AbbVie
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Senior Clinical Manufacturing Lead II

Pay
Salaried
Location
North Chicago, IL · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Director
Experience
10+ years
Listed
23 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • cGMP
  • batch record documentation
  • solid dosage form manufacturing
  • troubleshooting manufacturing equipment

Also useful

  • formulation development

Stated benefits & perks

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Pto

About the role

Lead production teams to produce high quality solid dosage form clinical supplies utilizing state-of-the-art technologies. This requires interaction with formulation colleagues to develop reliable and efficient manufacturing processes. These processes are then translated into executable manufacturing instructions when followed appropriately result in the efficient production of GMP compliant clinical supplies.

Operations: Leads manufacturing activities, including the preparation and close out of batch records; Ensures the batch record documentation is executed with minimal errors; Starts and completes manufacturing activities on time, according to the established schedule. Leads discussions with QA on quality related topics associated with manufacturing and documentation. Manages X-step content to ensure PI sheets are accurate.

Supervision: May supervise the pilot plant technicians including daily scheduling of activities, managing personnel development, holding technicians accountable against performance expectations, and writing and delivering performance reviews. May provide similar supervision to Clinical Manufacturing Lead I and/or II.

Formulation Development: Collaborates with formulators on formulation development and research activities occurring in the pilot plant. Provides key pilot plant capabilities insight on these activities. Technical Support: Possess detailed knowledge of pilot plant equipment and processing capabilities. Provide technical guidance to manufacturing personnel.

Provides leadership with trouble-shooting and identifies solutions to issues that arise during manufacturing; Provides strategic product development and technology improvement activities; actively participates in functional area improvement initiatives.

Compliance: Understands and follows cGMP requirements, established policies; Writes and follows procedures and practices; Conducts business activities needing minimal deviations or exceptions; Follows established safety requirements, reports incidents/near misses and recommends improvements.

Project Coordination: Works with the CMC team and other supporting areas to assure project commitments are met, for example, providing draft batch records for review, assuring material availability, preparing cleaning documentation and completing inventory transactions.

Communication: Records, tabulates and reports results within the group or team using the necessary tools (Reports, memos, presentations, spreadsheets, notebooks, etc.); Reports significant issues to management with appropriate sense of urgency; Attends group and project meetings, being prepared to communicates concerns and participate in discussions.

Leadership: Direct activities of manufacturing technicians in a matrix environment.

Qualifications & Requirements

B.S. in Chemistry, Biology or related scientific area or equivalent and relative work experience. 10+ years experience in operations, R&D and/or related area Experience in a cGMP environment is highly desired

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 short-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.

About the Company

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. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Read the original posting

From AbbVie's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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