanding of the connections between regulations and science for the benefit of drug safety听听
Understanding of tools, standards and approaches used to efficiently evaluate drug safety, is desirable but not required听听
Required Education:听听听听
Bachelor鈥檚 degree in a healthcare discipline (i.e.: Life Science, Pharmacy, nursing [associates or equivalent] or healthcare profession, or biomedical disciplines)听
Preferred Education:听听听听
Masters or advanced degree is desirable听
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company听believes in听good faith it will pay for this role at the time听of this posting based on the job grade for this position.听Individual听compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and听we听may ultimately听pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the听future. 鈥�
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),听medical/dental/vision听insurance and 401(k) to eligible听employees.鈥�
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive听programs.听鈥�
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive听programs鈥�
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Note: No amount of pay听is considered to be听wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and听determinable.听The amount and availability of any bonus,听commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of听compensation and benefits听that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and听absolute听discretion unless and until paid and听may be modified at the Company鈥檚 sole and absolute discretion, consistent with听applicable law.听
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