2025 Clinical Trial Operations Intern

at AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Clinical Trials Operations (CTO) Internship Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for participants in the Clinical Trial Operations (CTO) Internship Program at AbbVie.

Clinical Trials are required before a new compound can be available for use by patients. A clinical study in human volunteers is conducted to answer specific health questions: Is it safe? Does it work? Is it better than what is currently offered to patients? At AbbVie, the Development Operations group conducts/manages clinical trials and provides therapeutically aligned, scientific strategy and operations management for the planning, execution and reporting of clinical development programs to enable successful global registration and commercialization of drug development projects. AbbVie’s Data and Statistical Sciences (DSS) is also a key player in this work, ensuring clinical data of the highest quality and fit-for-purpose analytics and analyses to support the progress of AbbVie’s development pipeline.

Internship Overview

As an AbbVie intern, you’ll participate in a paid, 10-12-week summer program, working on meaningful assignments that have a real impact on our business and patients worldwide. As an intern you will be located at our corporate headquarters in north suburban Chicago. Throughout the summer there will be planned development and networking activities, along with relocation support for eligible students.

AbbVie’s worldwide Clinical Trial Operations business offers you an opportunity to work in one of the following areas and collaborate with clinical sites globally:

+ Business Insights

+ Clinical Site Management

+ Clinical Study Leadership

+ Data & Statistical Sciences

+ Diversity & Patient Inclusion

+ Patient Recruitment & Retention

+ Study Start-up

+ Study Feasibility

Past examples of internship projects have included:

+ Assisting with activities associated with the development and implementation of strategic initiatives related to clinical trial initiation

+ Supporting study start-up activities within high-profile studies in various therapeutic areas

+ Helping to assess, design, and recommend operational analytics to support study management

+ Testing new Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) to assess effectiveness for future use in clinical trails

+ Helping to automate data tracking using various technologies

+ Developing resources and tools for Study Management Associates (SMAs) to manage current projects and help position clinical trails for success

AbbVie strongly considers high performing interns as candidates for the Clinical Trial Operations Development Program (CTODP), a two-year rotational program aimed at developing the leaders of tomorrow within Development Operations and Data & Statistical Sciences.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with an emphasis on Science

+ Expected graduation date between Dec 2025 – June 2026

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Proven track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, and integrity

+ Business mindset and excellent communication, leadership, project management, problem solving, and analytical skills

+ Microsoft Excel or other database experience is a plus

Note that this is not a lab position. These roles supporting our clinical research are operational in nature. This is not a track or feeder opportunity for medical students (MD or PhD/Postdoctoral routes).

Interested in learning more about our Clinical Trials? Please visit our Clinical Trial Homepage: https://www.clinicaltrialsandme.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information

Benefits and Amenities

+ Competitive pay

+ Relocation support for eligible students

+ Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

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+ 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.?

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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html