Technical director Jobs in Orange, CA

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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 PDS&T Toxins group within Product Development, Science & Technology - Biologics organization supports manufacturing, process transfer / optimization / characterization / validation, analytical method transfer / optimization / validation, product characterization, regulatory submission, and continuous improvement for late-stage and commercial biological toxin products at AbbVie. We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and motivated individual to join us as a Group Leader based in Irvine, CA reporting to the Director, PDS&T Toxins.

Responsibilities :

• Manage the protein characterization group by working with a group of senior and principal scientists to ensure efficient day-to-day group operation; high-quality data generation and interpretation to drive the growing product and process understanding required as part of neurotoxin development.
• Drive group performance by setting clear objectives, monitoring progress, and ensuring the consistent achievement of team goals, while actively creating development opportunities to motivate and support a high-performing team.
• Lead CQA assessment and relevant characterization studies (e.g., forced degradation study, and protein structure elucidation) for a comprehensive understanding of the product structure-function relationship.
• Lead CMC analytical development with in-depth knowledge of a broad range of analytical techniques for biologic products.
• Author and review CMC analytical sections of BLA and other CMC regulatory packages. Develop strategies for addressing health authority inquiries.
• Provide technical leadership for agency inspections, inquiries, and audits.
• Contribute to the operation strategy development in PDS&T Toxins; foster close collaboration within the department and across functions for effective execution of department goals
• Partner closely and effectively with diverse groups and maintain strong working relationships with internal, global, and external collaborators.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives and implement new technologies that will contribute to future business developments and improvements.

Preferred Qualifications :

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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 thetime 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 short-term incentive programs. ​

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 anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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