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Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 50,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care? Do you want to contribute to improving patients' quality of life through your expertise? In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills? You’ve come to the right place!  

Abbvie Product Development Science and Technology (PDS&T) Biologics Analytical-CMC Strategy Group is responsible for driving the analytical CMC control strategy for late-stage development of biologics. The Analytical CMC Strategy team is responsible for ensuring late phase to commercial method development, optimization, validation, advanced characterization, process development support, regulatory authoring, and control strategy for biologics. The team works cross-functionally with process development, regulatory, and quality within the Abbvie network. We're looking for a Director Analytical Development to join the team. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong technical analytical background and the ability to lead an analytical team, manage complex projects, and effectively communicate cross-functionally.

Make an impact:

• Lead a team of senior analytical strategy leads for the development and commercialization of Abbvie’s late-stage biologics pipeline.
• Driving overall control strategy, including justifying appropriate specifications, determining critical quality attributes, and risk-based comparability strategies for the biologics pipeline.
• Establish collaborations across the organization to ensure delivery of critical analytical BLA enabling activities.
• Setting team strategies, managing resources and defining risk mitigation strategies.
• Act as the principal contact for all stakeholders and balance conflicting expectations between cross-functional areas.
• Communicate project strategy, key issues, and risks to relevant teams and escalate risks and facilitate resolution within/across functional areas.

Your profile:

• PhD in analytical chemistry or related field with 8 years of related experience or Master’s Degree with 14 years of related experience
• Technical expertise in CMC analytical chemistry
• Demonstrated ability to function as a principle investigator, generating original technical ideas and research or development strategies
• Ability to interact well with diverse groups within function and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.

Here's how we can move mountains together: 

• with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impact 
• with an open corporate culture 
• with an attractive salary 
• with an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your side 
• with flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance 
• with a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programs 
• with company social benefits 
• with a wide range of career opportunities in an international organization 
• with top-tier, attractive development opportunities 
• with a strong international network 

Multiple times, we have been globally recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EED&I) – a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect. 

At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success, grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV – we will discuss everything else with you in person. 

Any questions? Feel free to email as at [email protected] – we look forward to hearing from you

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