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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
This position is part of AbbVie's Information Security & Risk Management (ISRM) team within Business Technology Solutions. The Identity & Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of the organization's IAM strategy, ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant access to systems and data. The PAM function is a cornerstone of this program, protecting the most sensitive accounts and credentials across the enterprise. Our team operates at the cutting edge of identity security—managing not just legacy password and credential vaulting, but modern concepts including cloud entitlements, secrets management, just-in-time access, and controls for non-human and AI agentic identities.
Take the next step in your career with an organization that strategically invests in the long-term health of the company, its technology and its people. The AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation necessary for our treatments to positively impact patients' lives. In the role of Privileged Access Management – Platform Lead, you'll tackle complex, high-stakes challenges at the intersection of security engineering and enterprise strategy—owning and evolving a critical platform while anticipating where privileged access management is heading in a world of cloud, AI, and agentic automation.
In this role, you'll be responsible for:
- Owning and executing the PAM product roadmap, balancing current operational needs with longer-term strategic goals for privileged access and secrets management across the enterprise
- Proactively identifying and prioritizing use cases for human and non-human privileged access—including service accounts, non-human identities (NHI), agentic/automated workflows, and secure secrets management for cloud and DevOps environments
- Anticipating evolving business, security, and technology trends—including AI-driven and agentic access scenarios—and translating them into actionable product features, policies, and program initiatives
- Overseeing the design, optimization, and engineering of workflows for privileged account vaulting, lifecycle management, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and automated credential rotation across hybrid environments
- Driving integration of PAM with related platforms such as IAM, IGA, SIEM, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and CI/CD pipelines to support secure automation and enterprise agility
- Leading, mentoring, and developing a high-performing PAM engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in a rapidly evolving threat landscape
- Monitoring PAM platform maturity, industry trends, and emerging standards to continuously sharpen the program's strategic direction
- Serving as the internal subject matter expert (SME) for privileged access—advising security, architecture, compliance, and business teams on PAM capabilities, gaps, and best practices
- Responding to and remediating audit findings related to privileged access controls and secrets management
- Managing budget planning, resource allocation, and vendor relationships for all PAM technologies and solutions
- Developing and maintaining documentation, standards, and operating procedures that make PAM understandable and adoptable across the organization
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience, OR Masters Degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 2 years of experience
- Hands-on experience implementing and operating enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions
- Proven product ownership or program management experience with enterprise PAM platforms (e.g., BeyondTrust)
- Deep technical knowledge of privileged account governance, credential vaulting, session management, and secrets management across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments
- Strong engineering experience integrating PAM with IAM/IGA, directory services, SIEM, cloud platforms, and DevOps ecosystems
- Demonstrated expertise in non-human identity (NHI) controls, agentic access, just-in-time (JIT) access, and privileged access automation
- Ability to translate complex business, security, and regulatory requirements—including emerging AI-driven scenarios—into actionable platform features and roadmap priorities
- Effective stakeholder management and communication skills across both technical and executive audiences
- Proven ability to lead teams, drive continuous improvement, and manage strategic transformation in a fast-moving threat environment
Beneficial:
- Familiarity with cloud-native IAM and secrets management services (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault)
- Experience with scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to support PAM workflow engineering
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks and audit requirements related to privileged access (SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST)
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CyberArk Defender/Sentry, BeyondTrust certified professional, or equivalent
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry
Tools and skills you will use in this role:
- Enterprise PAM platforms: BeyondTrust
- Credential vaulting, secrets management, session monitoring, and JIT access tooling
- Cloud platforms and IAM capabilities (AWS, Azure, GCP), including cloud-native secrets and entitlement management
- DevOps and CI/CD ecosystem integrations (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python)
- Non-human identity and agentic access controls and frameworks
- Audit and compliance reporting for privileged access
- Product/program management methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills
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
This position is part of AbbVie's Information Security & Risk Management (ISRM) team within Business Technology Solutions. The Identity & Access Management (IAM) team is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of the organization's IAM strategy, ensuring secure, efficient, and compliant access to systems and data. The PAM function is a cornerstone of this program, protecting the most sensitive accounts and credentials across the enterprise. Our team operates at the cutting edge of identity security—managing not just legacy password and credential vaulting, but modern concepts including cloud entitlements, secrets management, just-in-time access, and controls for non-human and AI agentic identities.
Take the next step in your career with an organization that strategically invests in the long-term health of the company, its technology and its people. The AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation necessary for our treatments to positively impact patients' lives. In the role of Privileged Access Management – Platform Lead, you'll tackle complex, high-stakes challenges at the intersection of security engineering and enterprise strategy—owning and evolving a critical platform while anticipating where privileged access management is heading in a world of cloud, AI, and agentic automation.
