Pros
AbbVie's Study Management Associate ("SMA") position is similar to what many other companies call a Clinical Trial Associate. A team is made of some Study Management 2 and Study Management 3 employees, who all report equally to a Project Manager. The duties for organizing and running the clinical studies are divided among the SMAs by the project manager according to their interests and the study needs. The vendors (outside companies who are paid to handle study duties such as patient x-rays, labs, etc) are divided among the SMAs. They have a lot of software systems to organize the clinical research studies, so the SMAs help with the clinical study software. The clinical research sites are divided among all the SMA2s and SMA3s, and it is the SMA's duty to keep track of the status of their sites and patients. AbbVie company is separated and silo'd, so the clinical study documents and trial design are done by different departments, and the SMA group also acts somewhat as a central communication hub to gather the clinical study information from other departments. The office atmosphere is nice, and they are also somewhat flexible about work from home.
Cons
some competition among team mates
