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Associate Director, RA-CMC PAC DM

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Other

Posted Aug 20, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 1, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a health authority question you responded to. How did you decide how much to give them?

What they are checking: Response strategy, which affects whether more questions follow.

Describe a dossier that had an error found late. What did you change about how you check?

What they are checking: Quality control habits learned from a real miss.

This is an associate director role in North Chicago inside regulatory affairs chemistry, manufacturing and controls, focused on post approval change management. What do you want to know about how many products and markets you would cover?

What they are checking: Checking the real portfolio load before accepting.

What would you do

A change is needed at a manufacturing site and the business wants it implemented before approval. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: Holding the regulatory line against an operations timeline.

How do you drive a review with functions who all have their own deadlines and none of them report to you?

What they are checking: Cross-functional coordination without authority, which this role depends on.

About the work

This role manages post approval changes for marketed products. Walk me through how you decide what goes in one variation and what gets bundled with something else.

What they are checking: Bundling strategy, which this posting names as an early and consequential decision.

How do you build a content plan and timeline for a chemistry, manufacturing and controls submission when the underlying data is still being generated?

What they are checking: Planning under the real sequencing problem in post approval work.

What makes a chemistry, manufacturing and controls section file-able? Where do authors most often fall short?

What they are checking: Practical filing judgment rather than the format rules.

The same change may go to many markets with different requirements. How do you manage that across a global program?

What they are checking: Global variation management, which this posting frames as business critical.

How do you keep the common technical document structure and content consistent when several authors are contributing?

What they are checking: Document consistency across authors, which the posting names.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Individual is responsible for ensuring RA-CMC post approval change objectives are met by project managing marketed product variations including authoring and compilation of chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) sections to ensure timely preparation of submission documents. This position will also ensure proper communication with all key partners in the functional departments in support of regulatory filings. This position will manage, coach, mentor, and develop junior staff, including new employee onboarding. • Independently manage, compile, and author CMC sections of marketed product variations. Update moderately complex CMC documents independently. • Independently develop initial content plans, bundling strategies, and project timelines. Partner with RA CMC Project Leads to verify and finalize as needed. • Collaborate with diverse functional groups to ensure file-ability and acceptance of CMC sections. • Manage assigned projects to ensure thoroughness, accuracy, and timeliness of CMC dossiers and responses. Drive team and management reviews with minimal intervention by project lead. Provide coaching to more junior RA CMC colleagues during team and management reviews. • Lead business critical programs through coordination of activities and resource management across global programs for multiple post approval changes. • Ensure CMC expectations including CTD content, structural and formatting requirements are being met consistently across projects. Develop and communicate/train on best practices for use of regulatory business systems within the group. • Independently provide tactical support to integrate technical issues with regulatory requirements and emerging standards. • Identify and communicate content gaps and risks for variation documents. • Provide usage team guidance and drive updates to submission document templates. • Support annual reports and renewals (ad hoc baseline support) • Minimum of a BA/BS Degree in Chemical, and/or, Biological Sciences/relevant discipline • Required: 8 years pharmaceutical experience • Preferred: 10 years pharmaceutical experience including 5-plus years in regulatory affairs or 5-plus years in Discovery, R&D, or Manufacturing, 2-plus years supervising employees • Prior experience in the preparation of CMC sections of regulatory dossiers including electronic submissions • Strong working knowledge of manufacturing unit operations or CTD structure • Superior oral and written communication skills • Ability to work cooperatively with all levels and types of global personnel required • Experience working with electronic document management systems • Ability to work independently under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously • Detail/accuracy oriented • Collaborative and willing to learn • Familiarity with US and other international regulatory requirements for drug product dossiers 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 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 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html