2026 Strategic Management Office Intern (MBA)

AbbVie
North Chicago, IL

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 . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description

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 internship offers the opportunity to help shape the strategic narrative, drive value through insights, and elevate how a high performing Strategic Management Office (SMO) tells its story and scales its impact. 

As a part of the SMO, you will work at the intersection of Supply Chain strategy and advanced technologies – including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and enterprise ontology – to inform smarter decision making and enable new ways of working . Your contributions will directly influence how the business scales innovation, accelerates digital capabilities, and showcases the strategic value of top talent across Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Analyze enterprise and operational datasets to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities across Supply Chain, leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and interconnected data.
  • Identify and translate unique business health indicators into actionable, executive-ready insights through visual storytelling and data-driven storytelling
  • Develop strategic materials (e.g., dashboards, value cases, presentations) that clearly articulate the “so what” behind performance trends, cross-functional challenges, or innovation opportunities. 
  • Partner directly with the Head of the SMO to shape and deliver high-impact strategic outputs related to related to analytics, digital enablement, and innovation pilots – including early initiatives from the Innovation Hub
  • Support the development of a cohesive “State of the SMO” storyline, showcasing how digital investments, AI integration, are creating measurable enterprise value

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program
  • Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
  • Expected graduation date between December 2026 – June 2027
  • 3+ years of prior work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, analytics, or transformation-related roles
  • Strong proficiency in PowerPoint, and executive communication – able to distill complexity into concise, visually compelling narratives
  • Comfortable working independently and with senior stakeholders on ambiguous, fast-moving initiatives

 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Exposure to coursework or project work in operations strategy, supply chain digital transformation, or innovation management
  • Hands-on experience with data visualization or business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel)
  • Familiarity with concepts in AI/ML, data modeling, or knowledge graphs / ontology, even at conceptual level
  • Strong story telling instincts: capable of synthesizing insights into a “so what” for cross-functional and executive audiences.
  • Demonstrates curiosity and ability to thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy environments.

Additional Information

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

Benefits and Amenities:​

  • Competitive pay​

  • Relocation support for eligible students​

  • Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time ​

  • 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 timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwe 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 absolutediscretion 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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Posted 2026-03-12

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