Professional Services Consultant Jobs in Illinois
Professional Services Consultant jobs in Illinois are active and competitive, concentrated in management consulting, technology implementation, financial advisory, and enterprise software, with openings at every level from analyst to senior principal. Chicago anchors the market, with secondary demand in Naperville and Schaumburg, where Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM maintain major Illinois operations. High-demand specialties include ERP and cloud transformation consulting, change management, and process optimization for financial services and healthcare clients. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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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
Leads the development and execution of enterprise category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting across AbbVie business functions and geographies. The role manages sourcing initiatives, supplier portfolios, demand and spend visibility, contracting approaches, and ongoing supplier performance for categories that may include advisory and management consulting, technology and digital consulting, engineering and technical services, legal and financial services, marketing and creative agencies, human resources and learning services, and other specialized external services. This position partners with business leaders, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and other Procurement teams to balance access to critical capabilities with cost, quality, speed, innovation, and risk. The incumbent establishes category plans, gains stakeholder alignment, leads competitive sourcing and negotiations, supports implementation and adoption, and ensures that engagements use the appropriate commercial model, contract structure, supplier channel, and governance. Success requires a proactive, relationship-oriented, customer-focused, analytical, and continuous-improvement mindset.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain multi-year category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting representing a minimum of $250 million in annual expenditures, using spend analysis, demand forecasts, supplier-market intelligence, internal capability assessments, and stakeholder priorities.
Define category scope and subcategory plans across advisory and management consulting, technology and digital consulting, engineering and technical services, legal and financial services, human resources and learning services, and other specialized external services.
Lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification and business requirements through request for proposal, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting, implementation, and benefits tracking. Deliver measurable value through savings, cost avoidance, demand management, improved service, innovation, process simplification, supplier consolidation, and risk reduction.
Establish clear buying channels and engagement models. Guide stakeholders in selecting the appropriate solution, including preferred-supplier use, competitive sourcing, deliverable-based statements of work, project consulting, outcome-based arrangements, or managed services.
For Consulting, challenge and clarify business needs, expected outcomes, work plans, deliverables, team structures, timelines, and knowledge-transfer requirements. Evaluate proposals using fact-based comparisons of scope, team composition, experience, methodology, rate cards, effort, expenses, intellectual property, and total cost.
For Professional Services, build fit-for-purpose supply strategies for specialized and project-based services, including supplier qualification, competitive bidding, service-level expectations, milestone and acceptance criteria, deliverable quality, capacity, geographic coverage, and continuity of critical expertise.
Plan and execute complex negotiations covering rates, discounts, volume tiers, fixed fees, milestones, payment terms, expenses, credits, service levels, deliverable acceptance, change control, ownership and use of work product, data protection, audit rights, termination, and other commercial protections. Translate negotiated outcomes into clear, enforceable agreements in partnership with Legal.
Develop supplier-segmentation and governance models. Conduct business reviews with strategic suppliers; use scorecards to monitor cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction; and lead corrective action or supplier-development plans when performance falls below expectations.
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and translate category strategies into clear decisions, executive summaries, project plans, implementation roadmaps, and communications tailored to the audience. Secure sponsorship, resources, and adoption across business functions and geographies.
Use analytics to establish spend baselines, identify leakage and fragmented demand, benchmark professional-services rates and consulting economics, evaluate make-versus-buy opportunities, model scenarios, validate savings, and support fact-based award recommendations.
Maintain awareness of consulting and professional-services market trends, supplier capabilities, regulatory developments, emerging delivery models, and technology-enabled services. Convert market insights into sourcing actions and business recommendations.
Ensure purchases and engagements comply with applicable AbbVie policies and procedures, Procurement requirements, delegated authority, third-party risk management, privacy, information security, records management, and applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field required; advanced degree or relevant procurement certification preferred.
Minimum of 6 years of combined experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, consulting, professional services, supplier management, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing category strategies for Professional Services, Consulting, statement-of-work services, or managed service programs.
Strong knowledge of services-commercial models, including hourly and daily rates, rate cards, retainers, fixed-fee and milestone-based pricing, time-and-materials, outcome-based fees, expenses, rebates, and volume discounts.
Experience structuring and negotiating master service agreements, statements of work, service-level agreements, change orders, and related commercial terms in partnership with Legal and business stakeholders.
