AbbVie

Associate General Counsel

AbbVie$150K — $200K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
  • Active license to practice law in job location
  • Minimum of 10+ years of legal experience
  • Expertise in complex legal matters related to commercial and regulatory priorities
  • Experience advising executive-level stakeholders
  • Strong business acumen with a balance of legal risk and enterprise outcomes

Responsibilities

  • Serve as lead counsel to executive and senior leaders in aesthetics
  • Provide legal advice across various departments on compliance and regulatory issues
  • Lead cross-functional legal projects aligned to strategic priorities
  • Anticipate and navigate legal risks across business models and operations
  • Mentor and coach multiple attorneys for talent development
  • Influence strategic direction by translating legal shifts into actionable guidance
  • Oversee outside counsel engagements and manage budgets for legal matters

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan for eligible employees
  • Eligibility for long-term incentive programs
Full Job Description
The role of Associate General Counsel, Global Commercial Legal, Aesthetics is responsible for developing legal strategy for AbbVie's U.S. aesthetics products, including neurotoxins (BOTOX®) and dermal fillers (JUVÉDERM®). The role requires leading with influence and legal depth at the intersection of strategy and execution. As an Associate General Counsel, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, guiding high-impact decisions across complex operational and commercial environments. This role combines legal mastery, leadership, and enterprise thinking, empowering you to shape business outcomes, mentor legal talent, and drive initiatives that safeguard the company while enabling innovation. Key Responsibilities Include: • Serve as lead counsel to executive and senior leaders in AbbVie's aesthetics business unit, providing legal advice that drives both compliance and growth. Legal advice will be given on topics such as new product launches, patient programs, marketing strategies, promotion, customer contracting, scientific exchange and regulatory submissions. • Provide substantive advice across departments including Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs and others concerning a broad range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues. These include FDA regulations, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, OIG guidance, the PhRMA & AdvaMed Codes, the Sunshine Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and competition law. • Lead cross-functional legal projects aligned to enterprise strategic priorities. • Anticipate and navigate legal risks across business models, operations, and stakeholder relationships. • Mentor, coach and direct multiple attorneys; contribute to talent development and succession planning to shape leadership pipeline. • Influence strategic direction by translating legal, regulatory and industry shifts into actionable guidance. • Oversee outside counsel engagements, manage and develop budgets for assigned legal matters. • Serve as a thought partner within the Legal function, helping to shape legal frameworks, policies and priorities. Qualifications Required • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school. • Active license to practice law in job location. • Minimum of 10+ years of legal experience. Preferred: • Demonstrated expertise in complex legal matters tied to commercial, regulatory & operational priorities. • Experience advising executive-level stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives. • Strong business acumen and ability to balance legal risk with enterprise outcomes. • Experience managing or mentoring legal teams; leadership in matrixed environments. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a simple, understandable manner with colleagues across the company. • Strong organization and time management skills with flexibility, creativity, resourcefulness to successfully prioritize and manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously. 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 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.

About AbbVie

AbbVie develops pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They provide products and services to therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and gastroenterology.

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Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
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