PDS&T Director F/M

The PDS&T Director will play a key leadership role within the site, serving as a member of the Site Leadership Team and providing strategic direction for late-stage product and process development, commercialization, and lifecycle management. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate closely with site, global, technical, quality, regulatory, engineering, and R&D stakeholders. You will ensure that products, processes, laboratories, and technical activities meet applicable quality, regulatory, safety, operational, and business requirements.   This role has a direct impact on AbbVie’s exciting and rapidly growing portfolio of medical aesthetic products, with a major focus on dermal fillers. Key responsibilities Strategic & Technical Leadership • Shape the site’s long-term technical strategy and roadmap, identifying future technologies, capabilities, risks, and opportunities. • Drive alignment between site priorities, product strategy, and asset governance. • Lead PDS&T budget and investment priorities in partnership with site and global stakeholders. Late-Stage Development & Commercialization • Lead the late-stage development and commercialization of strategic projects. • Define development strategies to ensure robust products and processes are successfully transferred to manufacturing. • Drive cross-functional execution against agreed development plans, timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements. • Represent PDS&T within key leadership and portfolio governance forums. Product & Process Lifecycle Management • Lead the optimization of manufacturing processes following product transfer, integrating quality, regulatory, productivity, safety, and operational requirements. • Support market expansion through the implementation of global regulatory requirements. • Provide technical support for investigations into marketed-product issues, in partnership with Quality and Engineering. • Strengthen product and process knowledge and technical capabilities across the site. • Ensure development laboratory capabilities, equipment, and operations meet quality, EHS, and business requirements. People Leadership • Lead, develop, and engage PDS&T managers and teams in line with AbbVie values and leadership principles. • Build the capabilities and resources required to support the site’s medium- and long-term objectives. • Foster strong collaboration across site, global, technical, quality, engineering, and R&D functions. • Influence and align senior, cross-functional, and technical stakeholders in a complex matrix environment. • Clearly define and communicate roles and responsibilities to enable effective collaboration. • Travel up to 25% both locally and internationally to help foster collaboration, evaluate next generation technologies and drive project deliverables. Education and experience • Master’s degree in general engineering, chemical engineering, process engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline. • At least 10 years of experience in product development, manufacturing, formulation, and/or technical roles. • At least 6 years of managerial experience within the pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry. • Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and complex cross-functional programs. Technical and leadership capabilities • Strong knowledge of process development, technology transfer, and manufacturing lifecycle management. • Understanding of risk management for microbiologically sensitive processes. • Strong industrial, technical development, and project management capabilities. • Knowledge of pharmaceutical and/or medical device standards. • Strategic mindset with the ability to translate long-term objectives into actionable priorities. • Strong analyti