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Program Development Manager roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a related field. Employers initiate the PERM labor certification with the DOL before filing an I-140 petition, putting you on a path to permanent U.S. residency rather than a temporary status.
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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
The Clinical Operations Program Director is responsible to connect science and operations to bring clinical studies to life through the execution of one or more clinical research programs. The Clinical Operations Program Director serves as a strategic advocate for pipeline assets and provides operational reality to our scientific experiments via scientific expertise, strategic thinking, a global mindset and innovative solutions to address risks and challenges. The Clinical Operations Program Director also serves as an inspiring people leader responsible for developing a pipeline of talent for the Development Operations organization.
Responsibilities
- Integral member of the Pipeline Commercialization Model’s Integrated Evidence Strategy Team and a strategic partner for the Asset Strategy Team and Development Review Committee whose remit is to maximize the value of our assets and portfolio for patients and AbbVie.
- In alignment with the asset’s strategy and incorporating the science and the operations, develops the clinical operational strategy and is responsible for the execution of clinical studies/programs (e.g., generation of operational timelines, enrollment options, assessment of availability of the patient population, balancing complexity of trial designs vs speed).
- Responsible for the programmatic evaluation of risks and mitigations to achieving the asset strategy. Identifies strategic options for the Asset Strategy Team to evaluate in the face of competing priorities, interests or unanticipated challenges.
- Interacts with and influences all levels of management and cross-functional team members to achieve program objectives: primary scope of influence is within Development Operations, cross-functional colleagues who support clinical trial execution and the Development and Global Medical Affairs Therapeutic Area MDs/SDs.
- Key contributor to the portfolio planning process including responsibility for the development of the costs, resource projections and timelines for the clinical development programs under consideration.
- Reviews and provides clinical operations content to clinical and regulatory documents (e.g., INDs, IB, NDAs, BLAs, MAA, Regulatory Briefing Books).
- Responsible for overall external budget management across their portfolio (programs can be 20-200 million dollars).
- Leads large scoped, cross-functional innovation and process improvement initiatives with significant business impacts and ensures effective change management across the cross-functional areas that support clinical program execution.
- Responsible for developing, managing, mentoring clinical operations (direct and indirect) staff to enable growth into leadership roles, including strategic leadership and direct supervision of 4 – 15 study manager(s) and up to 30 indirect staff, career development of clinical operations staff and creating an inclusive, innovative and learning environment where staff and studies/programs will succeed.
- Responsible for executing clinical programs in compliance with quality standards (ICH/GCP, Global Regulations, and AbbVie policies and procedures).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required, typically in nursing or scientific field. An Associate’s degree/R.N. or equivalent with relevant experience is acceptable.
- Must have 12+ years of Pharma-related/clinical research related experience (and/or applicable work experience).
- 10 years (and/or applicable work experience) in clinical research demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through setting and driving study strategy and leading a global team in the management and completion of multiple clinical studies.
- Experience in risk management, decision-making, strategic execution is critical to project and program success and ensuring pipeline decisions can be made on sound data.
- Possesses good communication skills.
- Demonstration of successful coaching, mentoring, and people management (remote management experience preferred).
- Considered a subject matter expert in the application of standard business procedures (International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), Global Regulations, Ethics and Compliance).
- Integral participation in initiatives or advancement of strategies for clinical operations.
- Experience in successful study initiation through study completion, primary data analysis, and/or in multiple phases of studies (Phase l-3, 4).
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 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 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 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.
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
Company 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 Clinical Operations Program Director is responsible to connect science and operations to bring clinical studies to life through the execution of one or more clinical research programs. The Clinical Operations Program Director serves as a strategic advocate for pipeline assets and provides operational reality to our scientific experiments via scientific expertise, strategic thinking, a global mindset and innovative solutions to address risks and challenges. The Clinical Operations Program Director also serves as an inspiring people leader responsible for developing a pipeline of talent for the Development Operations organization.
Responsibilities
- Integral member of the Pipeline Commercialization Model’s Integrated Evidence Strategy Team and a strategic partner for the Asset Strategy Team and Development Review Committee whose remit is to maximize the value of our assets and portfolio for patients and AbbVie.
- In alignment with the asset’s strategy and incorporating the science and the operations, develops the clinical operational strategy and is responsible for the execution of clinical studies/programs (e.g., generation of operational timelines, enrollment options, assessment of availability of the patient population, balancing complexity of trial designs vs speed).
- Responsible for the programmatic evaluation of risks and mitigations to achieving the asset strategy. Identifies strategic options for the Asset Strategy Team to evaluate in the face of competing priorities, interests or unanticipated challenges.
- Interacts with and influences all levels of management and cross-functional team members to achieve program objectives: primary scope of influence is within Development Operations, cross-functional colleagues who support clinical trial execution and the Development and Global Medical Affairs Therapeutic Area MDs/SDs.
