AbbVie

Senior Counsel, Enterprise Functions

AbbVie • $150K — $180K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • JD degree and state bar certification required.
  • 5+ years of experience in corporate or transactional law, preferably in pharmaceutical/healthcare.
  • Proven track record in negotiating complex commercial agreements.
  • Familiarity with data privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and intellectual property is advantageous.
  • Strong legal, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements across various sectors.
  • Manage and provide legal support for diverse business transactions and supplier issues.
  • Oversee the activity of paralegals, external counsel, and contract attorneys.
  • Identify and resolve legal issues efficiently and practically.
  • Represent AbbVie externally to stakeholders, including customers and suppliers.
  • Keep current on legal changes relevant to the business.
  • Mentor and manage less experienced legal staff.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
  • 401(k) plan participation for eligible employees.
  • Eligibility for long-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
This Senior Counsel will become a key partner to support our growing legal needs within AbbVie's Enterprise Procurement Legal function. The Senior Counsel will join a team of experienced attorneys and paralegals and will provide valuable legal support to various teams within AbbVie's Business and Procurement functions, including Business Technology Services (BTS), HR/Employee Benefits, Professional Services and Consulting, and Meetings and Events. In this role, the Senior Counsel will be expected to interact regularly and effectively with internal and external business stakeholders. They must be creative, strategic, and innovative while handling a high volume of matters and be focused on bringing those matters to a timely conclusion. Primary Job Function: 3 Responsible for preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements and providing counsel to the various teams within Procurement and relevant Business functions, including Master Services Agreements, consulting agreements, software licensing, cloud and SaaS agreements, technology services agreements, data licensing agreements, AI vendor agreements, HR/benefit agreements, and agreements governing meetings/events. 3 Responsible for managing and providing legal support and counsel on a variety of business transactions and supplier issues, including management of dispute resolution. 3 Responsible for effectively managing paralegal, external counsel, and contract attorney activity. Core Job Responsibilities: Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate Policies and procedures. The Senior Counsel independently: 3 Takes ownership of matters and projects. 3 Identifies legal issues for assigned matters and resolves those matters in a timely and practical manner. 3 Assists other attorneys and stakeholders in resolving legal issues on cross-functional projects. 3 Develops knowledge of AbbVie's business and client concerns. 3 Keeps abreast of changes in the law. 3 Represents AbbVie externally to customers, suppliers, and competitors. 3 Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise. 3 Helps select and direct work of outside counsel. 3 Manages and mentors less experienced attorneys and paralegals. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: 3 Candidates must possess JD degree and state bar certification. 3 Minimum 5+ years of experience (8+ years preferred) in corporate or general transactional law or litigation with a pharmaceutical and/or healthcare background, and with a record of demonstrated success in negotiating complex commercial agreements and counseling clients on a wide range of commercial business issues. 3 An understanding of legal issues related to data privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property are beneficial. 3 The successful candidate will have strong legal, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, innovation, risk assessment, drafting, negotiating, and client communication skills. Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 3 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. 3 We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. 3 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.

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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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