Preclinical Toxicology Primate Coordinator

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Role Summary

With an advanced level of technical expertise, in collaboration with management and nonhuman primate stakeholders, the candidate will provide oversight of the Toxicology Nonhuman Primate colony.   Working at providing greater availability with cooperation of teammates by overseeing essential tasks for in/ex vivo research and/or development of studies and to maintain toxicology colony with support from line management.  Working alongside the Toxicology Training Coordinator to oversee the NHP training program and advancement in competency of NHP program.  Provide day-to-day support on studies within the toxicology group as needed. 

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Toxicology primate maintenance program and works across departments, as necessary to maintain oversight of the NHP colony management (ordering, etc.). Accurately maintains NHP colony census, including study schedules, training and forecasting of the upcoming project needs for NHP’s.
• As a leader, understands the importance of interpersonal and organizational communication. Recognizes, clearly communicates, and responds (including through implementation) to procedural changes. Recognizes and clearly communicates needs and concerns the primate oversight committee for toxicology operations.
• As a coordinator, work alongside management, Training Coordinator(s) and staff to initiate, administer and oversee NHP training modules and techniques for existing and new technical staff.    In addition, coordinate activities and training with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the proper execution of study specific activities while ensuring competency of all techniques. Through use and experience, make high quality decisions to execute r