Immigration Specialist

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 – 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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

The Immigration Specialist is responsible for providing U.S. immigration guidance and support to AbbVie’s global pharmaceutical business.  In partnership with AbbVie’s immigration attorneys, this individual will help manage AbbVie’s U.S. immigration program portfolio and will interface with internal and outside legal counsel and internal stakeholders. Candidates must have extensive hands-on employment-based immigration experience, including on all business non-immigrant (H, L, O, E, TN, etc.) and immigrant (PERM, OR, NIW, MnM, etc.) matters.  This position reports to the Vice President, Employment, Labor and Immigration. 

Core Job Responsibilities:  

• Manage and maintain business non-immigrant and immigrant matters in compliance with U.S. immigration laws, regulations and AbbVie policies.
• Manage a portfolio of immigration matters to ensure timely and accurate submissions of government petitions and applications. 
• Advise Human Resources regarding global mobility to help enable domestic and global relocations by using industry insights and experience.
• Develop and manage relationships with AbbVie’s immigration internal and outside counsel. 
• Identify trends, concerns and programmatic and strategic needs to enable customized solutions that meet business needs.
• Advise on matters related to I-9s, I-9 audits, and E-Verify.
• Stay abreast of changes in laws that affect U.S. immigration sponsorship.
• Communicate with internal clients and senior leaders regarding business immigration laws.
• Manage a budget and ensure legal expenditures are in compliance with budgetary and internal guidelines.
• Prepare and run reports for internal stakeholders. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree. U.S. paralegal or law degree preferred. 
• Minimum 8 years of U.S. employment-based immigration portfolio management experience, with at least 4 years of which is in a corporate environment.  Alternatively, would accept a JD or bachelor’s and paralegal certificate, and 6 years of paralegal and/or US employment-based immigration portfolio management experience, with at least 4 years of which is in a corporate environment.
• Experience managing a portfolio of immigration matters through the full life cycle of PERM, I-140 and adjustment of status, working with corporate stakeholders and beneficiaries and managing outside counsel on these matters.
• Experience designing, implementing and maintaining a corporate compliance program (i.e. PAF, PERM audit files and related reporting)
• Proven project management experience
• Excellent oral/written communication, strong writing, organization/analytical and interpersonal skills;

• Must be able to multi-task, be detail-oriented, and able to analyze information, understand client needs, set and manage own work priorities to meet deadlines.

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.​​ Salary: $73,000 - $138,500

• 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. ​​

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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 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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