AbbVie Posted September 11, 2026

Senior Site Management Lead - HYBRID

North Chicago, IL Full-time
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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

The Sr. SML provides direction and operational expertise for all Clinical Site Management (CSM) integrity, quality, and timeliness of activities in assigned studies. The position is assigned to studies as the overall CSM functional study strategy leader and single point of accountability for study level CSM deliverables from study planning to close out.

Influences and aligns within Clinical Development Operations and other key stakeholders in assigned studies. Accountable for planning and driving study-level CSM strategic planning and completion of deliverables by targeted timelines and with allocated resources for their assigned studies. Directs and coordinates site management activities in collaboration with assigned SMLs managing area site execution activities if applicable.

Accountable for driving overall study level CSM deliverables by targeted timelines with allocated resources for their assigned studies.

Responsibilities

Analyze study timelines and overall study assumptions to confirm deliverables are feasible for CSM.

Support and communicate CSM resource needs with Country Leaders in alignment with study deliverables and milestones.

Accountable for study level site monitoring strategy, documented in Site Monitoring Plan.

Accountable to set and lead Site Engagement Strategy.

Ensure study timelines are maintained across the study lifecycle.

Provide timely and essential study information for country-level teams to execute milestones.

Drive site-level activities at study level including site selection, activation, site engagement, protocol adherence and close out.

Oversee monitoring activities at study level in collaboration with assigned SMLs as applicable, ensuring quality deliverables, status tracking, and milestone adherence and acceleration if applicable.

Drives CSM deliverables during data snapshots and database locks, aligned to Data Cleaning Plan.

Ensure sites are closed per Site Closure Plan.

Proactively identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks, ensuring effective action plans; key contributor to Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan (RAMP).

Collaborate with assigned SMLs and stakeholders in the Clinical Study Team to address and manage risks to align with overall study execution.

Ensure site compliance, escalate issues, and analyze trends for continuous improvement.

Responsible for providing inputs on expected CSM documents at the study level and driving TMF completeness for CSM artifacts.

Responsible from study start to close for ensuring that on-going CSM Inspection Readiness activities are completed at the study level.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent OUS degree, typically in (para)medical or scientific field.

A minimum of 7 years of industry clinical research experience including 2 years of monitoring or project management or equivalent experience on a global study. Minimum 1 year global project management experience.

Preferred exposure in study initiation through study completion in multiple phases of studies (Phase II and III, Phase I in patients). Experience in multiple therapeutic areas or disease state/indications highly desired.

Demonstrates a high level of core and technical competencies through management of various components of clinical trials.

Possesses good communication skills and demonstrated leadership abilities. Able to influence without authority in a matrix environment.

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

Demonstrated good written and verbal communication skills including fluency in English. Excellent planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Able to work well within a team and autonomously. Thinks positively.

Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneNote

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 thisposting 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 anduntil 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
Senior
Function
Clinical Research
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
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 14 comparable Senior Clinical Research roles across 7 biopharma companies.

14Comparable roles tracked
11Currently active
7Companies hiring similar roles
10Countries represented

Salary context

2 of 14 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 · Senior Clinical Trial Associate · Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. $107,200/yr – $134,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Senior Clinical Research Associate (Remote - Field Based) · Novartis $108,500/yr – $201,500/yr
Peer group range $120,600 – $155,000 (median $137,800)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 14 comparable roles

China4
United States2
Romania1
India1
Taiwan1
Poland1

+ 4 more countries

Seniority mix

14 of 14 peers have a known seniority level

Senior13
Associate Director1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 14 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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