In this role, you'll be responsible for:
- Owning and executing the PAM product roadmap, balancing current operational needs with longer-term strategic goals for privileged access and secrets management across the enterprise
- Proactively identifying and prioritizing use cases for human and non-human privileged access—including service accounts, non-human identities (NHI), agentic/automated workflows, and secure secrets management for cloud and DevOps environments
- Anticipating evolving business, security, and technology trends—including AI-driven and agentic access scenarios—and translating them into actionable product features, policies, and program initiatives
- Overseeing the design, optimization, and engineering of workflows for privileged account vaulting, lifecycle management, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and automated credential rotation across hybrid environments
- Driving integration of PAM with related platforms such as IAM, IGA, SIEM, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and CI/CD pipelines to support secure automation and enterprise agility
- Leading, mentoring, and developing a high-performing PAM engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in a rapidly evolving threat landscape
- Monitoring PAM platform maturity, industry trends, and emerging standards to continuously sharpen the program's strategic direction
- Serving as the internal subject matter expert (SME) for privileged access—advising security, architecture, compliance, and business teams on PAM capabilities, gaps, and best practices
- Responding to and remediating audit findings related to privileged access controls and secrets management
- Managing budget planning, resource allocation, and vendor relationships for all PAM technologies and solutions
- Developing and maintaining documentation, standards, and operating procedures that make PAM understandable and adoptable across the organization
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience, OR Masters Degree and 6 years of experience OR PhD and 2 years of experience
- Hands-on experience implementing and operating enterprise Privileged Access Management solutions
- Proven product ownership or program management experience with enterprise PAM platforms (e.g., BeyondTrust)
- Deep technical knowledge of privileged account governance, credential vaulting, session management, and secrets management across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments
- Strong engineering experience integrating PAM with IAM/IGA, directory services, SIEM, cloud platforms, and DevOps ecosystems
- Demonstrated expertise in non-human identity (NHI) controls, agentic access, just-in-time (JIT) access, and privileged access automation
- Ability to translate complex business, security, and regulatory requirements—including emerging AI-driven scenarios—into actionable platform features and roadmap priorities
- Effective stakeholder management and communication skills across both technical and executive audiences
- Proven ability to lead teams, drive continuous improvement, and manage strategic transformation in a fast-moving threat environment
Beneficial:
- Familiarity with cloud-native IAM and secrets management services (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault)
- Experience with scripting and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to support PAM workflow engineering
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks and audit requirements related to privileged access (SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST)
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CyberArk Defender/Sentry, BeyondTrust certified professional, or equivalent
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry
Tools and skills you will use in this role:
- Enterprise PAM platforms: BeyondTrust
- Credential vaulting, secrets management, session monitoring, and JIT access tooling
- Cloud platforms and IAM capabilities (AWS, Azure, GCP), including cloud-native secrets and entitlement management
- DevOps and CI/CD ecosystem integrations (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
- Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python)
- Non-human identity and agentic access controls and frameworks
- Audit and compliance reporting for privileged access
- Product/program management methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills
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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Verify your degree meets specialty occupation standards
H-1B1 visa eligibility requires a degree in a field directly related to your engineering role. A mechanical engineering degree won't support a software engineering petition, even with years of experience. Check your role's classification using O*NET before applying.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter engineering employers by DOL Labor Condition Application filing history. Companies that have filed LCAs for your engineering occupation code are already familiar with H-1B1 sponsorship obligations and are far less likely to withdraw an offer mid-process.
Research prevailing wage levels before salary negotiations
Your offer must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your engineering role in the employer's location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up Level I through Level IV wages by SOC code before you negotiate, so you don't accept an offer that can't clear the LCA.
Ask your employer about E-Verify enrollment upfront
H-1B1 employers aren't required to use E-Verify unless they're federal contractors, but many engineering firms are. Confirm your employer's enrollment status early, as it affects onboarding paperwork and can delay your start date if the employer discovers requirements late.
Prepare your consular packet before the LCA is certified
Unlike H-1B, the H-1B1 is processed at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, not through USCIS. Gather your degree transcripts, engineering credentials, offer letter, and DS-160 confirmation while the employer waits for LCA certification, so you can book your appointment the day it's issued.
Plan your entry timing around the one-year validity period
H-1B1 visas are issued for one year and must be renewed annually. If your project has a defined end date or your employer's fiscal year affects headcount decisions, time your entry so your first renewal falls during a predictable period in your employment cycle.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do engineering roles qualify for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific engineering discipline directly related to the job duties. Civil, mechanical, electrical, software, and chemical engineering roles typically meet the specialty occupation standard. Generalist roles where any technical degree would suffice may face scrutiny during the LCA review. Your employer confirms the qualification requirement in the Labor Condition Application filed with DOL.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa differ from H-1B for engineering professionals?
The H-1B1 has no lottery, an annual cap of 5,400 visas that rarely fills, and is processed at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore rather than through USCIS. H-1B petitions go through a lottery when oversubscribed, take months for USCIS adjudication, and have an annual cap of 65,000 plus 20,000 for U.S. master's degree holders. For Singaporean engineers, H-1B1 is almost always faster and more predictable.
How do I find engineering employers in the U.S. who already sponsor H-1B1 Singapore visas?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by employers with verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can identify companies that have already navigated H-1B1 sponsorship for engineering roles. This is more reliable than asking in an interview, since LCA filings are public record and reflect the employer's actual sponsorship track record rather than their stated willingness.
Can my employer file the H-1B1 petition while I'm already working in the U.S. on another status?
Yes, a change of status to H-1B1 is possible from within the U.S. if you're currently in a valid nonimmigrant status such as F-1 OPT or H-4. Your employer still files the LCA with DOL, but the approval is processed differently than a consular application. Many Singaporean engineers on OPT use this route to transition without leaving the country.
What happens if my H-1B1 visa expires but my employer wants to keep me on?
H-1B1 visas are valid for one year and renewed annually. Your employer files a new LCA with DOL for each renewal period, and you either renew at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore or, in some circumstances, continue working under an automatic cap-gap provision while a timely-filed renewal is pending. There's no maximum number of renewals, so engineers can remain on H-1B1 status indefinitely as long as the sponsoring employment continues.
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