Operations Director Jobs at AbbVie with Visa Sponsorship
AbbVie hires Operations Directors to lead manufacturing, supply chain, and quality functions across its global pharmaceutical and biologics network. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for operations professionals, including both nonimmigrant and immigrant pathways, making it a realistic target for internationally qualified candidates.
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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 Associate Director, Strategic Planning, Operations and Communications will work directly with the franchise VP, providing day-to-day strategic insights, project management, and communication support. Strategic responsibilities include dissecting data analysis creating strategic business plans. Key project management responsibilities include managing scope, project plans, logistics and schedules of major strategic and tactical initiatives in support of franchise priorities. Communication accountabilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining an internal communication infrastructure that weaves franchise priorities throughout the organizational culture to drive awareness, action, engagement and change management.
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with the franchise VP to ensure clear strategic direction and alignment between the commercial organization and IBT.
- Integrate marketing, sales, and IBT strategies to enhance overall communication and execution.
- Manage scope, project plan, logistics and schedule of strategic and tactical initiatives.
- Establish strong organizational tools to drive project progress, ensure deadlines, and project goals are met, identify and resolve issues, and escalate risks.
- Work cross-functionally with senior management and other internal stakeholders to create, socialize, optimize, and implement commercial initiatives, including but not limited to town halls, national meetings, staff meetings, executive remarks, strategic presentations, award and recognition programs and leadership development.
- Design and execute a communication strategy that brings the franchise narrative to life through compelling content, creative storytelling and engaging experiences including National meetings, town halls, and rich written, digital, and video communications.
- Develop and manage the franchise master calendar supporting sales, marketing, and internal stakeholders (cross-functional support functions) for the franchise.
- Enhance two-way dialogue with employees through the creation of new channels that enhance employee connection and engagement.
- Evaluate performance for strategic projects and communications based on real-time metrics and refine strategies based on analytics. Ensure cohesive communication across relevant stakeholders to craft franchise action plans, implement solutions, and monitor initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Proven marketing experience with increased proficiency in all marketing skills.
- Previous cross franchise/cross channel marketing experience preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced project management and communication skills.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments.
- High agility- ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects with moderate-high complexity, often under a tight deadline.
- Works well with cross-functional stakeholders and can own projects from idea phase to implementation, adapting and iterating as needed.
- Demonstrated relationship management, interpersonal skills, ability to motivate, lead, influence and engage without direct authority.
- Sound, logical problem solving and decision-making skills. Able to see connections between seemingly disparate issues and distilling complex content into clear, concise, and engaging communications.
- Possesses integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, and self-awareness.
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 Associate Director, Strategic Planning, Operations and Communications will work directly with the franchise VP, providing day-to-day strategic insights, project management, and communication support. Strategic responsibilities include dissecting data analysis creating strategic business plans. Key project management responsibilities include managing scope, project plans, logistics and schedules of major strategic and tactical initiatives in support of franchise priorities. Communication accountabilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining an internal communication infrastructure that weaves franchise priorities throughout the organizational culture to drive awareness, action, engagement and change management.
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with the franchise VP to ensure clear strategic direction and alignment between the commercial organization and IBT.
- Integrate marketing, sales, and IBT strategies to enhance overall communication and execution.
- Manage scope, project plan, logistics and schedule of strategic and tactical initiatives.
- Establish strong organizational tools to drive project progress, ensure deadlines, and project goals are met, identify and resolve issues, and escalate risks.
- Work cross-functionally with senior management and other internal stakeholders to create, socialize, optimize, and implement commercial initiatives, including but not limited to town halls, national meetings, staff meetings, executive remarks, strategic presentations, award and recognition programs and leadership development.
- Design and execute a communication strategy that brings the franchise narrative to life through compelling content, creative storytelling and engaging experiences including National meetings, town halls, and rich written, digital, and video communications.
- Develop and manage the franchise master calendar supporting sales, marketing, and internal stakeholders (cross-functional support functions) for the franchise.
- Enhance two-way dialogue with employees through the creation of new channels that enhance employee connection and engagement.
- Evaluate performance for strategic projects and communications based on real-time metrics and refine strategies based on analytics. Ensure cohesive communication across relevant stakeholders to craft franchise action plans, implement solutions, and monitor initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Proven marketing experience with increased proficiency in all marketing skills.
