Senior Manager Specimen Bank

Abbott; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 129,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Free medical coverage in HIP PPO plan

High employer retirement contribution

Tuition reimbursement and FreeU degree

Great place to work recognition

Job summary

Abbott Park, IL is seeking a Senior Manager Specimen Bank to lead the internal biospecimen collection across U.S. sites.

You will drive expansion of the IRB-approved collection, oversee site leads, and ensure regulatory compliance while aligning with research and product development goals. You will manage biobank teams, coordinate procurement and cataloguing, and collaborate with vendors to optimize cost and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences and minimum 2 years of management experience.
• 10 years in biobanking, clinical research, or specimen management within IVD, laboratory, or clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Manages biobank teams; assists with hiring, coaching, training, and motivating personnel.
• Oversees Internal Specimen Collection Program adherence as Principal Investigator - ensuring all internal collection studies comply with regulations, including Informed Consent.
• Oversees specimen procurement, receipt, processing and cataloguing of samples, ensuring adherence to IRB limitations, data privacy, and validated inventory systems.
• Oversight of sample storage conditions for biobanking, including temperature control, equipment maintenance, and inventory management.
• Functions as point person for identifying and collaborating with new vendors and research partners in contract development and negotiation.

Skills

Biobank management

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences

Tools

Validated inventory systems

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Manager Specimen Bank Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

The Opportunity Senior Manager Specimen Bank

Location: AP20: Abbott Park, Illinois The Senior Manager Specimen Bank serves as the Principal Investigator and leads daily operations for the internal biospecimen collection across U.S. sites. In this role, you will drive strategic expansion of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved internal collection to include additional sites and broader participant pools, aiming to reduce biospecimen costs and support research, clinical studies, and product development. This role oversees site leads, providing leadership and technical expertise in biobanking practices, ensuring regulatory compliance, and aligning operations with strategic research objectives including product submissions.

What You'll Do

• Manages biobank teams; assists with hiring, coaching, training, and motivating personnel to meet departmental needs
• Oversees Internal Specimen Collection Program adherence as Principal Investigator - ensuring all internal collection studies comply with regulations, including Informed Consent
• Oversees specimen procurement, receipt, processing and cataloguing of samples, ensuring adherence to IRB limitations, data privacy, and validated inventory systems
• Oversight of sample storage conditions for biobanking, including temperature control, equipment maintenance, and inventory management
• Functions as point person for identifying and collaborating with new vendors and research partners in contract development and negotiation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences
• Minimum 2 years of Management experience
• Minimum 10 years: Biobanking, clinical research, or specimen management within IVD industry, a laboratory, or clinical environment

Job Details

• Job Family: Medical & Scientific Affairs
• Division: CRLB Core Lab
• Location: United States > Abbott Park : AP20
• Work Shift: Standard
• Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
• Medical Surveillance: Not Applicable

Significant Work Activities

• Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
• Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
• Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

The base pay for this position is $129,300.00 - $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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