Strategic Leadership Program

Role Summary

The Strategy Leadership Program (SLP) recruits and develops highly motivated, high-performing individuals via an apprenticeship model to become future leaders within the Corporate Business & Strategy Office (CBSO) or the broader AbbVie enterprise. Participants rotate through roughly four CBSO functions to gain high-profile, high-impact development experiences, with rotations based on business needs and the candidate's interests and background.

Responsibilities

• Support deal teams during active diligence and negotiations
• Support ongoing partnerships
• Work alongside CBSO colleagues on strategic projects and/or corporate planning processes
• Participate in external engagement activities (e.g., partnering discussions), industry conferences and relevant trainings
• Participate in presentations and discussions with AbbVie senior leadership
• Perform primary research to characterize industry trends, develop strategy, and/or identify investment opportunities
• Review investment opportunities for scientific, commercial, and financial viability
• Leading due diligence activities
• Developing deal structure, risk mitigation and negotiation strategies for a target opportunity
• Facilitating strategic partnership interactions (e.g., collaboration kick-off, on-going governance, termination/wind-down)
• Supporting AbbVie’s long-range planning process

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or have completed an advanced degree (MBA, PhD, MD, PharmD) with particular emphasis in life sciences
• Preferred: 3-5 years of experience in life sciences and/or biopharma (Corporate, Consulting, VC and/or Investment Banking)
• Demonstrated interest in corporate development (e.g., decision analytics, transactions, strategic partnerships) through course work or prior professional experience
• High learning agility and initiative
• Strong leadership and project management skills including oral and written communication, problem solving, diplomacy, conflict resolution and risk management skills
• Highly collaborative and effective at engaging with internal/external partners across a range of disciplines to move cross-functional priorities forward
• Demonstrated ability to make logical and timely decisions
• This role is a hybrid opportunity requiring three (3) days onsite in the respective AbbVie office location