Company Description

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.

Job Description

The AbbVie Device & Combination Product Development (DCPD) function provides design and development expertise to enable drug delivery systems for AbbVie biopharmaceuticals. The Human Factors Center of Excellence (HFCOE) within DCPD manages the drug delivery device and stand-alone medical device user interface design process and executes usability assessments required to support the successful submission of AbbVie products. A combination of an increase in the number of drugs that require a delivery device, stand-alone medical devices, and increasing engagement of Human-Centered Design and HF skills in early-stage development drive the need for additional Human Factors expertise, including a specialist to identify, improve, and maintain processes that support the work of the HFCOE.

We are looking for an individual with training in human factors/usability engineering for a Human Factors role to support our Combination Product development efforts with a focus on Process Excellence.

Overview of Position

This role is intended to support the DCPD HFCOE in optimizing the processes that the team follows in its day-to-day development work. This individual will work alongside existing AbbVie HFCOE team members and key stakeholders to establish optimal processes that make best practices accessible and actionable for the team. In addition to serving as process owner for key HFCOE processes, and with the objective of developing and keeping up to date on skills as an HF practitioner, this individual will also spend some time supporting product development of device and combination products, working with Engineering, Medical, Compliance and Regulatory staff to design user interfaces and HF studies required to ensure ease-of-use, safety, user acceptance, and regulatory approval. The individual will perform the following functions to support Process Excellence within the HFCOE: · Use established methods to diagnose the current state of a process and identify pain points and improvement opportunities · Use established process improvement tools to identify and implement countermeasures that improve process efficiency, quality, and/or compliance · Establishes process strategy, objectives and long-range roadmap with input from key stakeholders (HFCOE team members, Scientific Compliance, other DCPD process owners, and Quality Assurance, as needed); identifies, facilitates/implements process changes · Create and maintain relevant documentation related to the processes, such as best practice guidelines, job aids, and/or SOPs · Serve as resident expert within HFCOE for any information management tools that may support processes (e.g., sharepoint, smartsheet)

Other Functions: · Perform the following functions as HF Lead in support of product development:

o Design and conduct user research

o Perform task and workflow analyses o Work with System Engineers to develop user needs and user interface specifications

o Conduct and evaluate Use-related Risk Analyses, recommend and evaluate design mitigations o Design device and system user interfaces and associated instructional materials

o Design and conduct usability tests and other usability assessments o Design, conduct and analyze interviews and surveys

o Prepare and compile thorough documentation for inclusion in regulatory submissions

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education in Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, Human Computer

Interaction, Psychology, or related discipline and typically 12+ years of experience, Master’s Degree or

equivalent education and typically 10+ years of experience, PhD and typically 4+ years of experience

· Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline

· Strong working knowledge of Human Factors methods and principles

· Excellent written and spoken communications skills

· Ability to work with a variety of disciplines and teams in fast-paced environments

· Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

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 short-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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