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Job Title: Sr. Director, Global Network & Network Security
Company Name: AbbVie
Location: North Chicago, IL
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 05/29/2026
Expire Date: 06/28/2026
Job Categories: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Finance/Economics, Information Technology, Sales, Science, Executive Management, Quality Control
Job Description
Sr. Director, Global Network & Network Security

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.


Job Description

The Senior Director will provide senior leadership to create and execute Global Network, Voice and Network Security strategies that support AbbVie business goals. This role owns the end-to-end direction and performance of AbbVies Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security capabilities worldwide, with enterprise-wide impact and influence.
This role will build collaborative partnerships with technology and functional domain vice presidents and key business stakeholders. Lead delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable network services and security controls that address prioritized business problems, support innovation, and enable global growth. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior AbbVieleadershipand results are assessed from a 35 yearperspective.

Responsibilities

  • Global Strategy & Roadmap: Define and lead the 35 yearglobal strategy and roadmap for Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security to enable AbbVies business priorities, digital transformation, and growth.
  • Network Architecture & Standards: Partner with Enterprise Architecture toestablishglobal reference architectures, engineering standards, and design patterns for LAN/WAN/SD-WAN/Wi-Fi, voice/collaboration, network segmentation, and secure connectivity (including cloud and third-party connectivity.)
  • Network Security Leadership: Own network security strategy and execution across the enterprise, including secure network design, perimeter and internal controls, Zero Trust alignment, DDoS protection, secure remote access, and continuous improvement of network security posture in partnership with Cybersecurity/GRC.
  • Service Delivery & Operations: Accountable for global availability, performance, resilience, and lifecycle management of network and voice services, including monitoring, incident/problem management, change/release governance, and service quality KPIs/SLAs.
  • Risk, Compliance & Resilience: Drive security and regulatory compliance requirementsimpactingnetworks (e.g., validated environments, privacy, audit readiness), and lead resiliency planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity for network services worldwide.
  • Program & Portfolio Management: Lead global programs and investments (refresh, modernization, site build/expansion, M&A integration, cloud connectivity) ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, budget, and business outcomes.
  • Vendor & Financial Management: Direct global vendor strategy and performance for carriers, managed services, hardware/software providers; manage budgets, contracts, and commercial negotiations tooptimizecost, risk, and value.
  • People Leadership: Build, lead, and develop high-performing global teams (including directors, managers, engineers, and managed service partners) with clear accountability, strong engagement, anda robustsuccession pipeline.
  • Stakeholder Partnership & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders;communicate strategy, tradeoffs, risks, and outcomes; and influence enterprise decisions and operating policies for network and security domains.
  • Culture & Ways of Working: ConsistentlydemonstrateAbbVies Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes, promoting an enterprise mindset, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement across global network and security services.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelors Degree or equivalent education and 15+ years of experience required.
  • Proven ability to effectively connect employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall AbbVie goals.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing and inspiring team members.
  • Experience managing teams of at least 20 people with a resource mix of managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors and managed service providers.
  • Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
  • Thought leader for AbbVie in their business and technology domain(s).
  • Experiencing managing a budget of at least $20 million.

Preferred:

  • Masters degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred. Will consider 19 years of relevant experience in related technical field.
  • Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain is preferred.

Additional Information

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

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

  • This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

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Website:https://careers.abbvie.com/en/job/sr-director-global-network-and-network-security-in-north-chicago-il-jid-28593?_atxsrc=HBCUConnect&utm_source=HBCUConnect
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