Strategic Leadership Program

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.

Job Description

The Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO) works closely with senior leaders and functions across AbbVie to drive mission-critical initiatives and pursue external innovation opportunities that will make a real difference for patients, while positioning AbbVie for sustained top-tier growth.   The group consists of integrated teams focused on corporate strategy, partnership management, search & evaluation of external innovation opportunities, business development & acquisitions, and transformation initiatives.  

The primary goal of the Strategy Leadership Program (SLP) is to recruit and develop highly motivated, high-performing individuals via an apprenticeship model, to become future leaders within CBSO or the broader enterprise.

To achieve this objective, the program provides high profile and high impact development experiences by rotating SLP participants through typically four of its functions.  Rotations are based on business needs as well as the interests and background of each SLP candidate.    

As part of CBSO’s commitment to experiential learning, participants in the program will:

• Support deal teams during active diligence and negotiations
• Support ongoing partnerships
• Work alongside CBSO colleagues on strategic projects and/or corporate planning processes
• Participate in external engagement activities (e.g., partnering discussions), industry conferences and relevant trainings  
• Participate in presentations and discussions with AbbVie senior leadership  

Example projects may include:

• Performing primary research to characterize industry trends, develop strategy, and/or identify investment opport