2026 Clinical Sciences Development Program – Medical Device

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AbbVie’s Clinical Sciences Development Program - Medical Device consists of three rotations over two years to prepare you for future key positions within AbbVie. The program combines experiential learning, formal training, and coaching and mentoring by our business leaders. You will have the opportunity to work in 3 different roles which are designed to give you broad exposure and learning opportunities across the Global Patient Safety and R&D Quality Assurance organizations within Clinical Sciences.

These organizations work collaboratively and strategically with colleagues across the product lifecycle to identify, evaluate, understand, and communicate the safety profile and ensure quality standards of AbbVie products to protect patients worldwide.

Based on business need and your personal preferences, you have the potential to rotate through the following functional areas:

• External Partners Quality oversees quality assurance of Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs), Contract Research Organizations (CROs), service providers, vendors, collaborators, partners, and consultants serving in a GxP capacity on behalf of, or in partnership with, AbbVie R&D functions. This team handles qualification/requalification, oversight and offboarding of the partners.
• Inspection & Audit independently assesses compliance and quality of AbbVie R&D’s pharmaceutical, device, and combination products GxP lifecycle standards. In partnership with R&D and R&D Quality, the team ensures continuous real time inspection readiness through identification of internal audit trends, knowledge management, and robust proactive CAPAs.
• Medical Device & Combination Products QA (MDCP QA) oversees new product development and risk management activities across a variety of areas, including plastics, regenerative medicine, body contouring, fillers and drug delivery systems. The quality representatives for each product partner with cross-functional team members from R&D, Operations, Clinical, Regulatory, Marketing, Project Management and more to oversee User Needs / Design Inputs, Product Design, Design Verification and Validation, and final Transfer to Production.
• Medical Device Safety Analytics plays a critical role in evaluating safety data relevant to AbbVie for medical device products. The team is a high-profile and high-impact group of physicians and other health care professionals who work in close collaboration with a broad range of cross-functional colleagues. The team provides product data analysis, signal monitoring and product insights so that, together with the Product Safety Team, appropriate actions can be implemented to ensure patient safety.

Most Development Program members will be placed within one of AbbVie’s offices in Lake County, IL for at least one rotation, with the possibility of an initial placement or rotation in another U.S. AbbVie location. Placements are subject to change and will be based on business needs and our ability to accommodate individuals' preferences, when possible. As a member of AbbVie’s Clinical Sciences Development Program, you will participate in three 8-month rotational assignments over the course of two years.

Post Program: Members will be eligible for Clinical Sciences roles based on combination of role fit, business need, member performance, and member preference.  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other related field, with an expected graduation date between December 2025 – June 2026.
• Demonstrated leadership experience within a school or student organization setting. 
• Willingness to relocate outside of Lake County, IL for 1 or 2 eight-month rotation(s). 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Capability to blend technical and business knowledge and supplement it with analytical expertise and innovative problem-solving skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage projects within a work and/or academic environment, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders. 
• Proven track record of working collaboratively in teams, being adaptable, innovative, proactive, and maintaining high ethical standards. 
• Cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher preferred. 
• Mobile post-program.

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. 

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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