AbbVie Posted August 31, 2026

Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Madrid, MD 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 executing one or more elements of clinical studies in compliance with quality standards (ICH/GCP, Global Regulations, and AbbVie policies and procedures).

Supports the Study Project Manager in leading the cross functional study team: o -Supports the preparation of Clinical Study Team meetings (Agenda/Minutes) o -Responsible for regular updates to the cross-functional team and stakeholders on study status; ensure our CTMS is up to date

Supports the development of the clinical study blueprint/protocol and associated systems and documents (Informed consent forms, eCRFs, IRT, CSR)

Supports the vendor selection, scope development, management and oversight of external vendors in compliance with AbbVie’s processes and procedures and the applicable regulations.

Responsible for generating the study related training for the study team, study sites, and vendors for assigned studies

Proactively identify and resolve and/or escalate study related issues

Participates in process improvement initiatives

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or OUS equivalent degree required, typically in nursing or scientific field; Registered Nurse licensure with Associate’s Degree in Nursing with relevant experience is also acceptable.

Must have at least four years of Pharma-related/clinical research related experience and demonstrated a high level of core and technical competencies.

Possesses good communication skills.

Competent in application of standard business procedures {Standard operating procedures, International Conference on Harmonization {ICH), Global Regulations, Ethics and Compliance).

Preferred exposure to study initiation through study completion.

At least 3 years in clinical trial management positions.

Fluent in English (C1)

Remote position based in Madrid.

Additional Information

Candidates needs to be located in Madrid even the role in remote.

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
Clinical Research
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Madrid, MD
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 43 comparable Manager Clinical Research roles across 13 biopharma companies.

43Comparable roles tracked
43Currently active
13Companies hiring similar roles
15Countries represented

Salary context

8 of 43 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 Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Clinical Research Associate II · AbbVie $61,000/yr – $120,500/yr
Peer group range $90,750 – $203,000 (median $108,750)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 43 comparable roles

China14
United States11
Australia3
United Kingdom2
Taiwan2
Poland2

+ 9 more countries

Seniority mix

43 of 43 peers have a known seniority level

Associate27
Manager15
Associate Director1

Therapeutic area mix

6 of 43 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology3
Neuroscience3

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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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