AbbVie Posted May 21, 2026

Senior Manager - Information Security Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

North Chicago, IL Full-time
Information Technology Manager

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About this opportunity

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,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Information Security Portfolio Management is responsible for driving strategic visibility and execution excellence across the Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) organization. This role carries a dual mandate: leading the ISRM Project Management Office (PMO), including managing a team of project and program managers, while also owning the broader portfolio management function that provides leadership with the insight needed to make informed investment, prioritization, and planning decisions. The ideal candidate brings both the operational discipline to run a high-performing PMO and the strategic perspective to manage a complex, multi-million-dollar cybersecurity portfolio.

Responsibilities 

Own and maintain the ISRM portfolio management framework, including standards for intake, prioritization, scheduling, and dependency tracking, and ensure an accurate and continuously updated view of the full portfolio across active projects, planned initiatives, and the demand pipeline.

Own and deliver executive-facing portfolio dashboards, status reports, and portfolio data products that provide ISRM leadership with an accurate, timely, and complete view of portfolio health, financials, and delivery performance.

Own and coordinate ISRM's annual portfolio planning process, including Long-Range Planning (LRP) and Capital Plan submissions, managing timelines, stakeholder inputs, and submission requirements; partner with the Senior Advisor, Information Security Strategy & Analytics who leads development of strategic content and investment rationale.

Identify and surface portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and resource constraints; facilitate prioritization decisions and escalation pathways with ISRM leadership.

Build and maintain a departmental service catalog to ensure consistent documentation of services and engagement methodologies.

Lead, manage, and develop a team of project and program managers within the ISRM PMO, providing coaching, performance oversight, career development support, and resource planning to ensure PMs are appropriately assigned and supported to deliver against portfolio commitments.

Establish and continuously improve PMO standards, methodologies, and delivery governance frameworks to ensure consistent and effective project execution across ISRM.

Ensure project and program managers maintain accurate and consistent project-level financial tracking, including budget consumption and capital and expense classification, in partnership with ISRM finance who governs financial reporting standards and reports portfolio financials to leadership.

Serve as the primary escalation point for project delivery issues, facilitating resolution of blockers, risks, and cross-functional dependencies.

Partner closely with the Senior Advisor, Information Security Strategy & Analytics to ensure portfolio data, planning outputs, and delivery insights are accurate, accessible, and structured to support strategic decision-making and executive communications.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience OR Master's Degree and 7 years of experience OR PhD and 3 years of experience.

Minimum of 4 years of experience in portfolio management, PMO leadership, or a closely related discipline within a large, complex organization, including a demonstrated track record of managing and developing high-performing project or program management teams.

Demonstrated experience managing a multi-million-dollar IT or cyber/information security portfolio, including oversight of project-level budget tracking and capital and expense planning in partnership with a dedicated financial management function.

Proven ability to design and deliver executive-level portfolio reporting that clearly communicates status, risks, and financial performance to senior leadership and governance audiences.

Strong experience with enterprise PPM tools (e.g., Clarity, Jira, or equivalent).

Solid understanding of project and program management methodologies (e.g., PMI, Agile, SAFe) and how they apply in a portfolio context.

Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to lead and develop a team while also influencing without authority across diverse teams and organizational levels.

Preferred: 

Experience in portfolio or program management within an Information Security, Cybersecurity, or IT Risk function.

Familiarity with information security terminology, operations, and frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, Zero Trust).

PMP, PfMP, or equivalent portfolio/project management certification.

Experience supporting globally distributed teams and stakeholders.

Experience establishing or maturing a PMO function, including defining operating models, governance structures, and delivery standards.

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 long-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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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 225 comparable Manager Information Technology roles across 30 biopharma companies.

225Comparable roles tracked
213Currently active
30Companies hiring similar roles
17Countries represented

Salary context

41 of 225 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $124,500/yr – $236,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate Software Engineer I · AbbVie $58,656/yr – $103,500/yr
Peer group range $81,078 – $224,445 (median $176,800)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 225 comparable roles

India101
United States72
Spain15
Portugal7
Japan5
China5

+ 11 more countries

Seniority mix

225 of 225 peers have a known seniority level

Manager134
Associate52
Associate Director39

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 225 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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