

New · posted Oct 31
AbbVie · Pharmaceuticals
Senior Manager, Clinical Data Systems
- North Chicago, IL +2 more
- On-site
- Full-time
- Manager
The role
AbbVie Data Science is the best-in-class team within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical trials data. Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation. This role is key to ensuring successful delivery against the program and maintaining best in industry resources.
What you need
What you'll do
- Manage multiple TA
- Manage technology evaluations and implementations for performance improvement and cost reduction.
- Creates and sustains an environment that attracts, develops and retains strong talent.
- Practice continuous improvement of processes and technology usage.
- Acts as subject matter expert and process owner.
- Supervises and allocates internal and external resources within the Therapeutic Area.
- Ensure all performance assessment responsibilities are achieved for direct reports. Provide training and feedback, resolve personnel issues, and manage talent retention for assigned staff.
- Responsible for the performance management of staff; supporting team in building and maintaining a high performing team, recruitment, onboarding, resource assignment, and development opportunities for staff within responsibility.
- Manage cross functional initiatives.
- Provides strategic direction, advice and guidance to staff in relation to operations responsibilities and activities; promotes best practice; ensures objectives are successfully met.
- Oversee vendor deliverables and ensure SDTM deliverables meet established quality standards, submission requirements, and applicable regulatory expectation
- Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, computer science, life sciences or equivalent. Master’s preferred.
- Must have 8+ years of experience with clinical database design, data loading, and database modeling concepts or 9+ years of experience in a similar technical or clinical development environment.
- Demonstrated intermediate SAS and/or SQL programming skills and expert knowledge of database concepts.
- In-depth knowledge of CDASH and SDTM Standards In-depth understanding of clinical trial processes
- Demonstrated ability to influence others without direct authority. Demonstrated performance as a key contributor to initiatives and advancement of the organization. Demonstrated ability to successfully coach/mentor in a matrix environment Demonstrated effective communication skills Demonstrated effective analytical skills
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Pay
$125,000 – $237,000 a year
Employer providedWhere you'll work
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From the posting
About AbbVie
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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Equal opportunity, accessibility and legal noticesAbbVie's statements, word for word
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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Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · October 31, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is level with the US median for Clinical Data Management roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Manager roles in the US11 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $125,000 | — | $237,000 |
| All US (middle half) | $164,500 | $181,000 | $181,000 |
This role: AbbVie's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Clinical Data Management roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 31, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Clinical Data Management
The general path across 29 open Clinical Data Management roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not AbbVie's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 19 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership4
- Clinical trial conduct3
- Lab testing and methods1
- Documentation and SOPs1
- Regulatory submissions1
- Quality systems and risk1
- Data and digital systems1
Company hiring pulse
AbbVie on Regulatory Jobs
- 109
- Open roles
- 61
- Distinct roles
- 16
- Locations
By discipline
- Clinical60 55%
- Quality25 23%
- Regulatory24 22%
By level
- Director56 51%
- Manager24 22%
- Senior & Principal13 12%
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