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Associate Director, EEDI Learning

AbbVie

AbbVie

North Chicago, IL, USA
Posted on Jul 8, 2025

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Reporting to the Director, EEDI Education & Leadership Development, the Associate Director of EEDI Learning will design and implement leadership development programming. This role is responsible for researching best practices, designing best in class programming, and ensuring a proactive approach to participant engagement. This role will facilitate sessions for a wide range of employees, from VP to individual contributors.

Responsibilities:

  • Partners with multiple internal and external partners across the enterprise to ensure programming is aligned and supports organizational goals and strategic priorities
  • Builds trust and rapport with partners to maximize outcomes from cross functional work
  • Advises people leaders, HR, councils, ERGs, and other partners on best practices to ensure fair and equitable employee experiences
  • Partners with learning and development leaders from across the globe to align and support enterprise initiatives
  • Manage project plans, budgets, timelines and communication plans for programs and initiatives
  • Identify and evaluate external training resources and vendors
  • Track key program metrics, monitor learner engagement, and implement interventions as needed.
  • Analyze data and feedback to inform program development
  • Provide coaching to leaders on individual development plans
  • Maintain an understanding of leadership development trends and best practices and continuously evaluate and improve leadership development programs
  • Advocate for EEDI within the organization; champions the value of living into AbbVie’s principle of Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
  • Consistently exercise discretion and good judgment, including sensitivity to confidential information, and cultural sensitivity and awareness related to individuals from wide-ranging backgrounds

Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Business, Human Resources or related field. Masters degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience; with demonstrated Superior knowledge of the diversity agenda and best practices. Experience in Diversity & Inclusion, Culture or Human Resources preferred.
  • Solid understanding of diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace, including employee resource groups, unconscious bias, and supplier diversity. Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive culture.
  • Proven track record of leading and implementing larger-scale global programs and projects. Demonstrates high organization and detail orientation with the ability to multi-task and handle heavy workload in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills plus interpersonal and presentation skills to drive results
  • Ability to analyze and see patterns in data and information in order to create proactive solutions. Ability to process and summarize large amounts of data into concise and meaningful reports. Possess highly developed analytical skills to understand complex data and to provide insights.
  • Excellent convincing and influencing skills with high credibility in senior management.
  • Deals effectively with difficult situations, negotiates persuasively, has a clear opinion and conveys ideas to the point.
  • Ability to work in and thrive in a changing business environment. Demonstrated experience operating within a large, complex, matrixed organization is preferred.

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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. ​

  • 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.

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