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Associate Director, Clinical Quality Assurance

at AbbVie

📍 South San Francisco, CA Onsite Posted April 03, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education Bachelor's degree in a physical science, life science, nursing, pharmacy or equivalent technical experience
Category Healthcare & Medical

Associate Director, Clinical Quality Assurance is responsible for proactive quality oversight of clinical development programs, ensuring regulatory compliance and inspection readiness across AbbVie RDQA functions.

  • Lead collaboration across TAs to ensure best practices and lessons learned are applied; Lead cross-functional projects and strategies across Therapeutic Areas; Monitor new regulations and industry trends; Identify and manage issues, escalate as needed; Ensure inspection readiness and actionable QA insights

Leads QA strategies for clinical development, emphasizes GCP/GxP compliance, regulatory liaison, risk management, and CAPA-driven improvement; manages document control and quality system elements.

The ideal candidate is an experienced clinical QA leader with a strong background in GCP/GxP, regulatory affairs, and inspection readiness to ensure compliance across clinical development programs.

Bachelor's degree in a physical sciencelife sciencenursingpharmacy or equivalent technical experience
Experience with GCP inspectionsClinical QA leadership across Therapeutic AreasInspection readiness experience
Bachelor's degree in a physical sciencelife sciencenursingpharmacy or equivalentclinical quality assuranceregulatory affairsGCPGxPCAPAaudit readinessinspection readinessdocument controlrisk managementchange managementclinical developmentregulatory compliance
Quality AssuranceRegulatory affairsGCPGxPClinical documents reviewRisk ManagementChange ManagementInspection readinessQuality System ElementsCAPAAudit readinessDocument controlClinical developmentRegulatory compliance
Excellent communication (written and oral)Influencing and persuasionMatrix management without direct authorityCollaborationStrategic thinking
Industry Healthcare & Medical
Job Function Quality Assurance leadership for clinical development programs in pharma
Role Subtype Lead
associate directorclinical quality assuranceclinical developmentinspection readinessregulatory affairspharmaceuticalgcpgxpcapaaudit readinessdocument controlrisk managementchange managementquality system elementsregulatory compliancer&d qamultifunctional collaborationleadershipcompliance

no bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or healthcare field, less than 10 years of pharmaceutical QA/regulatory experience, unwillingness to be on-site in South San Francisco

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