AbbVie Posted November 9, 2026

Device Quality Senior Manager

North Chicago, IL Full-time
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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

Responsible for supporting quality system integration activities for the Medical Device and Combination product business. This role will support the strategic direction to ensure business objectives are met to support and sustain the Combination Products and medical devices. Complete quality assurance activities to develop, implement, and sustain required device regulations to comply with global medical device and Combination Product Regulations and assure proper integration and support of device regulations.

• Areas of direct responsibility include development of Quality Assurance policies and procedures for medical devices and Combination Product regulations that support the AbbVie business objectives, functional area strategies, and the Medical Device Center.

•Manage and oversee the interrelated function activities related to medical device management including design control with Research and Development, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Supply Chain, Program Management, Commercial, Medical, Pharmacoviligance, and Regulatory Affairs. Coordinate quality system elements, training, continuous improvement, and tactical support across functions, plants, and affiliates.

•Responsible for implementing the quality system for medical devices and combination productions including compliance with Corporate, Division, and Site policies.

•Support new product introduction for pharmaceutical products, medical devices, or combination products. Support design changes to existing medical devices and combination products.

•Oversee the management of training for revised quality system polices and procedures for the medical device and combination products quality operation.

•Represent AbbVie on external industry groups where appropriate.

•In association with the Medical Device Centre, Regulatory Affairs, R&D & Operations Quality Management, manage the consolidation of the quality oversight of medical device and combination products.

•Works with the director and with the department to achieve related goals and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

•Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Microbiology, Engineering, or other technical or scientific area.

•At least 8 years’ experience with quality assurance and/or quality system oversight. Device regulation experience preferred.

•Leadership of other technical professionals and experience in leading cross-functional teams with results orientation. Skilled in the strategy development, initiation, selection, coordination, and management of projects and have the ability to solve unique problems.

•Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting devices, biologics, and pharma products. Knowledge of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, US Code of Federal Regulations, and the EU regulations. Previous experience with regulatory agency interface preferred.

•Understands impact of specific area system changes to other quality systems as well as changes within division requirements and impact to specific area of control and able to adjust accordingly.

•Conflict resolution skills including persuasive management techniques required. Strong oral and written communication skills needed. Excellent interpersonal skills a plus.

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
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 330 comparable Manager Quality roles across 80 biopharma companies.

330Comparable roles tracked
292Currently active
80Companies hiring similar roles
38Countries represented

Salary context

57 of 330 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 $124,500/yr – $236,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate I, Quality Control, Raw Materials · ModernaTX, Inc. $53,500/yr – $85,600/yr
Highest disclosed · Advisor, Design Validation & Learning, Biotherapeutics · Lilly $168,000/yr – $268,400/yr
Peer group range $69,550 – $218,200 (median $166,200)

Where these roles are based

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United States136
India28
Ireland25
China23
Germany13
United Kingdom11

+ 32 more countries

Seniority mix

330 of 330 peers have a known seniority level

Manager219
Associate66
Associate Director45

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 330 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Respiratory1

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