Systems Engineering Manager

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.

AbbVie is looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to join their Product Development Science and Technology Systems Engineering team to contribute to the development, launch, and maintenance of medical devices and drug / device combination products.

As our Systems Engineering Manager you will be responsible for managing a team of Systems Engineers and integrating input from multiple disciplines to assure accurate and compliant Design History Files, and robust patient-centric product performance.

Responsibilities:

Your engineering team is responsible for the accurate and compliant management of on-market Design History Files (DHFs) for medical devices and combination products within the scope of systems engineering. You are responsible to lead your team to ensure that all DHF documentation adheres to regulatory standards (e.g., FDA 21 CFR 820.30, ISO 13485, ISO 14971) and company procedures, supporting product development, design changes, regulatory submissions, and audit readiness.  Your team will also support lead systems engineers to establish risk management files and design validation activities for new product introductions. 

In addition to product support, you will also be responsible to standardize and simplify systems engineering activities to enable more efficient development and marketed product support. 

Skills / Experience:

• Management experience is required that includes managing internal and external engineering teams. 
• Experience is required with identifying and deploying new methods and approaches within an organization. 
• Experience is required with medical device or combination products including: product requirements:  DHF traceability, impact assessment, and change management, risk management, and design validation. 
• The candidate must be familiar with device design controls, to enable new product introduction and lifecycle management. 
• Other attributes include strong problem solving, decision making, negotiation, and communication (spoken and written) skills. It is expected that you will identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives within systems engineering and the broader combination product organization to improve compliance, operational efficiency with product development and lifecycle management. This position may include interfacing with 3rd party vendors.

Physical Job Requirements:

• Travel will be required, as necessary. (10%)

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence. Advanced degree in a technical field preferred.
• 8+ years’ experience including: work as an individual contributor building technical expertise and proved project management skills. Progressively increased responsibility and performance as a supervisor, department manager in multiple areas of Operations. Post-graduate degree may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• Business acumen coupled with leadership experience is required to drive high performance.

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 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 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. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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