Paralegal

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL • 1w 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

Responsibilities:

The Paralegal performs the following with moderate supervision from either a managing Attorney, Paralegal Manager, Senior Paralegal II or Senior Paralegal:

Identify and resolve routine issues within area of responsibility by using legal knowledge and experience to develop solutions and implement resolutions.

Plan and prepare for meetings with internal and external stakeholders and maintain departmental files in compliance with corporate and government regulations.

Assist in process improvement and resource development to meet current and future needs of Legal department.

Assist others with executing legal projects to support Department or Legal Division

Collaborate with or delegate to Legal support staff, including Project Assistants and other Paralegals, in assigned responsibilities.

Collaborate regularly with Attorneys and business stakeholders for assigned projects to find solutions to routine legal issues.

Attend cross functional team meetings.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and/or ABA approved Paralegal Certificate required.

Minimum 2 years experience within a law firm or legal department of a corporation required.

Position requires discretion, independent judgment and critical thinking for managing and completing assignments.

Strong communication skills required to effectively gather relevant information from business stakeholders and negotiate both internally and externally on routine matters.

Strong writing and analytical skills required to review, draft and prepare legal-related documents.

Strong organizational, interpersonal skills, project management and multitasking skills to manage multiple matters, set own work priorities and meet required work deadlines.

Exercises foundational understanding of rules, procedures and institutions for interpreting and enforcing laws in their area of expertise, and preferably with respect to the pharmaceutical industry.

Foundational problem solving skills required to identify and analyze routine issues in order to develop and propose solutions.

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications. Ability to learn new systems as needed.

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 and serving our community.? Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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