Manager, Enterprise Learning & Development

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a hands-on leader to create and scale enterprise development experiences, strengthening leadership, workforce capability, and performance. The role blends strategy with execution, driving pilots through to adoption and impact.

Responsibilities include enterprise capability building, cross-functional leadership, content development, and ongoing improvement. This position emphasizes collaboration, digital fluency, and strong stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with leadership in large initiatives.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication, including editing.
• Expertise in project management and instructional design.
• Proficiency with Adobe Suite, MS Office, Publisher, WebEx and OneDrive.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct experience in related roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide development initiatives aligning with priorities.
• Identify capability needs and design scalable development solutions.
• Coordinate across Learning & Development and partners.
• Develop content for virtual and in-person experiences.
• Ensure programs are measured for impact and adoption.
• Plan projects, manage timelines, and oversee quality.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Instructional design

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Leadership in large-scale initiatives

Strong editing and communication

Project Management expertise

Adobe Suite / MS Office

WebEx / OneDrive experience

Instructional design skills

5+ years direct experience

Tools

Adobe Suite

MS Office Suite

Publisher

WebEx

OneDrive

Job description

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:

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.

Qualifications

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

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.

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