AbbVie · 9 hours ago
Associate Director, Corporate Brand Partnerships
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $261K/yr
10+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions to address serious health issues. The Associate Director of Corporate Brand Partnerships will shape and execute sponsorship initiatives that enhance the brand and foster stakeholder connections, driving business objectives through strategic partnership management.
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Responsibilities
Support Director, Corporate Brand Partnerships on short- and long-term strategy development, including potential future partnerships
Synthesize cross-functional input to elevate partnership planning sessions and strategic alignment meetings
Contribute to the preparation and presentation of internal presentations and strategy documents to communicate partnership initiatives
Track and document ongoing strategy initiatives to ensure timely follow-up and visibility to leadership
Manage development of creative campaigns from ideation through in-market execution. Manage agencies, partners, and vendors ensuring alignment to brand objectives, sponsorship platform, industry best practices as well as AbbVie brand guidelines
Across assigned properties/partners, lead day-to-day planning and execution with internal teams, agency partners, and rights holders. Drive partnership success and maximize value by delivering integrated campaigns that drive awareness and favorability
Lead special events and experiences related to partnerships
In partnership with communications teams, support employee engagement initiatives related to partnerships
Drive innovation in partnership experiences by piloting new engagement models and technologies
Manage assigned budgets for partnership programs including property fees, agency investment and activation funds, ensuring effective resource allocation and ROI analysis; oversee procurement and financial management processes
Oversee day to day partnership management, maximizing contractual asset value while ensuring compliance with AbbVie brand standards and company policies
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including event organizers, partners, and internal stakeholders, driving implementation plans for funded programs
Develop scalable partnership playbooks, templates, and best practice guidelines for the broader team
Track and analyze activation results against brand strategy KPIs, informing future decisions
Gather and analyze stakeholder feedback to evaluate partnership value and satisfaction
Monitor market trends, new platforms and best practices to inform strategy
Prepare comprehensive post-activation reports summarizing partnership performance and key learnings and present findings and actionable insights
Lead annual post-mortem sessions to align optimizations and key actions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Sports Management, or a related field
10+ years of experience in strategic and tactical partnership marketing, brand management or account/client management with a proven track record of performance leading a portfolio in the sports and entertainment vertical or commensurate experience
Must also have at least 5 years of marketing experience across one of three groups (consumer, medical or pharmaceutical)
Excellent negotiation, communication, and project management skills
Strong executive presence to represent AbbVie with internal and external stakeholders
Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple, high visibility initiatives successfully
Strategic thinker with ability to drive business outcomes
Some travel is required (up to 30%+ annually), sometimes over weekends for events
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
AbbVie has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (273)
2024 (190)
2023 (225)
2022 (284)
2021 (186)
2020 (186)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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