Senior Manager, Strategic Change Enablement

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

A continuous improvement strategy is integral to a Quality Management System in GCP for R&D. Global Business Operations (GBO), within Clinical Development Operations, sustains an interconnected ecosystem, empowering teams to connect ideas and create impact. Strategic Change Enablement (SCE) Manager II is responsible for partnering across GBO to plan and deliver process improvement initiatives that support clinical research processes. Manage the development of clinical research processes, including process maps and quality system documents. Provide change management for process improvement initiatives, including stakeholder and impact assessment, and communications, by leveraging knowledge of AbbVie's Quality System, GxP Regulations, and the Business Process Framework. Assess metrics and measures for their areas of focus. In partnership with SCE leaders leadership, manage the sustainability of SCE infrastructure, change management programs, and forums in alignment with SCE strategy. 

Responsibilities : 

• Responsible for understanding AbbVie's Quality System, GxP Regulations, and the Business Process Framework
• Awareness of Clinical Trial Management Systems and other associated systems for areas of focus
• Understand and partner across the GBO to support process improvement initiatives
• Provide change management for process improvement initiatives including stakeholder and impact assessment and communications
• Manage development of clinical research processes, including quality system documents and process maps
• Assessment of metrics and measures for their areas of focus
• Management of change management programs and forums
• Maintain initiative and change management application

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent ex-US) is required, typically in a scientific or business field. An Associate’s degree (or equivalent ex-US) with relevant experience is acceptable.
• Must have 7+ years of Pharma-related/ clinical research related experience; 3+ years of experience preferably within clinical research.
• Experience in process management, optimization, and simplification work is required.
• Experience in change management is required.
• Effective leadership skills with a proven ability to foster team productivity and cohesiveness in a Matrix environment.
• Possesses good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Change management and/or Lean Six Sigma desired..

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• 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 the time 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 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 any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and 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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