AbbVie Posted October 15, 2026

Project Manager, Advertising & Promotion

Mettawa, IL Full-time
Marketing Manager
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, scheduling and execution of all projects (print and digital) within AbbVie Ad Agency (A3).  This role works closely with their assigned account manager to help coordinate daily activities within A3 and continue to develop the ongoing relationship with their respective brand teams to keep projects on schedule, on budget and on strategy.

Role Responsibilities:

Understand AbbVie promotional guidelines including, but not limited to, corporate branding, promotional material development, Veeva PromoMats review and corporate compliance

Understand the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.

Demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multi-task to enhance productivity and manage workload.

Possess ability to work in a high-volume, rapidly paced environment.

Proficiency using the Microsoft Suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) and other systems (Kantata/Mavenlink, Workfront).

Project/Process Management:

Develop project schedules, allocate resources and communicate project status and schedules to all key stakeholders and ensure deliverables and key milestones are met on time and within budget.

Conduct regular status meetings with internal teams and clients to review progress, identify risks, and develop mitigation strategies. Capture notes and distribute recaps with action items.

Set up and manage routes for all projects through the internal agency approval process ( Kantata, WorkFront).

Understand the Medical/Legal/Regulatory ( Veeva ) review process and prepare all assets and documentation for submission and review in accordance with AbbVie Promotional Material Review Process.

Coordinate interactive resources with studio/programming/creative leads.

Be the primary point of contact for all third-party development/deployment vendors providing regular updates, managing expectations, and addressing any issues or concerns.

Create, compile, and maintain project and department documentation as needed ( technical documentation, server folder structure, spec sheets, estimate tracking, etc. ).

Qualifications

Bachelor degree required.

5+ years of project management experience, including at least 3 years leading creative and strategic projects in an advertising, marketing, branding, or agency-style environment, with experience managing briefs, timelines, budgets, cross-functional workflows, stakeholder feedback, approvals, and final deliverables.

1-5 years of pharmaceutical (not healthcare) experience within an ad agency.

Excellent communications skills: verbal, presentation, written.

High energy, positive, organized individual who is comfortable in a high-visibility role.

Great collaborator with ability to focus on both the big picture and small details.

Understanding of print and digital project lifecycles and different project management methodologies/styles.

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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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mettawa, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 741 comparable Manager Marketing roles across 130 biopharma companies.

741Comparable roles tracked
653Currently active
130Companies hiring similar roles
56Countries represented

Salary context

178 of 741 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $84,500/yr – $162,000/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate Brand Manager II · AbbVie $78,500/yr – $141,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Senior Manager, Patient Marketing (Boston/Hybrid) (Boston, MA, US) · Servier $147/hr – $168/hr (≈ $305,760–$349,440/yr)
Peer group range $109,750 – $327,600 (median $183,250)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 741 comparable roles

United States290
China63
Japan52
India45
United Kingdom25
Germany23

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Seniority mix

741 of 741 peers have a known seniority level

Manager542
Associate Director174
Associate25

Therapeutic area mix

161 of 741 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology69
Neuroscience24
Rare Disease14
Vaccines & Infectious Disease14
Cardiovascular / CVRM11
Immunology11
Dermatology & Aesthetics8
Respiratory5
Gastroenterology3
Ophthalmology2

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