Scientist l, Lab Manager

NCSL International; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Holidays

Insurance (M/D/V)

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Lab Manager to lead the tLNP laboratories, ensuring a safe, organized workspace that enables scientific progress. You will partner with scientists, facilities, and EHS to optimize operations, inventory, and equipment management.

The role focuses on coordinating maintenance, safety compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives within a fast-paced biotech environment, supporting domestic and international shipments and site coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related scientific discipline with 5+ years of industry experience, or Master's with 2+ years.
• Experience supporting lab operations, lab management, or related technical functions.
• Experience managing lab equipment, inventory, purchasing, and workflows.
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for the tLNP laboratories, ensuring safety and readiness.
• Serve as primary contact for facilities, infrastructure, and operational issues.
• Manage purchasing, inventory, supplies, and freezer storage for material availability.
• Coordinate equipment installation, qualification, calibration, and maintenance.
• Partner with EHS to support safety compliance and training.
• Maintain lab procedures, records, and metrics for regulatory readiness.
• Drive lab organization and continuous improvement using 5S and visual management.
• Coordinate shipments of laboratory materials domestically and internationally.
• Support onboarding and site coordination for employees.
• Build partnerships across scientific, operational, facilities, and support teams.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Biology/Pharma

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Lab IT systems

Equipment maintenance tools

Job description

ICompany Description

About AbbVie

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

Job Description

The Targeted Lipid Nanoparticle (tLNP) Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Team (TCT) is part of Biologics CMC Development Sciences within Research & Development. The team supports the development of next-generation mRNA and targeted lipid nanoparticle therapeutics through process development, formulation development, analytical characterization, and manufacturing support.

The Lab Manager will serve as the operational lead for the tLNP laboratories, ensuring a safe, efficient, and well-organized lab environment that enables scientific productivity and program execution. This role will partner closely with scientists, engineers, facilities and EHS to support lab operations, equipment management, inventory control, safety, and site coordination activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations for the tLNP laboratories, ensuring the space is safe, organized, and ready to support scientific work.
• Serve as the primary contact for facility, infrastructure, and operational issues, coordinating with Facilities and other support teams through resolution.
• Manage purchasing, inventory, supplies, shared resources, sample tracking, and freezer storage to maintain material availability and organization.
• Coordinate equipment installation, qualification, calibration, preventive maintenance, repairs, and service contracts throughout the equipment lifecycle.
• Partner with EHS to support laboratory safety compliance, inspections, training, incident follow-up, and corrective actions.
• Maintain lab procedures, operational records, and metrics to support consistent practices and regulatory readiness.
• Drive lab organization and continuous improvement using 5S, visual management, and other operational best practices.
• Coordinate domestic and international shipments of laboratory materials, biological samples, and research supplies in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Support employee onboarding, laboratory access, required training, and day-to-day site coordination.
• Build strong partnerships across scientific, operational, facilities, EHS, and support teams to enable program execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related scientific discipline with 5+ years of industry experience, or Master's Degree or equivalent education with 2+ years of industry experience.
• Experience supporting lab operations, lab management, scientific research, manufacturing support, or related technical functions.
• Experience managing lab equipment, inventory systems, purchasing processes, and operational workflows.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work across diverse technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biologics, nucleic acid, or lipid nanoparticle development programs.
• Knowledge of lab safety practices and EHS requirements.
• Experience with lab asset management, calibration, maintenance, and equipment lifecycle management.
• Working knowledge of laboratory IT systems and infrastructure, including software applications, data management tools, and associated scientific instrumentation.
• Familiarity with Lean, 5S, visual management, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience coordinating shipments of biological, pharmaceutical, or research materials.
• Demonstrated ability to independently identify and solve operational challenges.

Additional Information

• 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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