Senior Manager, Operations Enterprise Systems Quality Labs

Purpose:

The AbbVie Quality Labs BTS team is dedicated to accelerating the Integrated Digital Lab of the future through establishing innovative solutions and harnessing the power of digital data to optimize lab efficiencies and quality.  This role is responsible for capability leadership relating to Lab Execution Systems (LES) Capabilities for all AbbVie QA labs.  A successful candidate will develop multi-year strategies, business technology roadmaps and bring an innovative technology mindset to support the planning of innovative BTS solution roadmaps to drive improved business outcomes.  IT Manager works closely with QA Labs Business Owners, Manufacturing Sites and the broader BTS organization to conduct advanced business analysis, evaluation, ideation and development of a robust solutions portfolio to meet the needs at the intersection at Global Labs Business and evolving technology. 

Responsibilities:

• Develops and promotes business cases for key projects.  Responsible for planning and overseeing a portfolio of technology projects from ideation to completion; including securing cross-functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline. He/she is expected to work effectively across various IT shared services teams, manufacturing site representatives, and QA Labs business stakeholders.
• Provides management oversight, coaching, and mentoring 1 to 3 direct reports
• Ensures technology strategy and roadmaps for portfolio of solutions enables business objectives while optimizing the total cost of ownership for IT solutions and ensuring compliance to applicable regulations
• Collaborates with delivery teams and solution vendors to minimize production issues, ensure continuity of business solutions, assure alignment with architecture & technology standards, and ability of product to scale to meet AbbVie requirements.
• Communicates and educates the technical and business communities on current architectures and technologies and industry trends.
• Identify current and emerging business needs and evaluates technology solutions to balance short term and long-term objectives.  Understands both data and technology capabilities already in use across AbbVie and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Accountable for financial targets of the portfolio, including monthly targets, project targets and vendor resource costs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of work experience including business analysis, project management, portfolio management, and strategic planning.
• Self-Directed Leader, quickly grasping business needs and setting direction.
• Excellent analytical, judgment and consultative capabilities and communication skills.
• Excellent communications and influencing skills with strong ability to balance differing stakeholder interests through sound analysis and persuasion.
• Lab Systems / Lab Experience a plus (LIMS, ELN, CDS, Inventory, Asset Management).

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