Project manager

Lensa
North Chicago, IL

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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 Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok ( .

Job Description

The Study Project Manager II drives the connection between the asset and operational delivery and execution of one or more clinical research studies. Leading the delivery of clinical operational strategies to ensure studies are executed with quality and efficiency, on-time, within budget, and meet company objectives. The Study Project Manager II achieves these objectives by bringing scientific acumen, strategic asset level thinking, innovation, expertise in clinical study operations management and stakeholder management to address risks and challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Defines and drives the study level operational strategies and deliverables – linking these to asset level goals
  • Brings strategic, asset level thinking and innovative problem solving to study planning and execution
  • Responsible for executing clinical studies in compliance with quality standards (ICH/GCP, Global Regulations, and AbbVie policies and procedures).
  • Effectively present and contribute to discussions on study operations at asset level strategic meetings
  • Leads clinical operations planning through to execution via cross functional matrix environment and influences cross functional stakeholders to drive milestone achievement
  • Demonstrates the skills, experience and critical thinking to lead cross functional teams with minimal supervision.
  • Expertise in end-to-end clinical study operations management (all phases, set up to close out)
  • Coaches and mentors team members, delegates and empowers to the right level, actively contributes to Development Operations community
  • Demonstrates leadership with high level cross functional stakeholder management and influencing skills
  • Lead operational efficiencies and foster a culture of innovation
  • On a given study responsible for (but not limited to)
  • the development of the clinical study design and associated systems, tools and documents
  • study budget creation and oversight
  • vendor selection, scope development, management and oversight of external vendors
  • Proactively identifying risks and address and/or escalate study related issues and opportunities for efficiency
  • Empowered decision maker on operational aspects of study execution.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 8 years of demonstrated pharma-related and/or clinical research related experience


Preferred Qualifications

  • Preferred exposure in study initiation through study completion in Phase 1-4 and/or Medical Device Trial Experience


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.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-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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Salary: $121,000 - $230,000

If you have questions about this posting, please contact [email protected]
Posted 2025-10-06

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