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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
Overview:
The Director, Immunology Public Affairs leads the development and execution of integrated public affairs strategies across AbbVie’s most expansive immunology portfolio - dermatology. This role serves as a strategic counselor to senior business and cross-functional leaders, translating business priorities, stakeholder insights and the external environment into creative communications that strengthen competitive differentiation, corporate reputation and stakeholder trust. The Director brings strong business acumen, sound judgment, creative thinking and deep expertise in earned media and influencer relations while managing a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. This role reports to the Head, Immunology Public Affairs and will have one direct report.
Responsibilities include:
- Drive high-impact public affairs programs to advance the growing dermatology portfolio’s business objectives with emphasis on competitive differentiation and corporate reputation.
- Analyze the communications environment, identify trends, opportunities and risks, while translating those insights into strategic objectives, creative content and informed business decisions.
- Provide strategic counsel to influence critical decisions through informed perspective on the external environment. Anticipate and mitigate external issues to protect reputation and business performance.
- Participate in relevant dermatology integrated business teams, providing public affairs communications perspective, strategic counsel and influence.
- Create intentional connections across the immunology dermatology and aesthetics dermatology businesses to find synergies, key learnings and optimizations to strengthen communications output with an enterprise mindset.
- Partner closely with R&D communications and relevant pipeline commercialization strategy team to ensure sound, consistent and strategic messaging across on-market and pipeline dermatology assets that support a broader, enterprise narrative.
- Interface with media proactively and reactively as AbbVie corporate spokesperson on dermatology portfolio milestones, data and other relevant news.
- Build and manage relationships with internal and third-party spokespeople and prepare them for compelling external speaking opportunities.
- Develop and sustain trusted relationships on behalf of AbbVie with patient advocates, influencers and other external stakeholders.
- Champion new ideas, emerging channels and best practices that elevate Corporate Affairs, strengthen audience engagement and improve the impact of public affairs programs.
- Establish clear objectives and measures of success for public affairs strategies, use performance insights to optimize programs and communicate results and business impact to senior leaders.
- Lead work with sound judgment and a strong commitment to AbbVie standards, ensuring communications are accurate, compliant and aligned across relevant business, medical, legal, regulatory and corporate stakeholders.
- Support broader, pan-immunology leadership communications and programming that expands beyond the dermatology portfolio.
- Manage agencies and associated program budgets that support communications programming.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required – emphasis on communications, public relations, marketing, business, journalism or equivalent is preferred.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in public relations. Preferred experience at a public relations agency and/or pharmaceutical in-house communications position with increasing responsibility, or similar roles in regulated industries.
- Expertise in developing and executing strategic communications programs that are creative, insight-driven and deliver measurable business impact.
- Proven track record of working with traditional and emerging news media on a variety of topics from data and milestones to high-profile patient profile stories.
- Strong communication planning, execution and process management skills and strong interpersonal skills to quickly build rapport and credibility with AbbVie leaders as well as key internal and external stakeholders, including academic experts, patients and patient advocates, with confidence, empathy and ease.
- Business acumen to appropriately frame the why and contextualize communications priorities that strategically align with business priorities.
- Scientific acumen to understand complex concepts and translate for target audiences and channels.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team and navigate a highly matrixed organization using influence/negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Proven experience in issues/crisis management, preferred.
- Experience leading high-performing teams, preferred.
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
Overview:
The Director, Immunology Public Affairs leads the development and execution of integrated public affairs strategies across AbbVie’s most expansive immunology portfolio - dermatology. This role serves as a strategic counselor to senior business and cross-functional leaders, translating business priorities, stakeholder insights and the external environment into creative communications that strengthen competitive differentiation, corporate reputation and stakeholder trust. The Director brings strong business acumen, sound judgment, creative thinking and deep expertise in earned media and influencer relations while managing a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. This role reports to the Head, Immunology Public Affairs and will have one direct report.
Responsibilities include:
- Drive high-impact public affairs programs to advance the growing dermatology portfolio’s business objectives with emphasis on competitive differentiation and corporate reputation.
- Analyze the communications environment, identify trends, opportunities and risks, while translating those insights into strategic objectives, creative content and informed business decisions.
- Provide strategic counsel to influence critical decisions through informed perspective on the external environment. Anticipate and mitigate external issues to protect reputation and business performance.
- Participate in relevant dermatology integrated business teams, providing public affairs communications perspective, strategic counsel and influence.
- Create intentional connections across the immunology dermatology and aesthetics dermatology businesses to find synergies, key learnings and optimizations to strengthen communications output with an enterprise mindset.
- Partner closely with R&D communications and relevant pipeline commercialization strategy team to ensure sound, consistent and strategic messaging across on-market and pipeline dermatology assets that support a broader, enterprise narrative.
- Interface with media proactively and reactively as AbbVie corporate spokesperson on dermatology portfolio milestones, data and other relevant news.
- Build and manage relationships with internal and third-party spokespeople and prepare them for compelling external speaking opportunities.
