2025 R&D Operations (RDO) Graduate Internship: Clinical Trial Operations (CTO) and Portfolio Program Management (PPM)

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. 

R&D Operations Internship Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie interns.

The R&D Operations (RDO) Graduate Internship offers interns the opportunity to gain insight into the development and execution of clinical trials and business critical projects in asset management. It provides a comprehensive view of the teams and activities that support these trials and projects through strategic oversight, project management, and analytical capabilities, enhancing the planning, execution, and reporting processes. Through this internship, students gain first-hand experience with different functional areas and roles across the organization, further enhancing their opportunity for professional growth and development.

Examples of potential project work:

• Assisting with strategic initiatives and study start-up activities, including assessing digital health technologies.
• Providing project management support, timeline tracking, and cross-functional collaboration in various sub-specialties such as Business Insights, Clinical Site Management, and Data & Statistical Sciences.
• Developing tools and automating data tracking for Study Management Associates, along with conducting operational analytics and performance data analysis.
• Collaborating on strategic initiatives, change management, Lean Six Sigma process creation and improvement projects, capability building and overall project management support across the Planner Group, Deliverable Team Group, Performance Analytics and Operations and Strategic Priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Master’s, PharmD, or PhD in a STEM discipline, Business, Analytics, Nursing, Health Sciences, or related degree.
• Expected graduation date between December 2025 and June 2026
• Proven track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, and integrity
• Excellent communication, leadership, project management, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Experience with Microsoft Excel or other database tools is a plus

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay
• Relocation support for eligible students
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time
• Participation in planned development and networking activities
• Lean Six Sigma training and certification

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 based on 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.

Interested in learning more about our Clinical Trials? Please visit our Clinical Trial Homepage.

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.

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.

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