Lead, Quality Control NPI

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

Purpose

Serves as the lead for the evaluation, implementation, and continuous improvement of laboratory technologies, workflows, and systems supporting New Product Introductions (NPIs), existing product enhancements, and lab transformation initiatives. Serves as the key liaison between QC laboratories, IT, and global functional stakeholders to drive high-impact projects. Provides subject matter expert guidance on test method validation and transfer, lab efficiency, safety, and compliance strategies while mentoring peers and championing innovation across laboratory operations.

Responsibilities

• Leads planning and execution of New Product Introductions (NPIs) within the QC laboratories including evaluation of test methods, instrumentation, lab readiness, and training strategies. Primary point of contact for new testing requests on existing products.
• Serves as the primary QC laboratory representative for cross-functional initiatives, representing QC perspectives in global teams and and working with sites in the global network to ensure new test methods and/or technologies are being implemented and executed consistently across the enterprise.
• Works with the Environmental Health and Safety group and appropriate colleagues to develop and implement safety evaluations and proactive risk mitigation control strategies in alignment with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging data-driven analysis to enhance laboratory workflows, efficiency, and system/method implementation.
• Serves as the QC subject matter expert and laboratory representative on cross-functional project teams, providing strategic direction, task delegation, and coaching