- Develop and sustain trusted relationships on behalf of AbbVie with patient advocates, influencers and other external stakeholders.
- Champion new ideas, emerging channels and best practices that elevate Corporate Affairs, strengthen audience engagement and improve the impact of public affairs programs.
- Establish clear objectives and measures of success for public affairs strategies, use performance insights to optimize programs and communicate results and business impact to senior leaders.
- Lead work with sound judgment and a strong commitment to AbbVie standards, ensuring communications are accurate, compliant and aligned across relevant business, medical, legal, regulatory and corporate stakeholders.
- Support broader, pan-immunology leadership communications and programming that expands beyond the dermatology portfolio.
- Manage agencies and associated program budgets that support communications programming.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required – emphasis on communications, public relations, marketing, business, journalism or equivalent is preferred.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in public relations. Preferred experience at a public relations agency and/or pharmaceutical in-house communications position with increasing responsibility, or similar roles in regulated industries.
- Expertise in developing and executing strategic communications programs that are creative, insight-driven and deliver measurable business impact.
- Proven track record of working with traditional and emerging news media on a variety of topics from data and milestones to high-profile patient profile stories.
- Strong communication planning, execution and process management skills and strong interpersonal skills to quickly build rapport and credibility with AbbVie leaders as well as key internal and external stakeholders, including academic experts, patients and patient advocates, with confidence, empathy and ease.
- Business acumen to appropriately frame the why and contextualize communications priorities that strategically align with business priorities.
- Scientific acumen to understand complex concepts and translate for target audiences and channels.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team and navigate a highly matrixed organization using influence/negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Proven experience in issues/crisis management, preferred.
- Experience leading high-performing teams, preferred.
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 Green Card Sponsorship in Director of Public Affairs
Document your policy expertise for PERM
PERM requires your employer to define minimum job requirements before recruiting. Pull together evidence of your advanced degree, progressive policy experience, and any government-relations accomplishments now, so your employer's attorney can build accurate job requirements that match your credentials.
Search verified sponsors on Migrate Mate
Find employers who have already filed PERM or I-140 petitions for communications and public affairs roles by searching Migrate Mate, which surfaces verified green card sponsorship history so you're targeting organizations with a real track record, not just advertised intentions.
Distinguish EB-2 and EB-3 paths early
If your role requires an advanced degree or five years of progressive experience in public affairs, your employer may file under EB-2, which can carry a faster priority date for your country of birth. Clarify which classification the employer intends before accepting an offer.
Track your priority date before accepting
Per-country backlogs under both EB-2 and EB-3 mean nationals of high-demand countries can wait years after PERM certification before filing I-485. Check USCIS Visa Bulletin priority date movement for your country before committing to an employer's sponsorship timeline.
Prepare for the PERM recruitment test
DOL requires employers to genuinely test the labor market before filing PERM. For Director of Public Affairs roles, that means national-scope advertising and documented outreach. Confirm with your prospective employer that recruitment has not yet started, since it must precede the PERM filing.
Use O*NET to align your job description
The O*NET occupation profile for public affairs directors defines the duties and education levels DOL and USCIS expect to see. Cross-check your offer letter's job description against O*NET before PERM is filed to reduce the risk of an audit or denial based on a mismatch.
Green Card Director of Public Affairs: Frequently Asked Questions
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Director of Public Affairs?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residence, not a temporary status. The process requires PERM labor certification filed with DOL, a prevailing wage determination, and a recruitment test before USCIS adjudicates the I-140 petition. Per-country annual limits can create priority date backlogs, unlike H-1B visa, which is capped by total petitions and subject to a lottery. The result, however, is permanent authorization to live and work in the U.S.
What PERM steps should I expect my employer to complete before I can file for a green card?
Your employer must first request a prevailing wage determination from DOL's OFLC, then conduct a documented recruitment campaign showing no qualified U.S. workers are available for the role. After that, they file the PERM ETA 9089 application with DOL. Once PERM is certified, they file an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. You can file I-485 to adjust status only once your priority date becomes current in the Visa Bulletin.
Does a Director of Public Affairs role qualify under EB-2 or EB-3?
Most Director of Public Affairs positions require a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus substantial progressive experience in communications, government relations, or public policy, which typically satisfies EB-2 advanced-degree criteria. If the employer defines the role at a bachelor's-degree level, EB-3 professional classification applies. The classification depends on how the employer documents the minimum requirements in the PERM application, not solely on your credentials.
Can I change employers after my green card sponsorship is underway?
AC21 job portability lets you move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more. If your original I-140 was approved, that priority date can carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition. Changing employers before the I-485 reaches 180 days generally requires restarting the process, including PERM, with the new employer.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for Director of Public Affairs roles?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified green card sponsorship history for communications and public affairs positions, so you can focus your search on organizations that have completed PERM filings rather than those that only claim willingness to sponsor. Combining that data with the OFLC Wage Search lets you confirm prevailing wages for the role in your target market before you apply.