Senior Counsel, Enterprise Functions

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago seeks a Senior Counsel to support the Enterprise Procurement Legal function, partnering with Business Technology Services, HR/Employee Benefits, Professional Services and Meetings & Events to provide practical legal advice and timely solutions.

You will prepare, review, and negotiate Master Services Agreements, software licenses, cloud and SaaS, data licensing, AI vendor agreements, HR/benefit agreements, and meetings/events agreements, while overseeing outside counsel.

Qualifications

• JD degree and state bar certification required.
• 5+ years of corporate or general transactional law experience; 8+ years preferred.
• Healthcare/pharma background beneficial.
• Strong drafting, negotiating, and client communication skills.
• Understanding of data privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and IP is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements for Procurement and related business functions.
• Manage paralegal, external counsel, and contract attorney activity.
• Provide counsel to Procurement and relevant business teams, including BTS, HR/Benefits, Professional Services and Meetings & Events.
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues and drive timely outcomes.
• Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals.

Skills

Corporate law

Transactional negotiations

Legal counseling

Stakeholder management

Data privacy knowledge

Education

JD degree

State bar certification

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

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

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.

Responsible for managing and providing legal support and counsel on a variety of business transactions and supplier issues, including management of dispute resolution.

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

• Takes ownership of matters and projects.
• Identifies legal issues for assigned matters and resolves those matters in a timely and practical manner.
• Assists other attorneys and stakeholders in resolving legal issues on cross-functional projects.
• Develops knowledge of AbbVie’s business and client concerns.
• Keeps abreast of changes in the law.
• Represents AbbVie externally to customers, suppliers, and competitors.
• Resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal expertise.
• Helps select and direct work of outside counsel.
• Manages and mentors less experienced attorneys and paralegals.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must possess JD degree and state bar certification.
• 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.
• An understanding of legal issues related to data privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property are beneficial.
• 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: 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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