Working knowledge of risks associated with external services, including confidentiality, intellectual property, data privacy, information security, conflicts of interest, third-party access, and regulatory or policy compliance.
Advanced analytical and financial skills, with the ability to normalize complex supplier proposals, benchmark rates, model total cost, establish baselines, validate benefits, and present clear recommendations from imperfect data.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams through a structured sourcing process and drive fact-based decisions without defaulting to compromise.
Strong project-management skills, including the ability to define scope, convert complex objectives into actionable workplans, manage dependencies and milestones, address implementation barriers, and sustain adoption.
Executive-level communication, influencing, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to tailor messages for business leaders, functional experts, suppliers, and operational teams.
Proficiency with sourcing, contracting, spend-analytics, and supplier-management technologies; ability to use data and digital tools to improve category visibility and decision-making.
Key Stakeholders:
Business and functional leaders across Research & Development, Commercial, Operations, Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and other enterprise functions; Procurement category and sourcing teams; Third-Party Risk Management; Compliance; Privacy; Information Security; Finance and Accounts Payable; supplier diversity; contract operations; preferred consulting and professional-services suppliers; and other regional or global stakeholders affected by category strategies and supplier decisions.
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
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
Leads the development and execution of enterprise category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting across AbbVie business functions and geographies. The role manages sourcing initiatives, supplier portfolios, demand and spend visibility, contracting approaches, and ongoing supplier performance for categories that may include advisory and management consulting, technology and digital consulting, engineering and technical services, legal and financial services, marketing and creative agencies, human resources and learning services, and other specialized external services. This position partners with business leaders, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and other Procurement teams to balance access to critical capabilities with cost, quality, speed, innovation, and risk. The incumbent establishes category plans, gains stakeholder alignment, leads competitive sourcing and negotiations, supports implementation and adoption, and ensures that engagements use the appropriate commercial model, contract structure, supplier channel, and governance. Success requires a proactive, relationship-oriented, customer-focused, analytical, and continuous-improvement mindset.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain multi-year category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting representing a minimum of $250 million in annual expenditures, using spend analysis, demand forecasts, supplier-market intelligence, internal capability assessments, and stakeholder priorities.
Define category scope and subcategory plans across advisory and management consulting, technology and digital consulting, engineering and technical services, legal and financial services, human resources and learning services, and other specialized external services.
Lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification and business requirements through request for proposal, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting, implementation, and benefits tracking. Deliver measurable value through savings, cost avoidance, demand management, improved service, innovation, process simplification, supplier consolidation, and risk reduction.
Establish clear buying channels and engagement models. Guide stakeholders in selecting the appropriate solution, including preferred-supplier use, competitive sourcing, deliverable-based statements of work, project consulting, outcome-based arrangements, or managed services.
For Consulting, challenge and clarify business needs, expected outcomes, work plans, deliverables, team structures, timelines, and knowledge-transfer requirements. Evaluate proposals using fact-based comparisons of scope, team composition, experience, methodology, rate cards, effort, expenses, intellectual property, and total cost.
For Professional Services, build fit-for-purpose supply strategies for specialized and project-based services, including supplier qualification, competitive bidding, service-level expectations, milestone and acceptance criteria, deliverable quality, capacity, geographic coverage, and continuity of critical expertise.
Plan and execute complex negotiations covering rates, discounts, volume tiers, fixed fees, milestones, payment terms, expenses, credits, service levels, deliverable acceptance, change control, ownership and use of work product, data protection, audit rights, termination, and other commercial protections. Translate negotiated outcomes into clear, enforceable agreements in partnership with Legal.
Develop supplier-segmentation and governance models. Conduct business reviews with strategic suppliers; use scorecards to monitor cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction; and lead corrective action or supplier-development plans when performance falls below expectations.
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and translate category strategies into clear decisions, executive summaries, project plans, implementation roadmaps, and communications tailored to the audience. Secure sponsorship, resources, and adoption across business functions and geographies.
Use analytics to establish spend baselines, identify leakage and fragmented demand, benchmark professional-services rates and consulting economics, evaluate make-versus-buy opportunities, model scenarios, validate savings, and support fact-based award recommendations.
Maintain awareness of consulting and professional-services market trends, supplier capabilities, regulatory developments, emerging delivery models, and technology-enabled services. Convert market insights into sourcing actions and business recommendations.
