Senior Counsel, Legal Strategy

Job Description
The Senior Counsel, Legal Strategy, will be responsible for identifying, developing and executing key legal strategies to advance company priorities.  The individual in this role will leverage industry experience and innovative thinking while partnering with both internal subject matter experts and external resources to drive creative solutions to complex legal challenges in the life sciences and pharmaceutical regulatory environment.  The role will primarily be focused on emerging challenges in the U.S. pricing, reimbursement and access ecosystem; however, there will be the opportunity to evolve the role to have a broader and more global focus.  
Key Responsibilities:
Work with internal stakeholders and business partners to identify key areas of complex legal challenges impacting initiative prioritized by senior leaders.
Analyze and assess challenges to develop strategies to navigate and/or shape the external environment and advance company objectives. Strategies will often be cross-functional and include engagement with external stakeholders like government agencies, industry associations/ coalitions and third parties in the healthcare ecosystem.
Determine prioritization, timeline and resourcing needs for strategic initiatives and gain senior leader alignment.
Drive cross-functional team execution and progress.
Develop lines of communication with internal subject matter experts and key business counterparts to inform strategic initiatives and help build cohesive AbbVie strategies. 
Work to consistently strengthen and improve agility, prioritization and innovative thinking within the AbbVie Legal organization and key cross-functional partners.