2026 Strategic Management Office Intern (MBA)

Role Summary

2026 Strategic Management Office Intern (MBA) at AbbVie. This internship offers the opportunity to help shape the strategic narrative, drive value through insights, and elevate how a high performing Strategic Management Office (SMO) tells its story and scales its impact. You will work at the intersection of Supply Chain strategy and advanced technologies to inform smarter decision making and enable new ways of working, influencing how the business scales innovation and digital capabilities across Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Analyze enterprise and operational datasets to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities across Supply Chain, leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and interconnected data.
• Identify and translate unique business health indicators into actionable, executive-ready insights through visual storytelling and data-driven storytelling
• Develop strategic materials (e.g., dashboards, value cases, presentations) that clearly articulate the ‚Äúso what‚Äù behind performance trends, cross-functional challenges, or innovation opportunities.
• Partner directly with the Head of the SMO to shape and deliver high-impact strategic outputs related to analytics, digital enablement, and innovation pilots ‚Äì including early initiatives from the Innovation Hub
• Support the development of a cohesive ‚ÄúState of the SMO‚Äù storyline, showcasing how digital investments, AI integration, are creating measurable enterprise value

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications
  • Currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program
  • Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
  • Expected graduation date between December 2026 ‚Äì June 2027
  • 3+ years of prior work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, analytics, or transformation-related roles
  • Strong proficiency in PowerPoint, and executive communication ‚Äì able to distill complexity into concise, visually compelling narratives
  • Comfortable working independently and with senior stakeholders on ambiguous, fast-moving initiatives
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Exposure to coursework or project work in operations strategy, supply chain digital transformation, or innovation management
  • Hands-on experience with data visualization or business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel)
  • Familiarity with concepts in AI/ML, data modeling, or knowledge graphs / ontology, even at conceptual level
  • Strong story telling instincts: capable of synthesizing insights into a ‚Äúso what‚Äù for cross-functional and executive audiences
  • Demonstrates curiosity and ability to thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy environments

Skills

• Data analysis
• Executive communication
• Dashboards and visualization
• Strategic storytelling
• AI/ML concepts familiarity
• Stakeholder engagement

Education

• MBA program enrollment (full-time)