Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

Company: AbbVie
Location: Florham Park
Posted on: January 16, 2026

Job Description:

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 Purpose Associate Director, Talent Acquisition creates and implements a strategic and proactive talent acquisition strategy with full stakeholder buy-in and participation to ensure that AbbVie attracts, sources and recruits the strongest talent. This role requires developing and implementing creative and innovative sourcing strategies and techniques to build a pipeline of candidates, as well as enhancing internal processes and systems, leveraging market insight to drive employer branding and sourcing initiatives in corporate functions, and partnering closely with senior leadership and stakeholders. Responsibilities Sets vision, strategy and goals for all aspects of talent acquisition across NEC. Leads, mentors and develops the talent acquisition professionals. Lead effective recruitment process, practices and standards that provide high quality experiences for candidates and hiring managers. Lead, plan and manage change and projects, balancing competing priorities and resources. Builds strong partnerships with the Early Career Team, Talent Management, Talent/Executive Development, Business HR and business leaders across the organization in order to understand trends, business needs and talent needed to deliver solutions that support positive business results. Partners in the identification and prioritization of current and future talent needs, and the deployment of recruiting strategies to support business needs. Develops and deploys diversity recruiting strategies that increase representation and build high-performing diverse teams at AbbVie. Regularly assess future talent needs and partner with business and finance to ensure appropriate budgeting is in place to support recruiting demand. Manages and influences senior level business and functional leaders to ensure overall business objectives are met and the resources necessary to recruit talent are acquired. Develops and implements best practices to insure compliance with local regulations and recruiting practices. Creates and maintains an environment of equal employment opportunity, diversity and competitive advantage in support of the company's diversity and inclusion strategic plan. Conducts talent acquisition practices and metrics benchmarking plan. Conducts talent acquisition practices and metrics benchmarking Qualifications Education and Experience Bachelors Degree required in Human Resources, Business Administration or similar career. Masters Degree preferred. Eight (8) or more progressive HR experience in large, global environments. Five (5) or more years in global talent acquisition or sourcing role. Significant experience in managing multiple task and projects related to the Human Resources field as well as project management knowledge and skills. Communication skills, verbal and written. Key Stakeholders VP Talent Acquisition, VP Talent, VP BHR Corporate Staff Functions, Corporate Functional Leaders. Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms. This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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