You must be pursuing a relevant Bachelor’s, graduating between Dec 2025 – Jun 2026, have quality course experience, and be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

You will collaborate with leaders to capture lessons, lead process improvement workshops, enhance quality playbook materials, and support project management for integration efforts.

Research & Development

United States

North Chicago

Large

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.  

Science & Healthcare

AbbVie

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 Company Description
 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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Job Description
 Business Development Quality Intern Overview: 
 Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie’s Experiential Interns.
 The Pharmacovigilance, Patient Safety, Epidemiology, and Quality (PSEQ) organization works collaboratively and strategically with colleagues across the product lifecycle to identify, evaluate, understand, and communicate the safety profile and ensure quality standards of AbbVie products to protect patients worldwide.
 The Business Development Quality Intern works across R&amp;D to successfully integrate AbbVie acquired assets, systems, and personnel into our respective organization and product development pipeline.
 The team is a high-profile and high-impact group that interacts cross-functionally to ensure the successful continuation of product development including supplier qualification efforts, clinical supply chain continuity, quality systems considerations, and more. As a member of the team, you are at the forefront of working with leaders to identify critical lessons learned and drive high-value projects to support AbbVie’s R&amp;D Quality integration activities.
 The Business Development Quality intern requires an engaged and agile individual who is willing to grow through established relationships, discussions, and a continuous learning environment. During this internship experience, the intern will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with R&amp;D Quality and business strategy colleagues essential to the successful continued development of acquired AbbVie assets.
 AbbVie strongly considers high performing interns as candidates for the Patient Safety &amp;Quality Development Program, a two-year rotational program aimed at developing the leaders of tomorrow within the Patient Safety and Quality function. 
 Key Responsibilities Include:
 <ul>
 <li>To collaborate with cross-functional leaders to capture and report lessons learned from historical integration activities in R&amp;D Quality.</li>
 <li>To lead process improvement workshops associated with optimizing how R&amp;D Quality performs their integration efforts.</li>
 <li>To improve upon existing quality integration playbook materials to grow a culture of excellence and efficiency in integration activities.</li>
 <li>To support &amp; lead relevant project management activities associated with potentially ongoing integration efforts during the intern program.</li>
 </ul> Qualifications
 Minimum Qualifications:
 <ul>
 <li>Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Bachelor’s in Business, Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences/Medical Sciences degrees or other related field</li>
 <li>Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship</li>
 <li>Expected graduation date between December 2025 – June 2026</li>
 <li>Proficient in required software including Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook</li>
 </ul>
 Preferred Qualifications:
 <ul>
 <li>Quality-related course work or experience</li>
 </ul> Additional Information
 Benefits and Amenities
 <ul>
 <li>Competitive pay</li>
 <li>Relocation support for eligible students</li>
 <li>Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time</li>
 </ul>
 Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
 <ul>
 <li>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.</li>
 </ul>
 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.
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 AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because 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, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
 US &amp; Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
 US &amp; Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
 https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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 Company Description
  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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Job Description
  Business Development Quality Intern Overview: 
 Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie’s Experiential Interns.
 The Pharmacovigilance, Patient Safety, Epidemiology, and Quality (PSEQ) organization works collaboratively and strategically with colleagues across the product lifecycle to identify, evaluate, understand, and communicate the safety profile and ensure quality standards of AbbVie products to protect patients worldwide.
 The Business Development Quality Intern works across R&D to successfully integrate AbbVie acquired assets, systems, and personnel into our respective organization and product development pipeline.
 The team is a high-profile and high-impact group that interacts cross-functionally to ensure the successful continuation of product development including supplier qualification efforts, clinical supply chain continuity, quality systems considerations, and more. As a member of the team, you are at the forefront of working with leaders to identify critical lessons learned and drive high-value projects to support AbbVie’s R&D Quality integration activities.
 The Business Development Quality intern requires an engaged and agile individual who is willing to grow through established relationships, discussions, and a continuous learning environment. During this internship experience, the intern will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with R&D Quality and business strategy colleagues essential to the successful continued development of acquired AbbVie assets.
 AbbVie strongly considers high performing interns as candidates for the Patient Safety &Quality Development Program, a two-year rotational program aimed at developing the leaders of tomorrow within the Patient Safety and Quality function. 
 Key Responsibilities Include:
 
  To collaborate with cross-functional leaders to capture and report lessons learned from historical integration activities in R&D Quality.
  To lead process improvement workshops associated with optimizing how R&D Quality performs their integration efforts.
  To improve upon existing quality integration playbook materials to grow a culture of excellence and efficiency in integration activities.
  To support & lead relevant project management activities associated with potentially ongoing integration efforts during the intern program.
   Qualifications
  Minimum Qualifications:
 
  Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Bachelor’s in Business, Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences/Medical Sciences degrees or other related field
  Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
  Expected graduation date between December 2025 – June 2026
  Proficient in required software including Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
 
  Preferred Qualifications:
 
  Quality-related course work or experience
   Additional Information
  Benefits and Amenities
 
  Competitive pay
  Relocation support for eligible students
  Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time
 
 Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
 
  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.
 
 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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because 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, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
 US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
 US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
 https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html


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