AbbVie Posted May 21, 2026

Specialist, Manufacturing QA

Sligo, SO Full-time
Quality

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About this opportunity

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

In AbbVie Ballytivnan, we are recruiting for a QA Manufacturing Compliance Specialist to join our team. This position will report into the Quality Operations Lead and support the Quality Assurance team. The QA Manufacturing Specialist is responsible for documenting and establishing a quality system which ensures full compliance with all regulatory and AbbVie requirements.

The QA Manufacturing Compliance Specialist will have responsibility to assess and report on the effectiveness of the quality system to senior management. This role requires shift work.

What you will do:

Ensure that all products leaving AbbVie Biologics Ballytivnan meet the standards required for marketed and investigational drug products.

Ensure that products and aseptic process simulations manufactured at AbbVie Biologics Ballytivnan meet the requirements of the end users, regulatory authorities and of the company.

Provide quality and compliance oversight and assistance to the Operations function of the company to manufacture products in compliance with all site policies and procedures.

Provide quality oversight during the aseptic processing of products, including aseptic intervention observation.

Lead / Assist in investigations arising out of product or manufacturing processes non-compliance.

Review/Audit of completed Batch Records.

Review of Manufacturing Logs as required.

Completion of quality review of operations documentation (SOPs, JSTMs, Risk Assessments)

Completion of Line Clearance activities.

Completion of Incoming Raw Material checks, including product status maintenance (as required).

Provide Stability Program Support, e.g. sample pulls, weekly checks, protocol generation (as required).

Finished product status maintenance, including labelling as required.

Administration of Quality Logs, e.g. QA Hold, Sample Request.

Lead operations floor daily walk around of manufacturing areas.

Drive continuous improvements and simplify site processes and procedure, specifically relating to the Operations function to ensure compliance is always maintained.

Other support as deemed necessary.

Qualifications

What you will need:

A third level qualification in a science, quality or engineering discipline

Minimum 3 years’ Experience in a similar role in a Pharmaceutical or Sterile Manufacturing environment (Biologics desirable)

A strong knowledge of regulatory requirements is required.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong attention to detail

Additional Information

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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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Sligo, SO
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 644 comparable Quality roles across 85 biopharma companies.

644Comparable roles tracked
597Currently active
85Companies hiring similar roles
45Countries represented

Salary context

110 of 644 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Technician - QC Laboratory · Lilly $13/hr – $29/hr (≈ $26,998–$60,507/yr)
Highest disclosed · Executive Director, QA Microbiology · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $203,000/yr – $399,400/yr
Peer group range $43,753 – $301,200 (median $159,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 644 comparable roles

United States213
Ireland48
India45
China39
Singapore36
France29

+ 39 more countries

Seniority mix

309 of 644 peers have a known seniority level

Manager116
Senior97
Associate Director26
Director24
Associate23
Principal14
Senior Director7
Executive/VP1
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 644 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
40%
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.