Quality Laboratory Manager

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
The Quality Laboratory Manager will ensure quality control and quality assurance compliance across our Waco, Texas manufacturing site and serve as an integral member of the site leadership team. This role will have a large focus on ensuring quality system requirements are achieved, as well as lead the site quality control unit and serve as primary backup to the QC Site Director.

This role manages and provides strategic direction to laboratory business units consisting of: Finished Goods Laboratory Operations, Raw Material/In-Process Laboratory Operations, and Laboratory Continuous Improvement/Compliance Operations. 

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of lab supervisors and analysts. Hire, lead, and develop team members to ensure that the department has the appropriate talent and level of performance to meet business objectives. Assure training and development of subordinates. Assist subordinates in problem solving. Identify and resolve personnel issues without direct supervision.
• Assure conformance to all government and corporate regulations. Responsible to develop, provide, defend, persuade Corporate/Plant practices with outside organizations. Routinely meet with regulators (FDA & EU) and customers to ensure no interruption in business due to compliance issues.
• Responsible for meeting production objectives within planned budgets. Provide input to management for resources needed to construct budget, updates, and changes in financial plan. Manage area supplies and equipment within budgeted amounts.
• Establish and execute plans and commitments consistent to Development, Manufacturing, Customers and Business needs.
• Conceive,