Manager, Enterprise Learning & Development

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a hands-on senior leader to design and scale enterprise-wide development experiences that strengthen leadership effectiveness and workforce capability. This role blends strategic thinking with practical execution to drive adoption and business impact across AbbVie.

Responsibilities span content development, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement to ensure program success and measurable outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 5+ years direct experience in development/learning roles
• Proven leadership in large-scale initiatives with enterprise impact
• Excellent verbal and written communication, editing and collaboration skills
• Expertise in project management and instructional design principles
• Proficiency with collaboration and content tools (Adobe, Office, WebEx) and virtual delivery platforms

Responsibilities

• ENTERPRISE CAPABILITY BUILDING: Identify emerging workforce capability needs and translate into practical development solutions.
• LEADERSHIP: Lead enterprise-wide development initiatives across Learning & Development and partners.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND FUTURE READINESS: Scan trends, identify opportunities, and champion new approaches.
• DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE DESIGN: Drive initiatives from concept to implementation with hands-on execution.
• CONTENT: Create content for virtual, in-person, and digital experiences; apply adult learning principles.
• QUALITY AND IMPACT: Ensure experiences are relevant, effective, and measurable.
• PROJECT PLANNING: Lead plans and execution from design through evaluation.
• COMMUNICATION: Deliver clear updates and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT: Manage external learning providers and contracts.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Instructional design

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

MS Office Suite

WebEx

OneDrive

Job 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.

Purpose

Lead the creation, activation, and evolution of enterprise-wide development experiences that strengthen leadership effectiveness, workforce capability, career growth, and organizational performance. This role serves as a builder, innovator, and change agent who brings a strong technology and artificial intelligence mindset to reimagining how development happens across AbbVie.

Combining creativity, experimentation, business acumen, and digital fluency, this individual will identify new opportunities, challenge traditional approaches, and design scalable solutions that accelerate workforce readiness and business performance.

This is a hands-on leadership role that requires both strategic thinking and direct execution. Success will come from balancing vision with action, building new solutions where none exist today, and personally driving work from concept through implementation and adoption.

Responsibilities

• ENTERPRISE CAPABILITY BUILDING: Identify emerging workforce capability needs and translate them into practical development solutions that help the organization prepare for future business challenges, evolving roles, and changing market demands.


• LEADERSHIP: Lead enterprise-wide development initiatives that support organizational priorities, workforce capability needs, leadership effectiveness, and employee growth. Coordinate efforts across Learning & Development and cross-functional partners to align around a common enterprise approach.


• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND FUTURE READINESS: Continuously scan internal and external trends, identify opportunities for innovation, and champion new approaches that improve development effectiveness, increase adoption, and strengthen organizational capability. Actively build what does not yet exist rather than simply maintaining existing solutions.


• DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE DESIGN: Personally drive key initiatives from concept to implementation, maintaining a strong balance between strategic leadership and hands‑on execution. Develop solutions, create content, facilitate working sessions, manage pilots, build stakeholder alignment, and translate ideas into tangible business outcomes. Operate with a "roll up your sleeves" mindset while helping establish the future direction of enterprise development.


• CONTENT: Develop content for virtual, in-person, and digital experiences, including learning resources, implementation materials, communications, and performance support tools. Apply adult learning principles and consult with subject matter experts and stakeholders to address capability needs.


• QUALITY AND IMPACT: Ensure development experiences are relevant, effective, aligned with business priorities, and grounded in clear measures of success. Evaluate outcomes and continuously improve solutions based on feedback and performance data.


• PROJECT PLANNING: Lead project plans and execution activities from design through evaluation. Coordinate resources, suppliers, communications, timelines, and implementation activities to achieve expected outcomes and maintain quality standards.


• COMMUNICATION: Prepare and deliver clear, concise, and influential communications, updates, recommendations, and presentations for stakeholders and leadership audiences. Communicate project status, outcomes, and strategic recommendations effectively across all levels of the organization.


• SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT: Manage external learning providers, facilitators, content partners, and consultants. Oversee contracts, statements of work, budgets, invoices, and performance to ensure quality delivery and strong return on investment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree


• Highly likeable and a superb collaborator and team player who can influence without authority at all levels


• Proven leadership in large-scale initiatives


• Superior verbal and written communication skills including editing are essential


• Expertise in Project Management


• Proficiency in tools like Adobe Suite, MS Office Suite, Publisher and other software as required


• Expert level skills in WebEx and other virtual meeting software, OneDrive or similar shared drive technologies


• Proven Instructional Design skills


• Minimum of 5 year’s of direct experience


• 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.

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.

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