Manager, Compliance

ABBVIE; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie, based in North Chicago, IL, seeks an Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) Strategic Execution and Initiatives Manager to connect program effectiveness with cross-functional priorities. You will define and drive strategic projects, engage stakeholders, and translate strategy into actionable initiatives to advance the OEC program.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and analytical skills, with experience in risk assessment and project management, in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• BA/BS required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with, or exposure to, business functions such as compliance, legal, audit, finance, and regulatory affairs, including exposure to compliance program strategy, risk assessment, or program effectiveness concepts.
• Builds strong relationships with colleagues, peers and cross functional partners outside of team to enable higher performance and to serve as a trusted, credible sounding board across OEC.
• Leadership, strategic thinking, organization, analytic, project management and team-building skills.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of initiative and sound judgment, learn quickly, identify essential issues, and change course when needed.
• Highly organized, with excellent oral and written communication skills, technical skills, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Attention to proofreading and editing skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Change agile and the ability to adjust strategy based on the evolving business.
• An inquisitive, open-minded approach and the ability to guide without bias toward solutions that support an efficient and effective compliance program.
• Strong ability to synthesize information across OEC functions, connect program details to OEC strategy and priorities, determine what should be communicated for different objectives and audiences, and translate that judgment into effective deliverables.
• Working knowledge of Compliance Program Effectiveness elements and how they translate into OEC priorities and candidate strategic projects.
• Comfort operating in a Chief of Staff-type capacity focused on strategic and program judgment, including building the relationships and meeting presence needed to stay informed of OEC priorities and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Defining and executing on a progressive strategy to advance AbbVie’s OEC program, including managing a current, cross-functional view of OEC priorities, decisions, and risk signals, attending and contributing to critical OEC meetings, application of industry trends and data analyses, and uses that perspective to identify, propose, and lead select strategic projects per year that advance the OEC program.
• Understands the elements of Compliance Program Effectiveness and how they inform OEC priorities, using that understanding to help translate OEC strategy into actionable initiatives and to flag candidate strategic projects for leadership consideration.
• Partners effectively with all levels of key OEC stakeholders to assess support needs related to OEC initiatives, provide support, advocate for escalation, and support continued momentum using available communication channels, where prioritized.
• Creates, manages and executes project plans as well as develops related project materials (e.g., presentations, draft deliverables, implementation plans, etc.) for prioritized projects, necessary to execute on our OEC operational excellence framework and key strategic projects, revising, as appropriate, to meet changing needs.
• Conducts compliance risk assessments, trend analyses and provides recommendations for compliant and best practice business activities, including supporting the operationalization of OEC's risk assessment process.
• Identifies, delivers and presents on OEC-related risks and issues to management with proactive recommendations on addressing and mitigating the issues -- coordinating change management activities needed to embed project outcomes and motivating action at all levels, successfully encourages and leads teams to a specified goal.
• Supports innovation and drives efficiencies and consistency in our approach to OEC risk, analytics and operational excellence.
• Manages OEC development initiatives, such as coordination mentoring programs, equitable distribution of conference opportunities, and tracking of colleague accomplishments/awards.
• Supports the drafting, coordination, and finalization of critical compliance reporting materials, including GCIF and Board-facing materials.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Organization

Analytic

Project management

Team-building

Education

BA/BS

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Compensation: USD 109,500 - USD 208,500 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose

The Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC) Strategic Execution and Initiatives Manager helps OEC leadership understand and effectuate global OEC strategy by connecting Compliance Program Effectiveness elements, risk-based priorities, and cross-functional activity into a coherent, actionable point of view. Acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to OEC leadership – centered on substantive strategic and program judgment – this role stays closely connected to OEC's priorities, decisions, and emerging risks in order to identify, shape, and drive strategic projects per year that advance the OEC program. The responsibilities that support this work, including project management, stakeholder engagement, and operational support across OEC, are set out below.

Responsibilities

• Defining and executing on a progressive strategy to advance AbbVie’s OEC program, including managing a current, cross-functional view of OEC priorities, decisions, and risk signals, attending and contributing to critical OEC meetings, application of industry trends and data analyses, and uses that perspective to identify, propose, and lead select strategic projects per year that advance the OEC program.
• Understands the elements of Compliance Program Effectiveness and how they inform OEC priorities, using that understanding to help translate OEC strategy into actionable initiatives and to flag candidate strategic projects for leadership consideration.
• Partners effectively with all levels of key OEC stakeholders to assess support needs related to OEC initiatives, provide support, advocate for escalation, and support continued momentum using available communication channels, where prioritized. Identifies overlapping responsibilities, supporting the integration of risk assessment results into project plans where applicable.
• Creates, manages and executes project plans as well as develops related project materials (e.g., presentations, draft deliverables, implementation plans, etc.) for prioritized projects, necessary to execute on our OEC operational excellence framework and key strategic projects, revising, as appropriate, to meet changing needs.
• Conducts compliance risk assessments, trend analyses and provides recommendations for compliant and best practice business activities, including supporting the operationalization of OEC's risk assessment process.
• Identifies, delivers and presents on OEC-related risks and issues to management with proactive recommendations on addressing and mitigating the issues -- coordinating change management activities needed to embed project outcomes and motivating action at all levels, successfully encourages and leads teams to a specified goal.
• Supports innovation and drives efficiencies and consistency in our approach to OEC risk, analytics and operational excellence.
• Manages OEC development initiatives, such as coordination mentoring programs, equitable distribution of conference opportunities, and tracking of colleague accomplishments/awards.
• Supports the drafting, coordination, and finalization of critical compliance reporting materials, including GCIF and Board-facing materials.

Qualifications

• BA/BS required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with, or exposure to, business functions such as compliance, legal, audit, finance, and regulatory affairs, including exposure to compliance program strategy, risk assessment, or program effectiveness concepts.
• Builds strong relationships with colleagues, peers and cross functional partners outside of team to enable higher performance and to serve as a trusted, credible sounding board across OEC.
• Leadership, strategic thinking, organization, analytic, project management and team-building skills.
• Ability to work independently with a high level of initiative and sound judgment, learn quickly, identify essential issues, and change course when needed.
• Highly organized, with excellent oral and written communication skills, technical skills, and Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Attention to proofreading and editing skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Change agile and the ability to adjust strategy based on the evolving business.
• An inquisitive, open-minded approach and the ability to guide without bias toward solutions that support an efficient and effective compliance program.
• Strong ability to synthesize information across OEC functions, connect program details to OEC strategy and priorities, determine what should be communicated for different objectives and audiences, and translate that judgment into effective deliverables.
• Working knowledge of Compliance Program Effectiveness elements and how they translate into OEC priorities and candidate strategic projects.
• Comfort operating in a Chief of Staff-type capacity focused on strategic and program judgment, including building the relationships and meeting presence needed to stay informed of OEC priorities and decisions.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.