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Paralegal - Ops Legal

AbbVie

North Chicago, ILJob$66K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$66K/yr
Location
North Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Paralegal will support AbbVie’s Operations, Purchasing, and Corporate Affairs Legal team and AI Legal Team. The role maintains templates, negotiates contracts, and advises business clients on legal and policy obligations in consultation with attorneys. It also supports complex projects and negotiations, represents Legal internally and AbbVie externally, monitors relevant legal changes, and communicates critical project developments to legal managers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Contract NegotiationAI ToolsCommunicationOrganizationAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsAttention to DetailFlexibilityProject ManagementMultitaskingInformation AnalysisUnderstanding Client NeedsWork PrioritizationDeadline ManagementInitiativeLearning Agility

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Paralegal Certificate3+ Years Paralegal ExperienceCorporate Environment Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)

Job Description

The Paralegal will be part of the AbbVie Operations, Purchasing, and Corporate Affairs Legal team and the AI Legal Team. The Paralegal will be responsible for maintaining templates, negotiating contracts, and advising AbbVie businesses regarding legal and policy obligations in consult with department attorneys.

Responsibilities

  • Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and manages a variety of transactional agreements, including master services agreements for all types of services, professional services and consulting agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, business technology agreements, and amendments, with supervision of an attorney.

  • Assists attorneys with the creation of contract templates.

  • Independently identifies problems, performs analysis, proposes solutions, and provides guidance directly to business clients.

  • Assists attorneys in managing and resolving complex legal issues on projects or negotiations involving multiple disciplines within legal department and/or multiple functional areas or divisions within AbbVie.

  • Possesses sound knowledge of clients’ business and knowledge of the broader business impact, including ability to prioritize multiple projects.

  • Represents Legal Function internally to clients, across all levels of management.

  • Represents AbbVie externally to customers, suppliers, competitors, and opposing counsel, and resolves legal issues using negotiation skills and legal experience.

  • Keeps abreast of changes in laws that affect client areas.

  • Advises legal department managers of critical project developments in a timely manner.

  • Executes core job responsibilities in a timely manner.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree and / or relevant legal education (Paralegal certificate).

  • Minimum 3 years of paralegal experience including significant experience in negotiating contracts and in using/working with AI tools. Experience in a corporate environment preferred.

  • Excellent communication (oral and written), organization/analytical, and interpersonal skills; attention to detail, flexibility, and project management abilities.

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

  • Appetite to learn and strong initiative.

  • Comfort in a fast-paced environment.

  • Proficient in area of responsibility.

Additional Information

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.

  • 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.

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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Salary: $65,500

How this job compares

Set against the 1,004 open Paralegal jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$66K/yr
  • Illinois median$67–109K/yr35 salary ranges
  • US median$75–110K/yr450 salary ranges

This rate, $66K, is 26% below the Illinois median midpoint ($89K) — in the lowest quarter of Paralegal salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 50 open Paralegal jobs in Illinois and 1,004 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Paralegal postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (759 postings).
Education
241 of the 1,004 open Paralegal jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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