AbbVie Visa Sponsorship USA
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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
The Director, Consumer & HCP Web is a member of the Digital Lab team responsible for leading the vision, strategy and roadmap to advance capability and project delivery across all US Consumer, Patient and HCP Commercial websites.
The Director leads a team consisting of Web Product Specialists, Project & Enterprise Initiative Leads, and Content Operations Leads who deliver work aligned with both enterprise and franchise objectives. This team manages platform and brand web initiatives—including migrations, website updates, and campaigns—by coordinating efforts across cross-functional teams, technology groups, and agency partners. The team serves as web subject matter experts, advocates, and website contacts for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring projects and updates on AbbVie’s Digital Marketing Platform are effectively operationalized. Ultimately, the Director ensures the successful tactical execution of each brand owner’s website roadmap and priorities.
This leadership role is responsible for managing the tactical execution of the website delivery roadmap across all stages of the project lifecycle. The goal is to enhance brand website performance and engagement and strengthen the web’s role within the omni-channel ecosystem. The role ensures strategic alignment and flawless execution of web initiatives to achieve outstanding results. Additional responsibilities include driving operational efficiency and innovation, providing training and support to end users, and implementing initiatives that significantly accelerate web project delivery timelines. The role also oversees the adoption and activation of improved processes, including leading changes in resource allocation and responsibilities to optimize outcomes.
As a member of the AbbVie Digital Lab supporting our brand franchises, the Web Director is responsible for supporting multiple stakeholders and coordinating the team’s performance with a large matrixed organization of stakeholders including Marketing, IT, AORs & Agency partners, Operations and Analytics stakeholders.
This role will provide leadership and support for prospect, HCP and patient marketing initiatives leading:
- Web Platform product strategy and direction - leading platform governance, including platform operating models and resource models.
- Web / Digital subject matter expertise and continuously improving a best-in-class operating model with fast, efficient project velocity from start to finish
- Cross functional coordination and alignment with other channel stakeholders and stakeholder partners
- Change management and communications coordination for innovation, transformation and efficiency improvements and strategic projects rollout
- Responsible for delivering clearly articulated process and operating models that define internal and external resource support models, inclusive of authoring and front-end development efforts with focus on quality, speed and cost.
- Close coordination with stakeholders in driving forward change and improvements
- Adobe expertise – identifying and working collaboratively on where teams can improve utilization of key Adobe tools.
- Delivering common frameworks and best in class solutions that are enterprise approved and usable across teams that drive faster adoption, faster project timelines.
- Lead forward looking visioning as to key capabilities needed within HCP and Consumer teams to drive forward key goals relative to brand imperatives.
- Drive forward experiential improvements in the web experience, such as deeper connected solutions across channels – ie email to web or social to web.
- Harness and establish an enterprise SEO solution for the enterprise to use that leverages consistent best practices and resources for efficiency
Major Responsibilities:
- Define and support platform product strategy and direction. Develop and maintain long-term product direction.
- Manage strategic partnerships with vendors such as Adobe, Google and others to maintain a pulse of product evolution, best practices and socialize and lead the organization in awareness and action on key future state needs
- Manage the product development business processes and marketing driven input from inception to product delivery, growth, and eventual retirement.
- Define product features and benefits for new and existing site functionality and support the brand team as the Adobe product expert.
- Structure and align a high performing team that can support the US Area and is organized for the greatest impact and capacity to handle workload.
- Coordinate and align across brands for the most critical areas of support needed at the franchise vs enterprise level
- Coordinate across teams to ensure that web research, metrics gathering, competitive and performance analyses are fully aligned with the primary business goals and needs and aligned to roles and responsibilities.
- Work closely with Brand marketing, Agency partners, data and analytics and other cross functional team members to drive product launches and enhancements and ensure that value propositions, messaging and marketing activities address unique user needs/pain points
- Guide creative agencies to ensure consistent guidelines, requirements and global needs are met in support of all web projects
- Monitor the overall release process and prioritize the placement of new products or enhancements in a release, balancing organizational objectives, product strategy, and market needs
- Identify process to oversee all organizational project plans tied to release schedule, identifying organization impacts resulting from changes to planned timeline and deliver brand Governance leadership.
- Enable new processes that create efficiency and agility and guide marketers and agencies in new ways of working
- Be an end user advocate – understands mental models and what motivates actions of users online and in digital touchpoints. Ability to accurately convey his or her vision through creative mediums.
- Collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment with Brand Marketing, Creative/CRM/Digital agencies, Media, Market Research, Analytics, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), Sales Operations, and Medical/Regulatory/Legal integrated business partners.
- Troubleshoot roadblocks and identify creative and compliant solutions to facilitate forward motion of new initiatives.
- Guide creative agencies to ensure the development of relevant, 1:1 creative and messaging, and Digital marketing best practices.
Competencies:
- Ability to work and independently lead initiatives without day-to-day supervision
- Strong presentation skills to present complex concepts to non-technical audiences
- Able to prioritize & gracefully manage competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
- Collaborative nature and ability to influence and guide cross-functional stakeholders.
- Exceptional functional knowledge and expertise on digital marketing platforms
- Eg. Adobe, CMS,
- Acumen for how digital agencies operate: scope of work, process/mgmt., timelines
- Inquisitive, strong analytical skills, including the ability to infer and apply learnings
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and follow-through on execution
- Strong project management abilities and critical work tool experience
- E.g. smartsheet, excel, visio, MS project, powerpoint, Workfront
Key AbbVie Leadership Competencies:
- Positive “all for one” approach to team deliverables and priorities.
- Builds strong relationships to enable higher performance.
- Learns, fast, grasps the “essence” and can change course quickly where indicated.
- Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
- Creates a learning environment and open to suggestions.
- Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree (MBA) preferred.
- Requires a minimum of 15+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in web or product management or equivalent role managing large, complex websites and multi-website environments.
- Experience in pharmaceuticals or other highly-regulated industry preferred
- Proven track record of launching successful web and mobile products
- Established track record of leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams that do start-to-finish planning and execution of channel tactics
- Requires strong executive level presence/effectiveness to collaborate successfully with executives
- Skills required include business acumen, organizational assessment, creativity, interpersonal skills, and quantitative analytical abilities.
- Strong client service, process, and analytical skills to manage client expectations
- Outstanding communicator and comfortable interacting with a diverse group of technical and non-technical people
- Understanding of software testing methodologies and software development life cycle process
- In-depth knowledge of product development and evaluation process. Exposure to Agile development a must.
- Experience developing business use cases and strategic planning
- Comprehensive experience with UX design, customer research, and user experience best practices – including the creation of detailed, annotated wireframes
- In depth knowledge and experience with commercial enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) such as: Adobe Marketing Cloud, SDL Tridion, Opentext, Oracle and more.
- Experience implementing SEO best practices and GEO optimization
- Experience with work planning management solutions including: Smartsheet, Workfront and other similar tools
- Knowledge of Enterprise DAM solutions and set up and connection to Web channel to drive efficiency in web creative asset management.
- Knowledge of site analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, CJA, SF Datorama and/or Google Analytics
- Results-oriented, self-starter with passion for user experience, technology and digital transformation
- A strategic mindset that allows you to prioritize projects, launches, and features, and balance immediate requirements with a long-term vision
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 short-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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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
The Director, Consumer & HCP Web is a member of the Digital Lab team responsible for leading the vision, strategy and roadmap to advance capability and project delivery across all US Consumer, Patient and HCP Commercial websites.
The Director leads a team consisting of Web Product Specialists, Project & Enterprise Initiative Leads, and Content Operations Leads who deliver work aligned with both enterprise and franchise objectives. This team manages platform and brand web initiatives—including migrations, website updates, and campaigns—by coordinating efforts across cross-functional teams, technology groups, and agency partners. The team serves as web subject matter experts, advocates, and website contacts for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring projects and updates on AbbVie’s Digital Marketing Platform are effectively operationalized. Ultimately, the Director ensures the successful tactical execution of each brand owner’s website roadmap and priorities.
This leadership role is responsible for managing the tactical execution of the website delivery roadmap across all stages of the project lifecycle. The goal is to enhance brand website performance and engagement and strengthen the web’s role within the omni-channel ecosystem. The role ensures strategic alignment and flawless execution of web initiatives to achieve outstanding results. Additional responsibilities include driving operational efficiency and innovation, providing training and support to end users, and implementing initiatives that significantly accelerate web project delivery timelines. The role also oversees the adoption and activation of improved processes, including leading changes in resource allocation and responsibilities to optimize outcomes.
