AbbVie Posted August 20, 2026

Manager, RA CMC

North Chicago, IL Full-time
Manufacturing & CMC Manager

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About this opportunity

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Purpose:

Describes the primary goals, objective or function or outputs of this position. The Manager, Regulatory Affairs for Chemistry Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) works with internal and external partners in order to deliver products to patients. Prepares CMC regulatory strategies that enable first pass approvals under limited management supervision. Develops and manages content strategy for regulatory submissions, including INDs/CTAs and amendments, with managerial oversight and supplements/variations with limited management supervision. Builds and maintains relationships within the Regulatory Affairs functional areas and the Operations and Research & Development (R&D) organizations. Represents RA CMC on product development and life-cycle management teams to negotiate, influence, and provide strategic advice to peers in RA, R&D, and Operations.

Responsibilities:

 Prepares CMC regulatory product strategies with limited supervision. Prepares regulatory submissions, including new IND/CTA applications and amendments, renewals, annual reports, supplements and variations under limited supervision.

 Analyzes and interprets information that impacts regulatory decisions. Seeks expert advice and technical support as required for strategies and submissions

 Reviews and revises regulatory submission documentation to effectively present data and strategy to regulatory agencies under limited supervision

 Responds to global regulatory information requests under limited supervision.

 Develops strategies for CMC-related agency interactions and manages preparation of agency meeting requests and information packages, under limited supervision

 Manages products and change control with an understanding of regulations, agency guidance and company policies and procedures with limited supervision. Analyzes and approves manufacturing change records with limited supervision.

 Represents CMC regulatory affairs on teams such as the product development, Global Regulatory Product Teams and Operations Product Teams, for assigned projects; negotiates with and influences team members with support of management to maximize chances for first pass approval of regulatory submissions and stays abreast of regulatory procedures and changes in the external regulatory environment.

 Analyzes legislation, regulation and guidance and provides analysis to the organization under limited supervision

 Contributes to creation of white papers and policies to illustrate current regulatory thinking under supervision of manager. Participates in initiatives internal to RA CMC

 May act as a formal or informal mentor to others.

Qualifications

· Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, biology, chemistry, pharmacology, engineering or related subject

· Preferred Education: Relevant advanced degree preferred. Certification a plus.

· Required Experience: 6 years biopharmaceutical or related industry experience.

· Preferred Experience: 6 years biopharmaceutical RA, R&D or Operations experience including 3 years in regulatory affairs Responsibilities,

· Experience working in a complex and matrix environment

· Strong oral and written communication 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 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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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 433 comparable Manager Manufacturing & CMC roles across 75 biopharma companies.

433Comparable roles tracked
391Currently active
75Companies hiring similar roles
35Countries represented

Salary context

138 of 433 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $109,500/yr – $208,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate Operator - 2nd Shift · Mylan Technologies, Inc. $30,000/yr – $49,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Associate Director Packaging Development · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $182,070/yr – $235,620/yr
Peer group range $39,500 – $208,845 (median $159,113)

Where these roles are based

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United States257
India52
Ireland22
United Kingdom13
Netherlands11
Switzerland10

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Seniority mix

433 of 433 peers have a known seniority level

Manager241
Associate116
Associate Director76

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 433 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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