Associate General Counsel, Legal Strategy

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

As Associate General Counsel, Legal Strategy, you will play a pivotal role in developing comprehensive legal strategies to shape policy and advance company priorities. Leveraging your understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare policy, you will collaborate with internal subject matter experts and external partners to drive creative solutions to complex legal challenges.

Key Responsibilities 

• Proactively lead the development of strategies and initiatives to successfully navigate pharmaceutical supply chain, regulatory, and access reform in the US today and in the future.
• Partner with functions across AbbVie to develop and evaluate new strategies designed to support AbbVie’s objectives and goals in complex areas requiring strong cross-functional partnership and external environment shaping.   
• Determine prioritization, timeline and resourcing needs for strategic initaitives and gain internal alignment. 
• Drive cross-functional team execution and progress.
• Develop lines of communication with internal subject matter experts and key business counterparts to inform strategic initiatives and help build cohesive AbbVie strategies.

• Law degree from an ABA accredited law school and in good standing with the state bar of the jurisdiction in which your office will be located (or ability to gain licensure in the state in which your office will be located).
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience practicing as a member of a law firm or in-house with a focus on pharmaceutical industry.
• Significant industry experience, preferably within a pharmaceutical company, health insurer, with a deep understanding of the US healthcare sector and attendant laws and regulations.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, leadership, and influence skills. Comfortable presenting complicated information accurately and concisely to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated success in solving complex and dynamic problems with an interest in helping to proactively shape the external environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing high-visibility, high-impact projects with a strategic and collaborative approach.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment while handling multiple priorities.
• Adept at coordinating and facilitating cross-functional efforts and gaining alignment from internal and external stakeholders with a demonstrated ability to work effectively in matrixed environments.

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 thetime 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 short-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 anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand 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. 

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