At AbbVie, we offer you the resources and a global reach to empower your innovative mindset.   From day one, we’ve known it takes teamwork and collaboration to develop the scientific breakthroughs, innovative pipelines, and therapies that change millions of patients’ lives around the world. In short, we know it takes “you” to make those ground-breaking advancements happen. We take pride in serving and supporting our communities and protecting the environment, making a lasting impact that's felt within healthcare and beyond.

We are now recruiting a Business Technology Solutions (BTS) Senior Manager to join our diverse Manufacturing Information Technology team in Westport, Co. Mayo. In this role, you will lead the Business Technology team in delivering operational support for Manufacturing Applications and Data systems while providing technical ownership for Manufacturing Applications and Data Systems and supporting the governance, compliance, and lifecycle management for these systems. You will also support the application and infrastructure change management and provide support for the successful execution of capital projects. 

Is this a team you want lead? Then read on... In this role, you will
Key Responsibilities:
•    Develop, coach and mentor your team to perform to their highest capabilities 
•    Administer and advance technical support for critical control systems in manufacturing
•    Support system development lifecycle for critical control systems
•    Have technical ownership for the critical Packaging systems and support system governance, change control and configuration management
•    Detailed technical design (SDS/HDS/FDS) of manufacturing application and data systems in packaging
•    Provide for or manage support for the FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ as appropriate (depending on system complexity and criticality)
•    Disaster Recovery and system support matrices for critical control systems as part of transfer to production
•    Infrastructure deployment - (Workstation/Server qualification and setup, Application configuration and test Define Network configuration
•    Assume Business Ownership for the MES application environment and all aspects of data compliance while supporting the identification, escalation and resolution of major incidents
•    Co-ordinate regression test and sign off for software patching and code/configuration changes as requested by local and global MES teams
•    The provision of user support and training which should include supporting the development of training material, work instructions for new users (& super users) and BTS support personnel.
•    Support the identification, implementation and testing of continuous process improvement opportunities and support the migration of system use from EBR-lite to MES

• Youl will have a 3rd level qualification in Information Technology/Mechatronics/Computer Science/Automation with 5 to 7 years’ experience delivering technology services preferably within the Pharmaceutical, Biologics or medical device industry
• Expertise in two or more of the following technologies: SCADA, PI Historian, MES/EBR
• System Admin Windows 10 and Windows 2016 Server and a Strong knowledge of SQL, database administration
• Good analytical skills and a proven ability to solve problem with good documentation skills
• Proven expertise in data integrity controls and data compliance.