Company Description

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.

Job Description

This role will be located in Lake County, Illinois.

The Director of Strategic Partnerships, EEDI is responsible for developing, leading, and overseeing strategies that cultivate and manage external partnerships, reinforcing AbbVie’s commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment both internally and externally. Contributions in this role will drive innovation and inclusion, aligning with AbbVie's core mission to make possibilities real for patients.

This position is essential for establishing AbbVie as best in class in demonstrating the powerful effects of Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion on organizational and team culture, customer engagement, and community relations. Additionally, it plays a pivotal role in advancing human capital strategies within AbbVie's ESG roadmap.

The impact of this role will ensure that AbbVie continues to thrive as a leader in diversity and inclusion, promoting progress and opportunities across the organization and its connected communities.

Strategic Partnership Development:Develop and execute EEDI partnership strategies that align with AbbVie's mission, Business, and HR, strategic objectives.Assess the current landscape of external EEDI partners and strategies, including Conferences, Submissions/Awards, Academic partners such as HBCUs and HSIs, ERGs, Functional, and Enterprise initiatives, to determine approaches that maximize value and outcomes.Identify, evaluate, and build relationships with potential new partners, including Talent/Culture/EEDI organizations, advocacy and community groups, professional organizations, and academic institutions, to advance EEDI efforts.Leadership in EEDI Partnership Program Execution and Governance:Oversee the planning, development, and execution of EEDI initiatives and programs, leveraging partnerships for optimal impact.Integrate partnership activities into broader AbbVie EEDI programs to ensure synergy and alignment with corporate goals.Establish a governance model that advances programs and strategies, while maintaining consistency in approach and oversight.Team Leadership and Development:Manage the current team while developing future roles and responsibilities in alignment with strategy and desired impact.Collaborative Relationship Building:Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key partners to drive EEDI initiatives across AbbVie, including Talent, Culture, ESG, Philanthropy, and ERGs.Serve as an AbbVie ambassador in external EEDI collaborations, ensuring mutual benefits and shared goals.Advocacy, Communication, and Engagement:Increase awareness of EEDI partnerships and initiatives within AbbVie and among external partners.Develop and implement communication strategies to highlight the impact and successes of EEDI partnerships both internally and externally.Engage internal communities to maximize activation and engagement with strategic partners.Impact Assessment and Continuous Improvement:Establish metrics to evaluate the success and impact of EEDI partnership initiatives.Report partnership outcomes and progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders.Budget Management:Develop and manage the budget for EEDI strategic partnerships, ensuring the effective and efficient allocation of resources. This includes the approach for funding between HR and Business budget allocations.
Qualifications
4 years+ of experience in diversity, equity and inclusion.6 years+ HR / legal / compliance experience, including managing sensitive data.Broad multi-stakeholder experience.Strong business acumen with the ability to weave External partnerships into company objectives, including making a business case for systemic investments.Demonstrated ability to develop a partnership framework that connects to an organization’s mission and business strategy, and approaches problems from a perspective of growth and scalability.Experience working in mid-to-large global and matrix organizations in a complex work environment.Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.Proven track record of leading and implementing large-scale programs and projects.High organization and detail orientation with a successful track record of executing initiatives from start to finish.Ability to influence people without direct authority to achieve solutions.Effectively uses data to tell a story or create a narrative for change.Strong written and verbal communication skills plus interpersonal and presentation skills to drive results.Manages equitably and inclusively for all AbbVie employees regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability status and more.Acts with authority in decision-making situations and takes on decision-making roles amidst uncertainty when necessary.Harnesses the collective problem-solving powers of diverse, matrixed teams to achieve AbbVie organizational goals.
Additional Information

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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 short-term incentive programs. ​

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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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. ​

 

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