- Previous cross franchise/cross channel marketing experience preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced project management and communication skills.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments.
- High agility- ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects with moderate-high complexity, often under a tight deadline.
- Works well with cross-functional stakeholders and can own projects from idea phase to implementation, adapting and iterating as needed.
- Demonstrated relationship management, interpersonal skills, ability to motivate, lead, influence and engage without direct authority.
- Sound, logical problem solving and decision-making skills. Able to see connections between seemingly disparate issues and distilling complex content into clear, concise, and engaging communications.
- Possesses integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, and self-awareness.
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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Align your credentials to pharma GMP standards
AbbVie's operations roles are tied to FDA-regulated manufacturing environments. Frame your resume around GMP compliance, biologics production, or pharmaceutical supply chain experience before you apply. Generic operations credentials won't hold up against candidates with regulated-industry backgrounds.
Target roles with international site accountability
AbbVie's Operations Director openings that span multiple manufacturing sites or global supply chains are more likely to carry visa sponsorship. Prioritize job postings that reference cross-functional or cross-border oversight, since those roles have historically attracted candidates who need sponsorship.
Use Migrate Mate to filter AbbVie operations roles by visa type
Search AbbVie's open Operations Director positions on Migrate Mate to filter specifically by your visa category. This saves time by surfacing only roles where AbbVie has sponsored that visa type, so you're not chasing postings where sponsorship is unlikely.
Clarify your status during the offer conversation
Raise your visa situation once you reach the offer stage, not the application stage. AbbVie uses an in-house immigration team for sponsored roles, so the process is structured. Asking too early can remove you from consideration before hiring managers have assessed your fit.
Understand how PERM timelines affect Director-level offers
If your goal is a Green Card through AbbVie, EB-2 or EB-3 PERM cases for Director-level roles require DOL to certify that no qualified U.S. worker was available. Labor certification processing currently runs 12 to 18 months at DOL, so factor that into your planning before accepting a role.
Prepare for specialty occupation scrutiny on ops leadership roles
USCIS applies the specialty occupation test to H-1B petitions, and operations roles get more scrutiny than technical ones. Make sure your offer letter specifies a degree requirement in a directly related field, such as engineering, life sciences, or supply chain management, not a general management requirement.
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Does AbbVie sponsor H-1B visas for Operations Directors?
Yes. AbbVie sponsors H-1B visas for Operations Director roles, particularly in manufacturing, supply chain, and quality functions tied to its pharmaceutical and biologics operations. The role needs to qualify as a specialty occupation under USCIS standards, which means the position must require a specific bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field, such as engineering, life sciences, or supply chain management.
Which visa types does AbbVie commonly use for Operations Director roles?
AbbVie sponsors H-1B, E-3, H-1B1, and TN visas for operations professionals depending on your nationality. For candidates pursuing permanent residence, AbbVie supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card pathways through PERM labor certification. F-1 OPT and CPT holders can also be considered for these roles if they meet the experience requirements and there's runway left on their authorization.
What qualifications and experience does AbbVie expect for Operations Director roles?
AbbVie typically expects a bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, supply chain, or a related field, with senior leadership experience in FDA-regulated manufacturing environments. Familiarity with GMP compliance, biologics or pharmaceutical production, and cross-functional team management is central to most postings. Advanced degrees or lean manufacturing credentials strengthen your profile for Director-level consideration.
How do I apply for Operations Director jobs at AbbVie?
You can find and filter AbbVie's open Operations Director positions by visa type on Migrate Mate, which shows roles where AbbVie has a documented sponsorship history. Apply through AbbVie's careers portal directly, and tailor your application to the specific function, whether that's manufacturing, supply chain, or quality operations. Clarify your visa situation after you've progressed through initial screening, not in your cover letter.
How long does AbbVie's visa sponsorship process take for Operations Directors?
For H-1B transfers or cap-exempt filings, USCIS standard processing runs three to five months, with premium processing available to reduce that to roughly 15 business days. If AbbVie is filing a new H-1B subject to the annual cap, you'd need to wait for the April lottery window. Green Card sponsorship through PERM adds significantly more time, with DOL labor certification alone currently averaging 12 to 18 months.
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