AbbVie is seeking a dynamic and dedicated professional to manage External Scientific Engagement Initiatives across the US West Coast, and Internal Scientific Engagement initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area. This key role involves strategic planning, relationship building, and operational leadership to strengthen AbbVie's internal and external scientific engagement and collaboration in this global Biotech and AI innovation hub.

Key Responsibilities

External Scientific Engagement:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with AbbVie Ventures, Business Development, and R&D to ensure top US West Coast Incubators, accelerators, leading startups, top universities, scientists, and professors understand AbbVie’s areas of strategic interest and position AbbVie as a partner of choice.
• Ensure AbbVie is well represented at key innovation events and forums throughout the West Coast.
• Support the organization of the AbbVie West Coast Partnering Day, Startup Competitions (e.g. Golden Tickets, etc.) and other external innovation and scientific engagement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database of promising West Coast startups, leaders, scientists, and key industry and scientific events in the region.

Internal Scientific Engagement:

• Partner with AbbVie scientific leaders and scientists and event planning teams to design and implement engaging internal scientific events at AbbVie Bay Area (ABA).
  • e.g. Bay Area Celebration of Science, Scientific Presentations, Scientific Symposiums, hackathons, etc.
• Partner with scientific leaders and scientist across sites to ensure ABA based employees are actively participating in AbbVie companywide scientific meetings and events.
  • e.g. AbbVie Celebration of Science, R&D Pathway to Cures, etc.
• Partners with Lab Leaders, Managers and scientists to strengthen scientific engagement, collaboration and increase awareness of the science and projects being advanced across the different lab functions at ABA.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database of promising R&D programs and marketing therapies being advanced by employees at ABA and key contributors.
• Develop and lead strategic initiatives to enhance internal scientific engagement and cross functional scientific collaborations.