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 DescriptionAbbVie’s Business Evolution Strategic Development (BESD) team is an enterprise team responsible for developing and driving forward-looking strategic plans that will ensure AbbVie’s readiness for, and ability to successfully navigate, potential changes in the healthcare environment such as Most Favored Nations (MFN) pricing controls and Prescription Benefit Manager (PBM).
The Project Manager, BESD role provides business-critical operational support for cross-functional initiatives related to addressing external disruptions. Facilitates the execution on business priorities and strategies and enables strategic decision making by: project managing key milestones, governance, synthesizing key insights, meeting preparation, workshop planning, and contributing to the development of high-impact leadership presentations. Serve a critical role in supporting stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment, risk mitigation, clear communication, and timely execution of key deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with core teams and key stakeholders to align priorities, goals, deliverables
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable execution plans
- Navigate complex ways of working by synthesizing direction from multiple leaders to ensure alignment across BESD and cross-functional stakeholders
- Support key workstreams; develop and maintain trackers, decision logs, follow-ups and execution plans
- Synthesize key insights from meeting discussions, determine and drive next steps/deliverables, ownership and timing
- Coordinate across workstream leads to ensure alignment, resolve issues, and advance work
- Identify, anticipate, and mitigate risks, gaps, and dependencies impacting delivery
- Support leadership meetings, including master calendar, preparation sessions, content/design development, deck reviews, and pre-reads
- Plan, facilitate, and execute workshops, meetings, and events; capture clear next steps and responsible parties
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, reports, presentations, and meeting materials that support strategic decision-making
- Support sprints, pilots, and ongoing operational activities
- Maintain decision logs and document outcomes to support scalability and future planning
- Identify, track, and submit financial documentation, including budget requests, statements of work, and purchase orders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, or related field
- 7+ years of project management experience; experience with project managing pharma (preferred), PBM, and/or commercial initiatives
- Demonstrated success organizational and project coordination skills; attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise in developing polished presentations and materials
- Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of project management and governance principles
- Analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills; self-motivated
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
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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 thisposting 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 long-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 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 anduntil 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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, or a related field
- 7+ years of project management experience
- Experience managing pharmaceutical, PBM, and/or commercial initiatives
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise developing polished presentations and materials
- Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of project management and governance principles
- Analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
- Self-motivated work style
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.
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What We Do
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.