As a member of the AbbVie Digital Lab supporting our brand franchises, the Web Director is responsible for supporting multiple stakeholders and coordinating the team’s performance with a large matrixed organization of stakeholders including Marketing, IT, AORs & Agency partners, Operations and Analytics stakeholders.
This role will provide leadership and support for prospect, HCP and patient marketing initiatives leading:
- Web Platform product strategy and direction - leading platform governance, including platform operating models and resource models.
- Web / Digital subject matter expertise and continuously improving a best-in-class operating model with fast, efficient project velocity from start to finish
- Cross functional coordination and alignment with other channel stakeholders and stakeholder partners
- Change management and communications coordination for innovation, transformation and efficiency improvements and strategic projects rollout
- Responsible for delivering clearly articulated process and operating models that define internal and external resource support models, inclusive of authoring and front-end development efforts with focus on quality, speed and cost.
- Close coordination with stakeholders in driving forward change and improvements
- Adobe expertise – identifying and working collaboratively on where teams can improve utilization of key Adobe tools.
- Delivering common frameworks and best in class solutions that are enterprise approved and usable across teams that drive faster adoption, faster project timelines.
- Lead forward looking visioning as to key capabilities needed within HCP and Consumer teams to drive forward key goals relative to brand imperatives.
- Drive forward experiential improvements in the web experience, such as deeper connected solutions across channels – ie email to web or social to web.
- Harness and establish an enterprise SEO solution for the enterprise to use that leverages consistent best practices and resources for efficiency
Major Responsibilities:
- Define and support platform product strategy and direction. Develop and maintain long-term product direction.
- Manage strategic partnerships with vendors such as Adobe, Google and others to maintain a pulse of product evolution, best practices and socialize and lead the organization in awareness and action on key future state needs
- Manage the product development business processes and marketing driven input from inception to product delivery, growth, and eventual retirement.
- Define product features and benefits for new and existing site functionality and support the brand team as the Adobe product expert.
- Structure and align a high performing team that can support the US Area and is organized for the greatest impact and capacity to handle workload.
- Coordinate and align across brands for the most critical areas of support needed at the franchise vs enterprise level
- Coordinate across teams to ensure that web research, metrics gathering, competitive and performance analyses are fully aligned with the primary business goals and needs and aligned to roles and responsibilities.
- Work closely with Brand marketing, Agency partners, data and analytics and other cross functional team members to drive product launches and enhancements and ensure that value propositions, messaging and marketing activities address unique user needs/pain points
- Guide creative agencies to ensure consistent guidelines, requirements and global needs are met in support of all web projects
- Monitor the overall release process and prioritize the placement of new products or enhancements in a release, balancing organizational objectives, product strategy, and market needs
- Identify process to oversee all organizational project plans tied to release schedule, identifying organization impacts resulting from changes to planned timeline and deliver brand Governance leadership.
- Enable new processes that create efficiency and agility and guide marketers and agencies in new ways of working
- Be an end user advocate – understands mental models and what motivates actions of users online and in digital touchpoints. Ability to accurately convey his or her vision through creative mediums.
- Collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment with Brand Marketing, Creative/CRM/Digital agencies, Media, Market Research, Analytics, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), Sales Operations, and Medical/Regulatory/Legal integrated business partners.
- Troubleshoot roadblocks and identify creative and compliant solutions to facilitate forward motion of new initiatives.
- Guide creative agencies to ensure the development of relevant, 1:1 creative and messaging, and Digital marketing best practices.
Competencies:
- Ability to work and independently lead initiatives without day-to-day supervision
- Strong presentation skills to present complex concepts to non-technical audiences
- Able to prioritize & gracefully manage competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
- Collaborative nature and ability to influence and guide cross-functional stakeholders.
- Exceptional functional knowledge and expertise on digital marketing platforms
- Eg. Adobe, CMS,
- Acumen for how digital agencies operate: scope of work, process/mgmt., timelines
- Inquisitive, strong analytical skills, including the ability to infer and apply learnings
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and follow-through on execution
- Strong project management abilities and critical work tool experience
- E.g. smartsheet, excel, visio, MS project, powerpoint, Workfront
Key AbbVie Leadership Competencies:
- Positive “all for one” approach to team deliverables and priorities.
- Builds strong relationships to enable higher performance.
- Learns, fast, grasps the “essence” and can change course quickly where indicated.
- Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
- Creates a learning environment and open to suggestions.
- Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree (MBA) preferred.
