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Job Title: Senior Counsel, Global Commercial Legal - Immunology
Company Name: AbbVie
Location: Mettawa, IL
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 02/20/2026
Expire Date: 03/22/2026
Job Categories: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Finance/Economics, Information Technology, Legal, Sales, Science, Quality Control
Job Description
Senior Counsel, Global Commercial Legal - Immunology

Company Description

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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.


Job Description

The role of Senior Counsel, Global Commercial Legal is responsible for developing legal strategy for AbbVies Immunology medicines. As a Senior Counsel at AbbVie, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams to shape decisions that bring great possibilities to patients ethically and effectively. This role builds on your foundational legal experience, enabling you to navigate regulatory complexity, assess risk, and influence business outcomes, all while developing leadership capabilities for long-term career growth. A successful candidate will be motivated by the opportunity to address and solve emerging issues with a strategic and creative business-oriented approach and provide expert counsel on decisions impacting our commercial strategies.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Serve as a key legal advisor to cross-functional teams within AbbVies Immunology business unit, providing proactive counsel on commercial, regulatory, or operational issues. Legal advice will be given on topics such as new product/indication launches, patient support models, marketing strategies, promotion, scientific exchange, regulatory submissions and managed healthcare contracting strategies.
  • Provide substantive advice across departments including Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs and others concerning a broad range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues. These include FDA regulations, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, OIG guidance, the PhRMA Code, the Sunshine Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and competition law.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to manage risk, resolve disputes, and influence outcomes.
  • Exhibit knowledge and advise on government-related policy initiatives (e.g., IRA, 340b, PBM reform).
  • Influence strategic direction by translating legal, regulatory, and industry shifts into actionable guidance.
  • Help select and direct work of outside counsel, define project objectives and manage the project.
  • This position reports to a Sr. Associate General Counsel, Global Commercial Legal.


Qualifications

Required

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
  • Currently be admitted to the bar in at least one U.S. state and meet the professional licensing requirements of the state in which you practice.
  • Minimum of 4+ years of relevant experience practicing in-house at a pharmaceutical company, practicing as a member of a nationally recognized law firm in a life sciences or healthcare practice, or practicing as an attorney for a government agency, or any combination of the above.

Preferred:

  • Background in advising the biopharma, healthcare, or life sciences industry.
  • Knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical laws and regulations impacting drug registration and promotion to help business clients assess issues in a highly regulated landscape.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to balance legal risk with enterprise outcomes.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate legal complexity into business clarity.
  • Experience handling complex matters with a degree of autonomy and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Strong organization and time management skills with flexibility, creativity, resourcefulness to successfully prioritize and manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.

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, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in 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 to participate in our short-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 employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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Company Name: AbbVie
Website:https://careers.abbvie.com/en/job/senior-counsel-global-commercial-legal-immunology-in-mettawa-il-jid-24939?_atxsrc=HBCUConnect&utm_source=HBCUConnect
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