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Manufacturing, Engineering and Contracting (ME&C) Strategy Director & Chief of Staff

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Nov 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 XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

As part of the Manufacturing, Engineering & Contracting (ME&C) team within Global Operations, the ME&C Strategy Director & Chief of Staff will directly support the Senior Vice President of ME&C and act as a driver for organizational development, execution of strategic initiatives, design and implementation of processes and process improvements, and support for ME&C leadership team for special projects.  

In addition, the ME&C Strategy Director & Chief of Staff will work closely with partner cross functionality with the leadership teams in Quality, Product Development Science & Technology (PDS&T), Transformation, Supply Chain, Procurement and Global Security, in support of projects that execute against AbbVie’s strategic priorities, to meet our enterprise goals.  

In this role, you will:

  • Provide support to the Senior Vice President, ME&C, to help achieve enterprise goals for ME&C
  • Lead cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives supporting achievement of key enterprise priorities
  • Lead and support planning processes (Strategy, Financial Planning, organizational development, business processes) 
  • Provide dedicated support when large or complex assessments or diligence processes are active, by acting as a bridge and integrator across functions 
  • Lead developing materials for the Senior VP, ME&C to enable executive leadership decision-making on strategic goals 
  • Lead developing materials for the Senior VP, ME&C for internal and external communication purposes in partnership with communications team
  • Provide support to ME&C leads for ongoing projects, processes and deliver

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