Devops Manager Jobs in Illinois
Devops Manager jobs in Illinois are active across the state's tech, financial services, healthcare IT, and enterprise software sectors, with openings at every level from senior engineer promotions stepping into management through seasoned directors overseeing multi-cloud environments. Chicago accounts for the bulk of hiring, with additional concentration in Naperville and Schaumburg, where major employers including Allstate, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Discover Financial maintain large technology teams. The most in-demand specialties in Illinois listings are Kubernetes and container orchestration leadership, CI/CD pipeline ownership, and cloud governance across AWS and Azure. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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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
Purpose
The Product Development Director (PDD) will be a member of the Operations Strategy & Pipeline Leadership (OSPL) team within the Product Development, Science & Technology (PDS&T) organization. Reporting to one of the Therapeutic Area Leads, the PDD will be responsible for pipeline programs from a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) perspective. They will lead the Product Presentation and Device Strategy Team (PPDST) and build the CMC development strategy for the late-stage assets, aligning with the clinical and regulatory development strategy from the Asset Strategy Team (AST). The programs can span modalities and presentations. Modalities can include small molecules, biologics (protein, gene therapy, toxin etc.) and antibody drug conjugates. Product presentations can include oral dose, parenteral and devices (therapeutics and aesthetic).
The PDD is accountable for creating a CMC development plan in collaboration with line functions and ensures strategic alignment with the enterprise functions (Clinical, Regulatory and Commercial) cross-functionally at the AST. The PDD is the spokesperson for CMC-related aspects at asset-level governances and represents the assets within Operations to ensure support of late-stage development activities and readiness for launch. They are responsible for communicating development and regulatory risks and seeking feedback from CMC leadership.
Responsibilities
- Represents all CMC areas on the AST serving as spokesperson for the CMC project team and ensures information flow among the AST and all line functions. Ensures high quality science, technology, deliverables, and collaborates to ensure compliance with global regulatory and quality requirements. Participates in interactions with Regulatory and Health Authorities.
- Critically evaluates and integrates drug substance, drug product, and device inputs to CMC team strategies and plans that align with corporate business objectives. Decision-making will often require assessment and integration of physical chemical properties, formulation science, engineering, analytical, and device technical information in conjunction with the project strategy, with full consideration of current regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Manages multiple projects and contributes to project prioritization. Negotiates for additional resources when required, influences project timelines to ensure proper completion of required activities. Implements creative approaches to conserve resources, and achieve efficiency with respect to time, and budget. Provides feedback to CMC management on resource and talent opportunities.
- Reviews contracts with external partners and consultants. Develops a budget in collaboration with AST and obtains resources from functional areas. Accountable for the success and overall CMC quality of a given project. Ensures timely execution of project plan to deliver high quality with respect to science, technology, compliance and cost effectiveness.
- Represents AbbVie on high profile partnerships and collaborations with other pharma/biotech companies and at the Joint Development Committee level driving decisions for the development programs.
- Promotes scientific and entrepreneurial thinking, encourage creativity and manage quality and results with respect to science, time, budget and resources.
- Ensures compliance with regulatory, health, safety and environmental requirements. Stay abreast of developments in global technical, regulatory and compliance arena and industry practice.
- Apprises CMC Management of plans and risks through regular communications and periodic reviews throughout development and in support of global filings, approvals and launches.
- Ensures high level of morale in the CMC team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with at least 18 years of experience in CMC functions required; Master’s Degree with at least 16 years of relevant CMC experience required; or PhD with at least 10 years of relevant CMC experience required to effectively manage global teams and all CMC activities with respect to science, technology, quality, regulatory/compliance requirements, budget and resources.
- Multiple product development experiences of leading a CMC team through regulatory submissions (NDA/BLA/PMA/510K preferred).
- Must possess good scientific writing skills and good verbal skills.
- Must have a good working knowledge of regulatory requirements and familiarity with relevant CMC development approaches. (Device regulatory requirements preferred.)
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences and the drug/device development process.
- Must have CMC interdisciplinary experience and expertise.
- Possess negotiating, influencing and leadership skills. Creative in implementing entrepreneurial thinking and capable of making smart business decisions.
Additional Information
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 thisposting 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 long-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 anduntil 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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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
Purpose
The Product Development Director (PDD) will be a member of the Operations Strategy & Pipeline Leadership (OSPL) team within the Product Development, Science & Technology (PDS&T) organization. Reporting to one of the Therapeutic Area Leads, the PDD will be responsible for pipeline programs from a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) perspective. They will lead the Product Presentation and Device Strategy Team (PPDST) and build the CMC development strategy for the late-stage assets, aligning with the clinical and regulatory development strategy from the Asset Strategy Team (AST). The programs can span modalities and presentations. Modalities can include small molecules, biologics (protein, gene therapy, toxin etc.) and antibody drug conjugates. Product presentations can include oral dose, parenteral and devices (therapeutics and aesthetic).
The PDD is accountable for creating a CMC development plan in collaboration with line functions and ensures strategic alignment with the enterprise functions (Clinical, Regulatory and Commercial) cross-functionally at the AST. The PDD is the spokesperson for CMC-related aspects at asset-level governances and represents the assets within Operations to ensure support of late-stage development activities and readiness for launch. They are responsible for communicating development and regulatory risks and seeking feedback from CMC leadership.
