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Talent Acquisition Specialist

AbbVie

Barceloneta, PRJob$61K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$61K/yr
Location
Barceloneta, PR
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Puerto Rico Talent Acquisition Specialist supports recruitment for AbbVie’s manufacturing sites and Commercial divisions in Barceloneta and San Juan. The role implements sourcing and talent strategies across functional areas, applies labor legislation, and partners with hiring managers to meet staffing needs. It also supports recruiting for new profiles and business expansions, with hiring timelines of less than 60 days, and helps ensure compliance with applicable laws and company policies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

RecruitingSourcingPuerto Rico Labor LawsFederal Labor LawsApplicant Tracking SystemsSmartRecruitersEnglishSpanishBusiness PresenceInstilling ConfidenceDelivering ResultsTechnical Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree2+ Years Recruitment Experience5+ Years Recruiting ExperienceHealthcare or Pharmaceutical RecruitmentOperations Recruitment ExperienceBilingual English and Spanish Fluency

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

As the Puerto Rico Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will support recruitment efforts for AbbVie’s manufacturing sites and the Commercial divisions, located in Barceloneta and San Juan, respectively. You will implement sourcing and talent strategies for both current and emerging roles spanning different functional areas, applying knowledge of labor legislation throughout the process. With our continued growth, your responsibilities may expand to recruiting new profiles, managing business expansions, and meeting ambitious hiring timelines of less than 60 days. To be effective, you will need to become familiar with our products, therapies, sites, and technologies, ensuring that your talent acquisition approach is well aligned with our business needs and the broader market. The Talent Acquisition team is also responsible for the development, implementation and administration of company policies, procedures, and practices that assure compliance with federal and local laws and regulations and the divisional/corporate objectives.

Responsibilities:

  • Recruit for AbbVie’s Puerto Rico Sites: AbbVie Ltd., AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd., and AbbVie Corp. (commercial offices).

  • Attract top talent and develop a strong, qualified candidate pool for current and future openings.

  • Demonstrate ability to proactively identify, source and manage talent pools aligned to business priorities.

  • Manage open job requisitions, update and manage SmartRecruiters, achieve recruiting metrics and report key accomplishments. Will also compile and communicate the knowledge base, industry overviews, and market trends, data and analytics to team members and business leaders.

  • Contact and maintain relationships with universities, technical schools, and government agencies for the selection and provision of specialized personnel as temporary help to meet organizational needs.

  • Prepare and approve offer packages, providing equity & market competitiveness data research.

  • Additional job duties include pre-screening candidates, project management, partnering with team members to develop sourcing strategies and providing talent for open positions in adherence with SOPs.

  • Ensure compliance with Federal and Puerto Rico Laws and AbbVie policies and practices for applicant tracking compliance and reporting metrics.

  • Establish a true business partnership with hiring managers and leadership on all staffing related activities and issues.

  • Frequent to continuous computer usage (greater or equal to 50% of the workday) is required.

Qualifications

  • Educational Requirement: Bachelor's Degree.

  • 2+ years recruitment experience in a competitive, fast-paced, high-volume environment required. 5+ years recruiting experience preferred.

  • Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry recruitment experience strongly preferred, as well as Operations recruitment experience.

  • Proactive recruiting and sourcing experience required.

  • Must project a strong business presence and have the ability to instill confidence in clients and to deliver results.

  • Must possess working knowledge in Puerto Rico and Federal Labor Laws.

  • Strong technical skills and experience working within an ATS, with SmartRecruiters preferred.

  • Full written and verbal bilingual fluency in English and Spanish.

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.

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

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Salary: $61,000

How this job compares

Set against the 2,846 open Talent Acquisition jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$61K/yr
  • US median$100–150K/yr1,537 salary ranges

This rate, $61K, is 53% below the US median midpoint ($129K) — in the lowest quarter of Talent Acquisition salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,846 open Talent Acquisition jobs across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Talent Acquisition postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (2,286 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 399 of the 2,846 open Talent Acquisition jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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