- Requires a minimum of 15+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in web or product management or equivalent role managing large, complex websites and multi-website environments.
- Experience in pharmaceuticals or other highly-regulated industry preferred
- Proven track record of launching successful web and mobile products
- Established track record of leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams that do start-to-finish planning and execution of channel tactics
- Requires strong executive level presence/effectiveness to collaborate successfully with executives
- Skills required include business acumen, organizational assessment, creativity, interpersonal skills, and quantitative analytical abilities.
- Strong client service, process, and analytical skills to manage client expectations
- Outstanding communicator and comfortable interacting with a diverse group of technical and non-technical people
- Understanding of software testing methodologies and software development life cycle process
- In-depth knowledge of product development and evaluation process. Exposure to Agile development a must.
- Experience developing business use cases and strategic planning
- Comprehensive experience with UX design, customer research, and user experience best practices – including the creation of detailed, annotated wireframes
- In depth knowledge and experience with commercial enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) such as: Adobe Marketing Cloud, SDL Tridion, Opentext, Oracle and more.
- Experience implementing SEO best practices and GEO optimization
- Experience with work planning management solutions including: Smartsheet, Workfront and other similar tools
- Knowledge of Enterprise DAM solutions and set up and connection to Web channel to drive efficiency in web creative asset management.
- Knowledge of site analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, CJA, SF Datorama and/or Google Analytics
- Results-oriented, self-starter with passion for user experience, technology and digital transformation
- A strategic mindset that allows you to prioritize projects, launches, and features, and balance immediate requirements with a long-term vision
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 short-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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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How to Get Visa Sponsorship in AbbVie Visa Sponsorship USA
Target AbbVie's core therapeutic divisions
AbbVie's sponsorship activity is concentrated in its immunology, oncology, and neuroscience divisions. Focus your applications on roles in these areas, scientists, clinical researchers, and regulatory specialists are among the most frequently sponsored positions.
Apply early in AbbVie's hiring cycle
Large pharmaceutical employers typically align technical hiring with the H-1B cap season. If you need cap-subject sponsorship, targeting AbbVie roles between November and February gives your petition the best chance of being filed before the April lottery window.
Highlight specialized credentials in your application
AbbVie recruits for highly specialized roles in drug development and clinical operations. Degrees in pharmacology, biochemistry, or biomedical engineering, combined with research experience, strengthen the specialty occupation case an employer needs to file your visa petition.
Australian nationals should flag E-3 eligibility early
AbbVie has a track record of sponsoring E-3 visas for Australian professionals. If you're eligible, mention your E-3 status during initial recruiter conversations, it removes lottery risk and can simplify the employer's decision to move forward with sponsorship.
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Does AbbVie sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, AbbVie sponsors H-1B visas and is one of the more active sponsors in the biopharmaceutical sector. Sponsorship is most common for roles in clinical research, regulatory affairs, drug discovery, and data science. If your role qualifies as a specialty occupation and your degree aligns with the position, AbbVie has a strong track record of supporting the petition process.
Which visa types does AbbVie sponsor?
AbbVie sponsors a wide range of visa categories, including H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, TN, J-1, and F-1 OPT and CPT for students and recent graduates. It also supports immigrant visa pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 Green Cards for employees pursuing permanent residence. The breadth of categories makes AbbVie an accessible target across multiple nationalities and career stages.
Which roles at AbbVie are most likely to receive visa sponsorship?
Sponsorship at AbbVie is most concentrated in technical and scientific disciplines, think computational biology, pharmaceutical sciences, clinical development, regulatory strategy, and biostatistics. Corporate functions like finance, legal, and strategy do occasionally receive sponsorship, but research and development roles in AbbVie's core therapeutic areas represent the highest-volume sponsorship activity.
How do I find AbbVie jobs that are open to visa sponsorship?
AbbVie posts roles across multiple channels, but not all listings explicitly state whether sponsorship is available. Migrate Mate tracks verified sponsorship history by employer, so you can browse AbbVie's open positions with confidence that the company actively sponsors the visa type you need, without having to guess from a generic job description.
How do I approach the AbbVie application process as an international candidate?
Lead with your qualifications first, AbbVie's recruiting team evaluates fit before sponsorship logistics. Once you're in early-stage conversations, be upfront about your visa status and which category applies to you. For H-1B candidates, timing matters: roles filled in late winter allow enough runway to file a cap-subject petition before the April lottery registration deadline.
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