Responsibilities
- Represents all CMC areas on the AST serving as spokesperson for the CMC project team and ensures information flow among the AST and all line functions. Ensures high quality science, technology, deliverables, and collaborates to ensure compliance with global regulatory and quality requirements. Participates in interactions with Regulatory and Health Authorities.
- Critically evaluates and integrates drug substance, drug product, and device inputs to CMC team strategies and plans that align with corporate business objectives. Decision-making will often require assessment and integration of physical chemical properties, formulation science, engineering, analytical, and device technical information in conjunction with the project strategy, with full consideration of current regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Manages multiple projects and contributes to project prioritization. Negotiates for additional resources when required, influences project timelines to ensure proper completion of required activities. Implements creative approaches to conserve resources, and achieve efficiency with respect to time, and budget. Provides feedback to CMC management on resource and talent opportunities.
- Reviews contracts with external partners and consultants. Develops a budget in collaboration with AST and obtains resources from functional areas. Accountable for the success and overall CMC quality of a given project. Ensures timely execution of project plan to deliver high quality with respect to science, technology, compliance and cost effectiveness.
- Represents AbbVie on high profile partnerships and collaborations with other pharma/biotech companies and at the Joint Development Committee level driving decisions for the development programs.
- Promotes scientific and entrepreneurial thinking, encourage creativity and manage quality and results with respect to science, time, budget and resources.
- Ensures compliance with regulatory, health, safety and environmental requirements. Stay abreast of developments in global technical, regulatory and compliance arena and industry practice.
- Apprises CMC Management of plans and risks through regular communications and periodic reviews throughout development and in support of global filings, approvals and launches.
- Ensures high level of morale in the CMC team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with at least 18 years of experience in CMC functions required; Master’s Degree with at least 16 years of relevant CMC experience required; or PhD with at least 10 years of relevant CMC experience required to effectively manage global teams and all CMC activities with respect to science, technology, quality, regulatory/compliance requirements, budget and resources.
- Multiple product development experiences of leading a CMC team through regulatory submissions (NDA/BLA/PMA/510K preferred).
- Must possess good scientific writing skills and good verbal skills.
- Must have a good working knowledge of regulatory requirements and familiarity with relevant CMC development approaches. (Device regulatory requirements preferred.)
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences and the drug/device development process.
- Must have CMC interdisciplinary experience and expertise.
- Possess negotiating, influencing and leadership skills. Creative in implementing entrepreneurial thinking and capable of making smart business decisions.
Additional Information
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 thisposting 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 long-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 anduntil 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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in devops manager jobs across Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field required
- Five or more years of devops or site reliability engineering experience including people management
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration at enterprise scale
- Demonstrated ownership of CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud in regulated industries
- Strong cross-functional communication skills coordinating between engineering, security, and business stakeholders
Devops Manager Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a devops manager in Illinois?
Becoming a devops manager in Illinois follows a technical-to-leadership path rather than a state licensing process, since the role carries no Illinois-specific license or registration. Most Illinois employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field combined with several years of hands-on devops or infrastructure engineering work. From there, candidates typically move into team-lead roles within Illinois's large enterprise tech and financial services employers before stepping into full management. Industry certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or ITIL strengthen a profile considerably in the Illinois market.
How much do devops managers make in Illinois?
Devops managers in Illinois earn a median of about $140,240 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $82,230 for the lowest 10% to over $235,260 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire devops managers in Illinois?
Employers hiring devops managers in Illinois right now include AbbVie, Braze, and Suveto, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Illinois's concentration of large financial services headquarters, healthcare systems, and enterprise technology firms means demand for devops managers with regulated-industry cloud and compliance experience is particularly consistent.
Which Illinois cities have the most devops manager jobs?
Chicago, North Chicago, and Northbrook have the most devops manager openings in Illinois. Chicago dominates because it is home to the headquarters of major financial institutions, healthcare networks, and technology consulting firms that run large engineering organizations, while Naperville and Schaumburg attract openings from the insurance, retail technology, and enterprise software companies that anchor the I-88 corridor west of the city.
Are there remote devops manager jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields. Devops manager work is highly compatible with remote arrangements given that infrastructure management, pipeline oversight, and team coordination happen almost entirely through digital tools. About 73% of devops manager openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broad employer acceptance of distributed engineering leadership. The parts of the role most consistently offered remotely are cloud infrastructure oversight and CI/CD governance, while roles requiring hands-on datacenter coordination tend to stay hybrid or on-site.
How can I get hired as a devops manager in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a devops manager role from a senior individual-contributor position such as site reliability engineer, cloud engineer, or systems architect at a large Illinois employer. Companies like Allstate, Discover Financial, and Northwestern Memorial Health have structured associate and senior engineer tracks that regularly promote technically strong engineers into first-line management. Building a portfolio that demonstrates CI/CD pipeline ownership, Kubernetes administration, and incident response leadership compensates for limited formal management history. An AWS or Certified Kubernetes Administrator credential signals readiness for the management transition to Illinois hiring teams.
Where can I find and apply to devops manager jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to devops manager jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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