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System Design Analyst II-Clinical Systems- HYBRID

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Research

Posted Sep 18, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This is hybrid at North Chicago. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the arrangement and the location.

What would you do

How do you handle a change request after a study is already enrolling?

What they are checking: The posting names required changes to clinical systems, and mid-study changes are the risky ones.

A study team wants a design you think will cause problems later. What do you do?

What they are checking: Design decisions surface as data problems months later, and pushing back is the skill.

How do you keep a delivery on time when the requirements keep moving?

What they are checking: The posting names accountability for on-time design and delivery.

About the work

Tell me about designing a clinical trial system or a change to one.

What they are checking: The posting names accountability for the design and delivery of new clinical systems and changes.

What are data standards in clinical trials, and why do they matter so much?

What they are checking: The posting names participating in developing common data standards and ensuring compliance.

How do you keep designs consistent across a therapeutic area and a program?

What they are checking: The posting names ensuring therapeutic area and program level consistency across the design team.

Walk me through designing an integration between two clinical systems.

What they are checking: The posting names integrations between systems specifically.

How do you benchmark your team's methodology against the industry?

What they are checking: The posting names benchmarking design methodology against industry standards.

How do you document a design so the next person can maintain it?

What they are checking: The posting names establishing and maintaining methodology, which only works if it is written down.

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The full job description

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Purpose: AbbVie Data Science is the best-in-class team within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical trials data. Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation. This role is key to ensuring successful delivery against the program- and study-level accountabilities assigned to Clinical Data Strategy Organization. Responsibilities: •Actively participates in the development of common data standards and ensures systems designs comply with the standards, as well as with associated protocol requirements. Ensures that the design team utilizes standards •Establishes and maintains methodology used by the team to design and develop clinical trial systems, benchmarking against industry standards. Ensures that systems are specified to optimize functionality, end user experience, and data flow. Ensures that the design team meets these expectations •Ensures that TA- and program-level consistency is achieved by the design team •Accountable for the on-time design and delivery of new clinical systems, integrations between systems, as well as any required changes to clinical systems (e.g., EDC, IRT, ePRO). Utilizes project management tools to track study progress and plan work. Anticipates and identifies issues that could affect timelines or quality and develops options and solutions •Interacts with and influences CDO and cross-functional team members to achieve program and study objectives. Ensures that assigned work product is synchronized with upstream and downstream dependencies •Ensures adherence to federal regulations and applicable local regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and functional quality standards. Stays abreast of new and/or evolving local regulations, guidelines and policies related to clinical development •Responsible for coaching and mentoring members of the team, as well as contributes to their skill development •Leads CDO and cross-functional innovation and process improvement initiatives •Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science, life sciences or equivalent. Masters preferred. •Must have 5+ years of hands-on technical Study build in EDC. Experience with technical study build in Medidata RAVE is required. Veeva EDC technical study build experience is a plus. •In-depth knowledge of clinical trial processes. •In-depth knowledge of CDASH (Required) and SDTM. •Demonstrated performance as a key contributor to initiatives and advancement of the organization. •Demonstrated ability to influence others without direct authority. Demonstrated ability to successfully coach / mentor in a matrixed environment. Demonstrated effective communication skills and analytical skills. ​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. 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

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