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2026 Operations Extern

Mettawa, IL, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Aug 2025

About the role

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

The AbbVie EXCEL Externship Overview

The AbbVie EXCEL Externship is a two-day immersive experience for 2nd year, undergrad (sophomore) students interested in future internships with AbbVie. Students will join us at AbbVie's Headquarters in Lake County, IL during August 2026 to:

Get immersed in AbbVie’s culture
Gain hands-on experience in a variety of key business areas
Build an extended network of AbbVie representatives, senior leaders, and students from across the country
Participate in cross-functional professional development opportunities
Learn more about AbbVie’s career opportunities
Be considered for an internship for the following summer

The AbbVie EXCEL Externship in Operations serves as a key talent pipeline for our Operations Development Program Internship. Externship participants are strongly considered for Internship opportunities within Operations for the following year. Successful interns will be considered for the full-time Operations Development Program upon graduation.

AbbVie’s worldwide business offers you an opportunity for a variety of potential work experiences as both an intern and full-time development program member that are aligned to a variety of operations functional areas, including those listed below. Interns are placed in assignments based on business needs and skill set.