Associate General Counsel. Legal Strategy

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

13h

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

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.