AbbVie Posted October 15, 2026

Quality Senior Manager

Mettawa, IL Full-time
Quality 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

The Senior Manager, Quality provides leadership and direction to the Quality Function they are responsible for within Operations. This Sr. Manager role is responsible for the effective implementation of AbbVie Quality Systems for which they are responsible for. This could include: Incoming Quality Assurance of drugs and packaging materials, Manufacturing Quality Assurance, Validation of product and processes, Quality Engineering, Quality Control, Training, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Planning, Product Quality and strategic initiatives. The Sr. Manager of Quality would be expected to manage a budget and leads a team of quality professionals who are responsible for compliance and quality oversight for the plant and/or strategic initiatives. Expectations that the professional will maintain high quality levels on all products while achieving high efficiency.

Responsibilities

Responsible for various aspects of quality assurance and quality control related to products produced at the plant. This will be at a large plant with high volume, high level of product complexity including multiple products at the site and may have the complexity of multiple types of productions (API, Fin Goods, Biologics, Packaging, Device, etc.).

Represents the decision-making authority on job specific aspects of the Quality and Regulatory compliance program for the site.

Ensures that product within the plant is consistently manufactured in conformance with corporate Quality requirements and all applicable regulatory requirements.

Manages a team of quality professionals. Directly responsible for the effective organization, administration, training and supervision of their functional area.

Provides regulatory and technical guidance to all departments in the plant and can be the SME for all AbbVie plants.

Communicates with executive level for Quality Management Review, Quality Initiatives, etc.

Responsible for the development and administration of the annual operating budget for the Quality Unit they are responsible for.

Incumbent is responsible for quality decisions related to all aspects of the plant operation including facility design, laboratory controls and product specifications and to ensure that the area of their responsibility meets all cGMP, FDA, EU, DEA and other regulatory requirements.

Incumbent is responsible for quality decisions related to all aspects of the plant operation including facility design, laboratory controls and product specifications and to ensure that the area of their responsibility meets all cGMP, FDA, EU, DEA and other regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree required preferably in Physical or Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or Engineering; Master’s Degree or PhD preferred.

Certified Quality Engineer or formal training in quality engineering or statistics is preferred

8+ years of combined experience in Manufacturing, QA, QC, R&D in pharmaceutical, biologics, device or chemical industry

4+ years of supervisory/technical leadership experience

Must have a basic understanding and working knowledge of the physical and chemical characteristics of the products, including raw materials, manufactured at the plant.

Must be familiar with use of statistical quality systems, electronic document management and laboratory information management.

Must also be familiar with Quality policies as well as cGMP and other regulatory requirements.

Must have effective people management and communication skills necessary to supervise those reporting directly or through subordinates as well as establish and maintain effective working relationships among other key individuals in manufacturing, materials management, engineering, product development, Quality Systems, Product QA, Quality Control, Information Systems and Regulatory Affairs and must demonstrate sound judgment in evaluating and acting on day-to-day situations.

Strong communication Skills, both oral and written

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
Mettawa, 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 310 comparable Manager Quality roles across 81 biopharma companies.

310Comparable roles tracked
275Currently active
81Companies hiring similar roles
31Countries represented

Salary context

64 of 310 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 Quality Control Analyst (Virology) · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $22/hr – $34/hr (≈ $45,302–$70,699/yr)
Peer group range $58,001 – $201,900 (median $161,750)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 310 comparable roles

United States149
China22
Ireland17
India17
Netherlands14
Germany14

+ 25 more countries

Seniority mix

310 of 310 peers have a known seniority level

Manager197
Associate73
Associate Director40

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 310 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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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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