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Strategic Partner Manager roles at U.S. tech, SaaS, and enterprise companies qualify as E-3 specialty occupations when tied to a relevant business or communications degree. Australian professionals can secure E-3 visa sponsorship without competing in a lottery, and renewals are indefinite as long as the role continues.
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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
PURPOSE:
The success of CDO depends on our ability to develop a holistic strategy and global network of exceptional PIs and institutions in order to accelerate delivery of our pipeline. In an increasingly competitive landscape, strategic partnerships are critical to maximizing the solid tumor and hematology pipelines. The Strategic Site Partner (SSP) serves as a key driver and main point of contact for our key partner sites and is passionate about establishing and strengthening strategic partnerships cross-functionally with key clinical sites in order to unlock operational potential and build strong, longitudinal relationships.
The SSP is responsible for adopting relationship management principles and critically thinking to better understand all business dimensions to impact and drive operational efficiencies in the conduct of AbbVie’s pipeline. In addition, they will align expectations between AbbVie and investigative site stakeholders proactively identifying opportunities to drive clinical trial accelerations and efficiencies at the study and/or program level.
The SSP is responsible for engaging internal leaders at all levels to maximally leverage aligned collaborations cross functionally with a goal of enabling alliances to deliver results consistent with strategic goals and to enhance AbbVie’s relationships to secure the company's reputation as a Partner of Choice.
The Strategic Site Partner reports to the Director, Strategic Site Partnership.
Responsibilities:
- Provides input and develop the site-specific engagement strategy for assigned sites.
- Builds and manages relationships with assigned investigative sites through a white-glove service approach while meeting with Institution Leadership, Principal Investigator and clinical site staff both on-site and remotely.
- Raises the bar to proactively anticipate a site’s needs and drives timely mitigation strategies.
- Maintains a solution-oriented mindset to facilitate resolution of complex operational issues.
- Remains informed of best practices and innovations that have resulted in efficiencies across the business and/or industry and put actions in place that support the organization in removing identified barriers.
- Identifies areas to drive efficiencies and/or accelerate clinical trial execution. Drives consistency across studies and programs.
- Oversees overall performance metrics across studies, conducts review of site’s operations for quality. Evaluates and addresses aligned KPIs with site.
- Reviews and shares upcoming study forecasts and current clinical study needs regarding the studies in which the site is participating for strategic resource planning with the site.
- Reviews interests and study capacity with site and communicates back to internal AbbVie stakeholders.
- Identifies and recommends opportunities for internal improvements, implements improvements to maximize process efficiency/accelerate trial delivery at the site.
- Reviews cross business portfolio forecasts of studies to provide direction for investigative sites.
- Escalates risk to relevant stakeholders, resolves identified operational issues that span across studies/programs.
- Seeks to align AbbVie and the site's operations to execute clinical trials efficiently.
- Provides operational and holistic focus on site needs to ensure optimal delivery of clinical trials.
- Generates, expands and enhances operational effectiveness and consistency within AbbVie and at the investigative sites.
- Works closely with internal stakeholders to facilitate, manage and oversee the scientific and operational relationships cross functionally across AbbVie to ensure a productive working environment.
- Provides cross-functional partners an open and continuous channel of communication to ensure investigative sites perspectives are heard and well represented internally.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or higher degree required, degree in health care or scientific field preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years applicable work experience in clinical research demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through driving strategy. Prior relationship management experience preferred.
- Broad understanding of global pharmaceutical and biotech industries with a solid understanding of drug discovery and development processes. Expertise in drug development, operations, strategic and tactical planning.
- Strong communication skills with advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively with clarity, collaboratively, and cross functionally.
- Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills; ability to establish good working relationships with external and internal stakeholders as well as management.
- Seamless collaborator with demonstrated ability to influence without authority – easily builds relationships across locations and gains cross-functional alignment.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making.
- Demonstrated leadership, influence skills, creativity, problem solving and ability to manage complexity in addressing issues.
- Demonstration of success in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities, comfortable to manage risk and ambiguity, changing course when needed.
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to travel up approximately 10%-20% of the time for on-site partner engagements. Additional travel may be required.
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 long-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
PURPOSE:
The success of CDO depends on our ability to develop a holistic strategy and global network of exceptional PIs and institutions in order to accelerate delivery of our pipeline. In an increasingly competitive landscape, strategic partnerships are critical to maximizing the solid tumor and hematology pipelines. The Strategic Site Partner (SSP) serves as a key driver and main point of contact for our key partner sites and is passionate about establishing and strengthening strategic partnerships cross-functionally with key clinical sites in order to unlock operational potential and build strong, longitudinal relationships.
The SSP is responsible for adopting relationship management principles and critically thinking to better understand all business dimensions to impact and drive operational efficiencies in the conduct of AbbVie’s pipeline. In addition, they will align expectations between AbbVie and investigative site stakeholders proactively identifying opportunities to drive clinical trial accelerations and efficiencies at the study and/or program level.
The SSP is responsible for engaging internal leaders at all levels to maximally leverage aligned collaborations cross functionally with a goal of enabling alliances to deliver results consistent with strategic goals and to enhance AbbVie’s relationships to secure the company's reputation as a Partner of Choice.
The Strategic Site Partner reports to the Director, Strategic Site Partnership.
