Senior Event Planner at AbbVie North Chicago, IL
Carlsbad Tech, North Chicago, IL, United States
Senior Event Planner – AbbVie (North Chicago, IL)
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.
Job Description
The role of Senior Event Planner is to manage and support all strategic, operational, and logistical activities for meeting and event related activities; may liaise with a third‑party vendor as appropriate. The Senior Event Planner works closely with specified clients to develop a comprehensive meetings and events calendar that aligns with the overall business strategy and objectives. The role acts as the appointed owner for the creation and management of annual planning budgets for both pipeline and in‑line products, and works closely with affiliate counterparts to create a unified approach to meeting and events management, both domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
Partner with strategic business unit senior management teams to streamline the meetings and events management process, identify synergies and best practices across brands and therapeutic areas, and identify cost‑effective solutions to convention marketing.
Utilize tracking and measurement tools to determine the qualitative and quantitative effectiveness of expenditures across all therapeutic areas.
Maintain, report and forecast annual brand meeting budgets.
Liaise with Compliance to track and monitor all compliance related expenditures and reporting requirements.
Ensure the integrity of all HCP interactions at conventions and affiliated meetings in accordance with corporate guidelines and policies.
Monitor vendor compliance with related policies and procedures, most notably those relating to regulatory and compliance of promotional materials and interactions with HCPs.
Communicate and enforce International Congress/Event Guidelines where applicable.
Serve as program lead for national and global meeting/event programs.
Collaborate with marketing brand stakeholders, financial controllers, procurement, and vendor partners.
Liaise with cross‑functional stakeholders to determine program synergies/opportunities and deliver consistent service and messaging across all convention programs, and research and recommend efficiencies in logistics, technologies, procedures, and/or industry related solutions.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, communication, organizational leadership or a related field of study and 5+ years of work experience.
Desired: Convention planning experience preferred – including staff & vendor management experience.
Exceptional leadership skills and demonstrated success managing both small and large scale projects.
Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
Excellent people and communication skills, ability to operate in a cross‑cultural and complex matrix environment, and ability to build consensus across functions without direct authority.
Analytical and forward‑thinking, results‑oriented, self‑organized and self‑starter.
Adaptable & change agent in an evolving environment.
Benefits and Compensation
Compensation range: 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 the Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Eligibility to participate in 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.
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more.
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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.
Job Description
The role of Senior Event Planner is to manage and support all strategic, operational, and logistical activities for meeting and event related activities; may liaise with a third‑party vendor as appropriate. The Senior Event Planner works closely with specified clients to develop a comprehensive meetings and events calendar that aligns with the overall business strategy and objectives. The role acts as the appointed owner for the creation and management of annual planning budgets for both pipeline and in‑line products, and works closely with affiliate counterparts to create a unified approach to meeting and events management, both domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
Partner with strategic business unit senior management teams to streamline the meetings and events management process, identify synergies and best practices across brands and therapeutic areas, and identify cost‑effective solutions to convention marketing.
Utilize tracking and measurement tools to determine the qualitative and quantitative effectiveness of expenditures across all therapeutic areas.
Maintain, report and forecast annual brand meeting budgets.
Liaise with Compliance to track and monitor all compliance related expenditures and reporting requirements.
Ensure the integrity of all HCP interactions at conventions and affiliated meetings in accordance with corporate guidelines and policies.
Monitor vendor compliance with related policies and procedures, most notably those relating to regulatory and compliance of promotional materials and interactions with HCPs.
Communicate and enforce International Congress/Event Guidelines where applicable.
Serve as program lead for national and global meeting/event programs.
Collaborate with marketing brand stakeholders, financial controllers, procurement, and vendor partners.
Liaise with cross‑functional stakeholders to determine program synergies/opportunities and deliver consistent service and messaging across all convention programs, and research and recommend efficiencies in logistics, technologies, procedures, and/or industry related solutions.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, communication, organizational leadership or a related field of study and 5+ years of work experience.
Desired: Convention planning experience preferred – including staff & vendor management experience.
Exceptional leadership skills and demonstrated success managing both small and large scale projects.
Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
Excellent people and communication skills, ability to operate in a cross‑cultural and complex matrix environment, and ability to build consensus across functions without direct authority.
Analytical and forward‑thinking, results‑oriented, self‑organized and self‑starter.
Adaptable & change agent in an evolving environment.
Benefits and Compensation
Compensation range: 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 the Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Eligibility to participate in 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.
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more.
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