Senior Manager, Clinical Process Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Manager, Clinical Process Engineer role is onsite in North Chicago, IL. Compensation is not specified in the posting. The role supports Clinical Development Operations at AbbVie, whose mission is to deliver medicines and solutions for serious health issues. The role leads the design, optimization, and sustainment of clinical business processes to support operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and scalable innovation. It translates complex business challenges into practical process solutions, aligns cross-functional stakeholders, and strengthens process governance and performance.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end process design and optimization across clinical domains
• advise business process owners and functional leaders
• develop and govern process maps, work instructions, SOP-aligned content, and documentation standards
• assess current processes and analyze performance
• lead process-design workshops
• build inspection readiness and compliance risk controls into process designs
• partner on process-to-system requirements, user acceptance testing, and readiness
• define performance frameworks and KPIs
• improve controlled documentation practices
• may manage 0–4 direct reports.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior manager

clinical process engineer

clinical development operations

process design

process improvement

regulatory compliance

lean six sigma

north chicago il

abbvie

clinical operations

process governance

cross-functional leadership

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) for eligible employees, and eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree, Lean Six Sigma certification, and at least seven years of process design, engineering, or improvement experience in a regulated environment. Advanced degree and Green Belt or Black Belt are preferred.

About the employer

AbbVie is hiring for this role. Industry: Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing. Sector: 32.