ABBVIE Hiring for Early Talent Pipeline Manager, Corporate Staff Functions at Lake County, IL Full Time

The Early Talent Pipeline Manager will play an integral part in building AbbVie’s leaders of tomorrow. As a senior member of the AbbVie Early Talent Pipeline team, the selected candidate will develop, design and deliver early talent strategies for AbbVie’s Corporate Functions. The work will drive differentiated development within the function’s early talent pipeline.

Primary goals for the position include:

(1) Create a strategic and consistently successful feeder for the AbbVie Talent Pipeline

(2) Accelerate the readiness of early pipeline talent to become capable business leaders and strengthen AbbVie’s long-term leadership pipeline.

The Early Talent Pipeline Manager will ensure that AbbVie is positioned as an employer of choice, delivering best-in-class early talent pipeline programs. This will include (but is not limited to):

• Selecting the highest potential talent for programs; the selected candidate will play a key role in the interview and selection process.
• In partnership with the business, selecting and curating the most impactful internship and development program assignments.
• Readying internship and assignment managers to develop key talent through training and coaching.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing the cohort of the early talent pipeline programs for your function. Provide program members with regular coaching and feedback on their performance, behaviors, and results. Lead the identification and implementation of additional learning curriculum specific to the Corporate Functions technical training needs.
• Transition the graduating members of your early talent pipeline cohort to full-time roles and provide alumni support and engagement.
• Aligning the early talent pipeline strategy with your functional talent strategy. Partner closely with Talent Management, Business HR and Assignment managers to deliver enterprise talent practices (TMR, performance calibration sessions) for the early talent pipeline cohorts.

Focus Areas of Early Talent Pipeline Manager role:

Strategy: You will build a functional early talent strategy, providing a data-based plan for internship and full-time hiring program volume, focus and impact. The delivery of the early talent pipeline strategy will measurably strengthen the talent bench for Corporate Functions client groups.

Development: You will be responsible for leading Corporate Functions rotational & direct hire programs. As an early talent expert, the selected candidate will work closely with senior leaders and Steering Committee members who sponsor and guide the programs.

Corporate Functions Focus:

The Corporate Functions Early Talent Pipeline Programs represents approximately 40 – 45 members, and historically 75 summer interns. Programs include:

• Business Technology Solutions Development Program
• Finance Development Program

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience, ideally in a Human Resources/Talent field such as University Relations, Early Career Programs, Talent Management, Learning and Development or Business Human Resources
• Strong project management, attention to detail and execution skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong executive presence with capability to influence executive audiences.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, consulting skills and ability to successfully navigate complex, ambiguous environments.
• Ability to balance broader Early Talent and Talent Team-wide goals with local/individual line of business goals to ensure successful, consistent implementation.
• Strong business and financial acumen skills.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in MS Office suite PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Capable of building executive ready presentations.
• Proficient in use of virtual meeting platform tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.