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Senior Event Planner

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Madison, New Jersey
Start date
Jun 16, 2021

Job Details

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

The Senior Event Planner manages and supports all strategic, operational, and logistical activities for meeting and event related activities; may liase with a third-party vendor as appropriate. The Senior Event Planner is responsible for working closely with specified clients to develop a
comprehensive meetings and events calendar that aligns with the overall business strategy andobjectives. Additionally, this role acts as the appointed owner for the creation and management of annual planning budgets for both pipeline and in-line products. This role works closely with affiliate counterparts to create a unified approach to meeting and events management, both domestically and internationally.


Responsibilities :

The Sr. Event Planner is responsible for partnering 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 the 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.
Communication and enforcement of International Congress/Event Guidelines where applicable.
Serve as program lead for national and global meeting/event programs.
Cross collaboration with marketing brand stakeholders, financial controllers, procurement, and
vendor partners.
Liaise with cross functional stakeholders to determine program synergies/opportunities and deliver
consist service and messaging across all convention programs Research and recommend
efficiencies in logistics, technologies, procedures, and/or industry related solutions.


 


Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor degree in business, communication, organizational
leadership or related field of study and 5+ years of work experience
Desired Qualifications: Convention planning experience preferred – including staff & vendor
management experience
Exceptional leadership skills and demonstrated success managing a 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 thinker, results oriented, self-organized and self-starter. Results-oriented with a proven track record of results
Adaptable & change agent in an evolving environment


Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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