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AbbVie Legal Resources & Culture Manager in North Chicago, Illinois
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 (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .
Job Description
The role of the Legal Resources & Culture Manager at AbbVie entails supporting Culture, technology and business process initiatives within the Legal organization. Reporting to the Director of Legal and OEC EEDI Strategy, this position involves managing and executing complex projects, including large-scale congresses and events, while fostering strong relationships with Legal and Compliance. Key responsibilities include planning and executing training meetings, providing expertise in using technology tools like Zoom and Teams, and creating effective presentations and communications. The Manager will develop tactics for updating the Legal Portal, EEDI Central, managing content on SharePoint, and overseeing legal communications, such as drafting messages for the Legal organization and managing the EEDI Communications Team. The role also supports legal CLE & pro bono projects, and acts as a project manager for the EEDI Year in Review, requiring setting timelines and organizing meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
EEDI Project Manager
Drive content management (e.g., collection, design & review) for the monthly EEDI Newsletter.
Lead EEDI Communication team to ensure all volunteers are engaged and activated to provide support to EEDI newsletter, website management, and content review
Creative innovation in use of video and other media formats to engage colleagues and inspire excitement around EEDI programs.
Support EEDI Programs Lead in managing EEDI Projects with timelines, capturing project priorities and deliverables, and supporting with process of end of year reports
Support EEDI data collection to ensure reports are prepared for Sr. Leaders on a quarterly basis – skills with charts and final presentation essential
Support with Elevate program communications and logistical tactics
Legal Resources
Assist with the planning and execution of training series meetings.
Provide expertise in using Zoom, Teams, and setting up conference room video equipment.
Create and deliver effective presentations.
Edit videos and share them via SharePoint with the Legal Organization.
Oversee the onboarding of new employees, contractors and interns and assign tasks to the appropriate admin/onboarding specialist.
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and resource for Legal department admins for new hire onboarding.
Legal & EEDI Technology Tools
Develop strategies and project plans for updating the Legal client and Legal Employee portal,
Oversee user permissions for Legal Portal subsite owners.
Create documentation for site maintenance.
Organize and manage content on Legal SharePoint sites.
Provide content updates for EEDI Central, Connections, and CLE site pages.
Ensure the EEDI Central and LAB websites are updated monthly, and the content is relevant to all EEDI-related activities
Miscellaneous
Assist with communication coordination for the Legal organization, including VP’s messages and Pro bono
Collaborate on Pro Bono projects for hosting events that provide CLE credit
Manage and publish department CLE and Pro Bono events via email.
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or a related field required.
At least 5 years’ experience in Organizational Management.
Requires excellent relationship management and communication skills as well as seasoned judgment, tact and the ability to work effectively with personnel at varying levels within the organization.
Excellent communicator, strong interpersonal skills, and effective in leading process improvement initiatives.
Ability to develop and maintain positive interpersonal working relationships.
Good conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
Self-motivated.
Related experience in budgeting and financial management is a plus.
Strong organizational skills with a focus on details
Ability to manage and lead teams.
Experience/Training Required:
Experience with SharePoint and Web Design tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft programs, including Teams, OneNote, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Canva required; Video editing as strongly preferred.
Excellent interpersonal skills to develop relationships at all levels.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Adaptability to changing business priorities.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work with minimal supervision.
Strong problem-solving and project management skills.
Additional Information
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 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
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.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because 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, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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Salary: $103,500 - $197,000