Ensure purchases and engagements comply with applicable AbbVie policies and procedures, Procurement requirements, delegated authority, third-party risk management, privacy, information security, records management, and applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field required; advanced degree or relevant procurement certification preferred.
Minimum of 6 years of combined experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, consulting, professional services, supplier management, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing category strategies for Professional Services, Consulting, statement-of-work services, or managed service programs.
Strong knowledge of services-commercial models, including hourly and daily rates, rate cards, retainers, fixed-fee and milestone-based pricing, time-and-materials, outcome-based fees, expenses, rebates, and volume discounts.
Experience structuring and negotiating master service agreements, statements of work, service-level agreements, change orders, and related commercial terms in partnership with Legal and business stakeholders.
Working knowledge of risks associated with external services, including confidentiality, intellectual property, data privacy, information security, conflicts of interest, third-party access, and regulatory or policy compliance.
Advanced analytical and financial skills, with the ability to normalize complex supplier proposals, benchmark rates, model total cost, establish baselines, validate benefits, and present clear recommendations from imperfect data.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams through a structured sourcing process and drive fact-based decisions without defaulting to compromise.
Strong project-management skills, including the ability to define scope, convert complex objectives into actionable workplans, manage dependencies and milestones, address implementation barriers, and sustain adoption.
Executive-level communication, influencing, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to tailor messages for business leaders, functional experts, suppliers, and operational teams.
Proficiency with sourcing, contracting, spend-analytics, and supplier-management technologies; ability to use data and digital tools to improve category visibility and decision-making.
Key Stakeholders:
Business and functional leaders across Research & Development, Commercial, Operations, Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and other enterprise functions; Procurement category and sourcing teams; Third-Party Risk Management; Compliance; Privacy; Information Security; Finance and Accounts Payable; supplier diversity; contract operations; preferred consulting and professional-services suppliers; and other regional or global stakeholders affected by category strategies and supplier decisions.
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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Professional Services Consultant Job Market in Illinois
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- Banking & Financial Services
- Technology & Software
What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in professional services consultant jobs across Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, finance, or a related field required
- Two or more years of experience in consulting, client-facing advisory, or project delivery
- Demonstrated ability to manage client engagements, timelines, and stakeholder expectations independently
- Proficiency in project management tools, CRM platforms, or enterprise resource planning systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive-level presentation and documentation
- Experience working in cross-functional teams across multiple client industries or verticals
Professional Services Consultant Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a professional services consultant in Illinois?
Most professional services consultant roles in Illinois require a bachelor's degree in business, finance, information technology, or a related field, with employers in the Chicago market increasingly favoring candidates with an MBA or industry-recognized certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma, or Salesforce credentials. Illinois does not require a state-issued license for consulting work, but technology and financial services clients often expect demonstrated platform expertise or prior implementation experience before an offer.
How much do professional services consultants make in Illinois?
Professional services consultants in Illinois earn a median of about $104,270 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $57,610 for the lowest 10% to over $175,360 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire professional services consultants in Illinois?
Employers hiring professional services consultants in Illinois right now include Amazon Web Services, Ripple, and AbbVie, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Chicago's concentration of Fortune 500 headquarters and major consulting firm offices means Illinois consistently ranks among the most active states for professional services hiring.
Which Illinois cities have the most professional services consultant jobs?
Chicago and North Chicago have the most professional services consultant openings in Illinois. Chicago drives the majority of demand given its density of financial services firms, healthcare systems, and global consulting offices, while Naperville and Schaumburg attract openings tied to the large technology and professional services campuses anchored along the I-88 corridor west of the city.
Are there remote professional services consultant jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 33% of professional services consultant openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how much of the work involves analysis, documentation, and virtual client delivery. The portions most likely to remain fully remote are strategy and advisory projects, while implementation and on-site training phases typically require periodic client travel.
How can I get hired as a professional services consultant in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an analyst or associate consultant program at one of the major firms with Chicago offices, where Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM run structured new-graduate cohorts each year. Candidates without direct consulting experience often transition from adjacent Illinois roles such as business analyst, project coordinator, or account manager. A PMP certification, Salesforce or SAP credential, or a portfolio of process improvement projects gives early-career applicants a concrete edge in Illinois screening rounds.
Where can I find and apply to professional services consultant jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to professional services consultant jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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