Responsibilities:
- Provides input and develop the site-specific engagement strategy for assigned sites.
- Builds and manages relationships with assigned investigative sites through a white-glove service approach while meeting with Institution Leadership, Principal Investigator and clinical site staff both on-site and remotely.
- Raises the bar to proactively anticipate a site’s needs and drives timely mitigation strategies.
- Maintains a solution-oriented mindset to facilitate resolution of complex operational issues.
- Remains informed of best practices and innovations that have resulted in efficiencies across the business and/or industry and put actions in place that support the organization in removing identified barriers.
- Identifies areas to drive efficiencies and/or accelerate clinical trial execution. Drives consistency across studies and programs.
- Oversees overall performance metrics across studies, conducts review of site’s operations for quality. Evaluates and addresses aligned KPIs with site.
- Reviews and shares upcoming study forecasts and current clinical study needs regarding the studies in which the site is participating for strategic resource planning with the site.
- Reviews interests and study capacity with site and communicates back to internal AbbVie stakeholders.
- Identifies and recommends opportunities for internal improvements, implements improvements to maximize process efficiency/accelerate trial delivery at the site.
- Reviews cross business portfolio forecasts of studies to provide direction for investigative sites.
- Escalates risk to relevant stakeholders, resolves identified operational issues that span across studies/programs.
- Seeks to align AbbVie and the site's operations to execute clinical trials efficiently.
- Provides operational and holistic focus on site needs to ensure optimal delivery of clinical trials.
- Generates, expands and enhances operational effectiveness and consistency within AbbVie and at the investigative sites.
- Works closely with internal stakeholders to facilitate, manage and oversee the scientific and operational relationships cross functionally across AbbVie to ensure a productive working environment.
- Provides cross-functional partners an open and continuous channel of communication to ensure investigative sites perspectives are heard and well represented internally.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or higher degree required, degree in health care or scientific field preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years applicable work experience in clinical research demonstrating a high level of core, technical, and leadership competencies through driving strategy. Prior relationship management experience preferred.
- Broad understanding of global pharmaceutical and biotech industries with a solid understanding of drug discovery and development processes. Expertise in drug development, operations, strategic and tactical planning.
- Strong communication skills with advanced interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate persuasively with clarity, collaboratively, and cross functionally.
- Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills; ability to establish good working relationships with external and internal stakeholders as well as management.
- Seamless collaborator with demonstrated ability to influence without authority – easily builds relationships across locations and gains cross-functional alignment.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and drive smart decision making.
- Demonstrated leadership, influence skills, creativity, problem solving and ability to manage complexity in addressing issues.
- Demonstration of success in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities, comfortable to manage risk and ambiguity, changing course when needed.
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to travel up approximately 10%-20% of the time for on-site partner engagements. Additional travel may be required.
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 long-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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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Strategic Partner Manager
Frame your degree against the role
Consular officers assess whether your degree field directly supports the Strategic Partner Manager function. A business, marketing, or communications degree strengthens your case; a mismatched discipline needs a credential evaluation letter explaining the connection.
Target employers with active LCA histories
Search the DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data for companies that have filed LCAs for partnership or business development roles. Repeat filings signal an established sponsorship process, meaning less internal education required from you.
Search E-3 sponsorship roles on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters employer listings by E-3 visa sponsorship history, so you're not cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with the visa. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork once an offer is confirmed.
Get your employer to file the LCA early
The LCA must be DOL-certified before you can book your consulate appointment. Push your hiring manager to initiate this step immediately after offer acceptance, as delays here directly push out your start date by weeks.
Prepare a specialty occupation letter proactively
Ask your employer to draft a support letter explaining why a Strategic Partner Manager role requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Consular officers occasionally scrutinize broad business titles, and a detailed letter prevents unnecessary administrative processing.
Clarify your Australian credential equivalency upfront
Australian three-year bachelor's degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year degrees under E-3 adjudication. If your degree is sub-bachelor's level, commission a credential evaluation through a USCIS-recognized evaluator before applying.
E-3 Visa Strategic Partner Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Strategic Partner Manager jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the recommended way to search for Strategic Partner Manager roles where employers are already open to E-3 sponsorship. Because the E-3 requires employer-initiated LCA filing, targeting companies with prior sponsorship history saves significant time and avoids employers who decline to engage with the process at all.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Strategic Partner Manager role qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as business administration, marketing, or communications, and the employer's job description reflects that requirement. Broad titles like this attract occasional consular scrutiny, so your employer's offer letter and support documentation need to explicitly state the degree requirement and explain why the role demands that level of specialized knowledge.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Strategic Partner Manager roles?
The E-3 has a 10,500 annual cap that has never been fully used, so there's no lottery and no waiting period. H-1B visa petitions for the same role require surviving an oversubscribed lottery before any filing can begin. For an Australian professional with a qualifying offer, the E-3 gets you to a consulate appointment in weeks rather than leaving your start date dependent on lottery selection.
What happens to my E-3 status if my employer changes my role or I switch companies?
The E-3 is employer and role specific. If your job title changes substantially or you move to a new company, your employer must file a new LCA with the DOL for the updated role. Changing employers before a new LCA is certified creates a gap in authorized employment, so initiate the new filing as soon as an offer is in writing.