Manager, Technology Licensing & Collaborations

Company Description

AbbVies 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 peoples 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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Under the direction of Director, Technology Licensing & Collaborations, partner with the R&D business to effectively negotiate and execute a variety of R&D agreements.

Responsibilities

Work with R&D business to negotiate and execute Master agreements, one-off lab service or service agreements, SOWs, meeting planning, etc. or to negotiate academic collaborations, technology feasibility agreements, small licenses, consortia, material transfer agreements and other agreements.

May work through strategic sourcing strategies with R&D business and actively help manage vendors with Master agreements in place. Review and analyze performance of vendors under direction of the Director for Vendor support and help to develop solutions to ensure overall performance and quality of services and effectively manage relationship.

Prepare, negotiate, review, in conjunction with Legal-draft, and execute a variety of R&D agreements, including determination of terms and effective negotiation strategies.

Develop and maintain necessary documentation for contracts including PO Summary Forms, Executive Summaries, Bids, JFSAs, TAFs, etc.

Manage interactions with external parties.

Communicate status of negotiations with key stakeholders timely.

Provide alliance management support for agreements.

Ensure compliance with Global Purchasing delegation, including signatory authority and its delegation, and ensure TLC compliance with all applicable Purchasing, OEC, R&D, Finance, Legal and Corporate policies.

Promote AbbVie as a partner of choice in all external communications and dealings and work to build the AbbVie brand.

Qualifications

Qualifications

5 years pharmaceutical industry experience. College degree. Science preferred, but not required (BS, MS, PhD.). MBA, paralegal degree or equivalent contracting/licensing experience

Expert knowledge of multidisciplinary operations.

Excellent negotiating skills.

Project management skills to handle high volume of contracts/projects.

Good communication; relationship management skills.

Costumer support focus.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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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. ​

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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