Director, State Government Affairs Job at AbbVie, Remote

  • AbbVie
  • Remote

Job 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 abbvie. com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube. The Director, State Government Affairs is a strategic leader and central partner to AbbVie’s Government Affairs team, responsible for developing and executing comprehensive lobbying and advocacy strategies that actively shape state legislative and regulatory environments in support of AbbVie’s business and policy objectives. With AbbVie’s global headquarters located in Illinois, this role will serve as the lead representative for AbbVie across the state, engaging state and local policymakers in the state capital of Springfield, Chicago, and communities throughout Illinois, including Lake County. The position will also be responsible for states across the Midwest region as assigned. This role anticipates and responds to state policy trends, collaborates with internal business partners and Government Affairs colleagues and works in collaboration with the Strategic Alliances leader and Policy teams to engage external national and state alliances to create a robust political and policy environment that fosters continued medical innovation, patient access, and AbbVie’s long-term success. Rigorous compliance with all state lobbying and campaign finance laws and regulations. Responsibilities - Represent AbbVie’s Illinois headquarters and lead strategic business relationships and advancing enterprise priorities across key state and local governments, economic development and community stakeholders. This role will help shape and execute AbbVie’s state and local engagement strategy to support business objectives, strengthen AbbVie’s presence in Illinois, and foster an operating environment that enables long-term growth, innovation, and impact. - Set the lobbying and advocacy strategy to shape state legislative and regulatory activity, including direct engagement with policymakers, regulators, third-party groups, and coalitions.

Assess the state political and public policy environment to determine where action is advisable, make recommendations on AbbVie’s approach, and manage internal expectations regarding legislative and regulatory impacts. Represent AbbVie in matters impacting the company, proactively evaluate legislation and regulations, and assess opportunities and threats to AbbVie’s interests. - Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with state policymakers and regulators, including Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Attorneys Generals, State Legislatures and Local officials in the selected region and with external stakeholders to advance AbbVie’s state policy goals. - Engage and partner with internal and external stakeholders to support AbbVie’s U. S. site selection initiatives. This includes evaluating site opportunities, coordinating regional engagement, and positioning AbbVie effectively with state and local economic development officials to enable future investment and expansion. - Collaborate with the U. S. Strategic Alliances Director to provide state legislative and political expertise, supporting the development and execution of comprehensive policy advocacy strategies in partnership with state and local stakeholders to advance AbbVie’s goals across state capitals. - Be a strategic business partner with cross-functional internal business stakeholders – including Federal Government Affairs, U. S. Policy & Analytics, Commercial, Legal, Market Access, Corporate Affairs and Regional and District managers – within position’s assigned region - to leverage state advocacy strategies.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area

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