About AbbVie
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Job DescriptionYou are an excellent organizer and have outstanding social skills and persuasive ability? Then this key role as a Clinical Research Associate is exactly right for you!
As a research-based biopharmaceutical company, AbbVie is one of the most successful companies in the industry internationally and a top employer in Austria. We are currently looking for active support for the Clinical Research Team at our Vienna location. Motivated and experienced CRAs are very welcome in this great team!
Clinical Research Associate (m/f/d)
Realize your interests in a fulfilling career and actively change patients’ lives for the better!
Your responsibilities:
- Supporting and maintaining continuous communication with study sites in the implementation of global clinical trials.
- Site management and monitoring activities, such as on-site and remote site initiations, monitoring and close-out visits for clinical trials in Phases I–IV, independent management of sites, and training of study physicians and site staff before site activation, as well as during the study.
- Preparing and updating study-related documents, as well as supporting, training, and motivating site personnel; revising patient informed consent forms.
- Study start-up activities, such as country and site feasibility in coordination with the medical department, support in site selection, obtaining all relevant study documents, preparing submissions in CTIS, and creating, submitting, and tracking applications to national authorities and ethics committees.
- Compliance: ensuring adherence to all internal and external requirements, as well as ICH-GCP guidelines, legal regulations, study protocols, and SOPs.
- Support administrative tasks such as updating study management systems, documenting visits and protocol deviations during the study, or submissions in CTIS.
Your experience and skills:
- Degree in natural sciences or health sciences, or comparable relevant training.
- Experience in the clinical research field.
- Strong organizational skills, an open personality, and the ability to motivate others.
- High degree of flexibility, teamwork, communication skills, and assertiveness.
- Enjoyment of traveling (average 5 days/month).
- Proficiency in English and German.
- Very good MS Office skills.
As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. The job advertisement is aimed equally at all people, regardless of age, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin. For legal reasons, we are obliged to point out that the minimum salary for this position under the collective agreement is € 2,879.00 gross per month. However, our attractive salary packages are based on current market salaries and are therefore significantly higher than the stated minimum salary.
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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Skills Required
- Degree in natural sciences or health sciences, or comparable relevant training
- Experience in the clinical research field
- Strong organizational skills
- Open personality and ability to motivate others
- Flexibility, teamwork, communication skills, and assertiveness
- Willingness to travel approximately five days per month
- Proficiency in English and German
- Very good Microsoft Office skills
AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.
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What We Do
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.
