Corporate Business & Strategy Office - Strategy Leadership Program

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com .

Job Description

The Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO) works closely with senior leaders and functions across AbbVie to drive mission-critical initiatives and pursue external innovation opportunities that will make a real difference for patients, while positioning AbbVie for sustained top-tier growth. The group consists of integrated teams focused on corporate strategy, partnership management, search & evaluation of external innovation opportunities, business development & acquisitions, and transformation initiatives.

The primary goal of the Strategy Leadership Program (SLP) is to recruit and develop highly motivated, high-performing individuals via an apprenticeship model, to become future leaders within CBSO or the broader enterprise.

To achieve this objective, the program provides high profile and high impact development experiences by rotating SLP participants through typically four of its functions. Rotations are based on business needs as well as the interests and background of each SLP candidate.

As part of CBSO’s commitment to experiential learning, participants in the program will:

• Support deal teams during active diligence and negotiations
• Support ongoing partnerships
• Work alongside CBSO colleagues on strategic projects and/or corporate planning processes
• Participate in external engagement activities (e.g., partnering discussions), industry conferences and relevant trainings
• Participate in presentations and discussions with AbbVie senior leadership

Example projects may include:

• Performing primary research to characterize industry trends, develop strategy, and/or identify investment opportunities
• Reviewing investment opportunities for scientific, commercial, and financial viability
• Leading due diligence activities
• Developing deal structure, risk mitigation and negotiation strategies for a target opportunity
• Facilitating strategic partnership interactions (e.g., collaboration kick-off, on-going governance, termination/wind-down)
• Supporting AbbVie’s long-range planning process

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing or have completed an advanced degree (MBA, PhD, MD, PharmD) with particular emphasis in life sciences
• 3-5 years of experience in life sciences and/or biopharma (Corporate, Consulting, VC and/or Investment Banking) preferred
• Demonstrated interest in corporate development (e.g., decision analytics, transactions, strategic partnerships) through course work or prior professional experience
• High learning agility and initiative
• Strong leadership and project management skills including oral and written communication, problem solving, diplomacy, conflict resolution and risk management skills
• Highly collaborative and effective at engaging with internal/external partners across a range of disciplines to move cross-functional priorities forward
• Demonstrated ability to make logical and timely decisions

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.