- Key contributor to the portfolio planning process including responsibility for the development of the costs, resource projections and timelines for the clinical development programs under consideration.
- Reviews and provides clinical operations content to clinical and regulatory documents (e.g., INDs, IB, NDAs, BLAs, MAA, Regulatory Briefing Books).
- Responsible for overall external budget management across their portfolio (programs can be 20-200 million dollars).
- Leads large scoped, cross-functional innovation and process improvement initiatives with significant business impacts and ensures effective change management across the cross-functional areas that support clinical program execution.
- Responsible for developing, managing, mentoring clinical operations (direct and indirect) staff to enable growth into leadership roles, including strategic leadership and direct supervision of 4 – 15 study manager(s) and up to 30 indirect staff, career development of clinical operations staff and creating an inclusive, innovative and learning environment where staff and studies/programs will succeed.
- Responsible for executing clinical programs in compliance with quality standards (ICH/GCP, Global Regulations, and AbbVie policies and procedures).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required, typically in nursing or scientific field. An Associate’s degree/R.N. or equivalent with relevant experience is acceptable.
- Must have 12+ years of Pharma-related/clinical research related experience (and/or applicable work experience).
- 10 years (and/or applicable work experience) in clinical research demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through setting and driving study strategy and leading a global team in the management and completion of multiple clinical studies.
- Experience in risk management, decision-making, strategic execution is critical to project and program success and ensuring pipeline decisions can be made on sound data.
- Possesses good communication skills.
- Demonstration of successful coaching, mentoring, and people management (remote management experience preferred).
- Considered a subject matter expert in the application of standard business procedures (International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), Global Regulations, Ethics and Compliance).
- Integral participation in initiatives or advancement of strategies for clinical operations.
- Experience in successful study initiation through study completion, primary data analysis, and/or in multiple phases of studies (Phase l-3, 4).
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 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 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 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.
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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Program Development Manager
Document your degree field precisely
PERM requires your degree to directly relate to the Program Development Manager role. If your degree is in a broad field like business administration, gather transcripts and a credential evaluation that maps your coursework to program planning and organizational management functions.
Target employers already running PERM campaigns
Nonprofits, healthcare systems, universities, and government contractors regularly sponsor Program Development Managers through PERM. These organizations have established HR processes for labor certification, which shortens your path from offer letter to filed petition significantly.
Search sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate lets you filter Program Development Manager openings by employers with active green card sponsorship history, so you spend time applying to roles where sponsorship is already part of the hiring process rather than negotiating it from scratch.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility with your offer
If the job requires a master's degree or you hold one, your employer can file under EB-2, which often carries shorter wait times for many nationalities. Make sure the actual job duties listed in your offer letter match whichever category your employer intends to file under.
Confirm prevailing wage compliance before signing
DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for your location and role before PERM certification is granted. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for Program Development Manager in your metro area and verify your offered salary meets that threshold.
Understand how PERM recruitment affects your start date
Before filing PERM, DOL requires employers to run a formal recruitment campaign lasting at least 30 days and document that no qualified U.S. workers applied. This mandatory period means your green card process typically starts months after your employment begins, not at the offer stage.
Green Card Program Development Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Program Development Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Program Development Manager positions qualify under EB-3 as a professional role requiring at least a bachelor's degree. If the specific position requires a master's degree or your employer can demonstrate the role warrants an advanced-degree candidate, EB-2 classification is possible. The distinction matters because EB-2 often has shorter wait times for applicants from countries outside the heavily backlogged categories.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa tied to a six-year maximum stay with annual lottery uncertainty. PERM-based green card sponsorship is a permanent immigration pathway with no annual visa cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. The PERM process involves DOL labor certification followed by an I-140 petition and, once a visa number is available, adjustment of status or consular processing to obtain lawful permanent residency.
How long does the PERM process take for a Program Development Manager?
DOL's mandatory recruitment period runs at least 30 to 60 days before the employer can file the PERM application. DOL processing currently averages six to eighteen months depending on whether the case is audited. After PERM certification, USCIS adjudicates the I-140 petition, and visa availability depends on your country of birth. The full process from job offer to green card approval commonly takes two to four years.
What credentials should I prepare before applying for sponsored Program Development Manager roles?
Gather academic transcripts showing a degree in a field related to program management, organizational development, or a cognate discipline. If your degree is from outside the U.S., obtain a credential evaluation from a recognized evaluator confirming U.S. equivalency. Strong documentation of progressive program management experience and measurable outcomes also supports the employer's case during PERM recruitment and I-140 adjudication.
Where can I find Program Development Manager jobs with green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search Program Development Manager openings filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. This saves time by surfacing roles where PERM sponsorship is already part of the employer's hiring process. Sectors with the highest concentration of these sponsored roles include nonprofits, health systems, higher education institutions, and workforce development organizations, all of which regularly file PERM applications for program management staff.