Paralegal, Clinical R&D (Hybrid)

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL • 3w ago

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 (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

Job Description

This position supports AbbVie's global Clinical R&D organization and will interact with attorneys in the Legal Division and R&D business. The position reports to Senior Paralegal II, Clinical R&D Legal.

Responsibilities

Under supervision, manages basic research related agreements, including contract review and negotiation

Reviews and responds to queries related to legal sections of Informed Consent documents

Maintains and updates clinical research related templates and other legal forms with precision

Identifies and helps to resolves routine legal matters in area of responsibility with minimal supervision.

Develops knowledge of AbbVie's Clinical R&D business and other supported client areas.

Possess strong communication skills required to effectively gather relevant information from internal stakeholders, including contract management support functions and study start up.

Directly interacts and negotiates with individuals inside and outside AbbVie.

Coordinates with AbbVie legal specialists on intellectual property and privacy law.

Represents AbbVie externally to customers, suppliers, competitors, opposing counsel or government agencies and assists in resolving legal issues using negotiation skills and legal experience.

Performs independent analysis of unique problems and proposes solutions.

Appropriately discerns proper escalation when new issues arise.

Assists attorneys in resolving complex legal issues on projects involving multiple disciplines within legal department and/or multiple functional areas or divisions within AbbVie.

Maintains clear understanding of internal AbbVie SOPs and other internal guidance

Keeps abreast of legal and regulatory requirements and changes in laws/regulations related to clinical research

Executes core job responsibilities within set time frames.

Interacts across all levels of management.

**This role will require 3 days in the Lake Bluff office.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor's Degree and / or relevant legal education (Paralegal certificate).

Minimum 2+ years of paralegal experience in the area of contracts. Experience in clinical research highly preferred.

Must be able to work independently as well as part of a broader team with a strong sense of urgency, personal commitment and ownership over work

Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functional partners

Excellent oral/written communication, organization/analytical, attention to detail, and project management abilities are all required.

Must be able to multi-task, analyze information, understand client needs, set and manage own work priorities and meet deadlines.

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. ??

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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. 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 protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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Salary: $64,000 - $122,000

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