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Associate Director, Total Rewards

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Human Resources

Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you educated HR business partners or recruiters on a compensation approach.

What they are checking: Whether they can teach HR partners and recruiters how compensation works, so decisions are made consistently across the business.

Tell me about a time your data on turnover or engagement changed a rewards decision.

What they are checking: Whether they use turnover and engagement data to influence rewards decisions, rather than designing programs based on assumptions.

Describe a time you had to deliver a recommendation leaders didn't want to hear.

What they are checking: Whether they will give senior leaders an unwelcome recommendation clearly and persuasively, since compensation advice often involves saying no.

What would you do

A business leader wants a big offer for a candidate that breaks the pay range. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can meet a business need without breaking pay structure and equity, since one exception can ripple across the whole team.

How do you adapt a global rewards framework to different countries?

What they are checking: Whether they can adapt a global framework to local law and markets, without losing the consistency that makes it work.

About the work

How would you make sure total rewards for the Allergan Aesthetics business stay market-competitive?

What they are checking: Whether they know how to benchmark pay against the right market data, so the aesthetics business can hire and keep good people.

Walk me through how you model a rewards scenario before you recommend it to leaders.

What they are checking: Whether they model costs and effects of a rewards change before recommending it, so leaders see the trade-offs clearly.

How do you manage benchmark survey submissions and decide which surveys to rely on?

What they are checking: Whether they understand survey methods and data quality, since benchmarks are only as good as the job matching behind them.

How do you check for pay equity, and what do you do when you find a gap?

What they are checking: Whether they run sound pay equity analysis and act on gaps, which carries both legal risk and real fairness consequences.

Aesthetics has a large sales force. What do you think matters most in designing sales incentives there?

What they are checking: Whether they understand sales incentive design for a large commercial team, where poor plans quickly drive the wrong behavior.

How do you keep rewards programs compliant as pay transparency laws spread?

What they are checking: Whether they track spreading pay transparency laws and adjust programs ahead of time, so the company stays compliant in every state.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Associate Director, Total Rewards Allergan Aesthetics Lead : Responsible for partnering with the global AbbVie Total Rewards team and the Aesthetics and Commercial business units to ensure continued competitive Total Rewards programs that enable us to attract, grow and reward Abbvie employees across the organization. This role will execute total rewards frameworks, analyze, and present data, and make recommendations to the business, partner closely with Business Human Resources (BHRs) and Talent Acquisition (TA) to support our Aesthetics business globally and the Function goals. Responsibilities: • Act as internal compensation consultant to administer and deliver cash and total rewards programs, including regularly modeling a variety of rewards scenarios to develop and present recommendations. • Ensure the delivery of our rewards programs are market-competitive, aligned with our business strategy, compliant and equitable. • Understand and educate BHR, TA and business leaders on compensation approaches and recommendations to attract, engage and retain talent from a variety of backgrounds and industries. • Manage compensation benchmark survey submissions, review and apply pertinent benchmarking studies and reports. • Prepare and speak to reports, data and insights on demographic data and trends, including turnover, hiring and impact of our rewards programs on employee engagement. • Partner with, coach and mentor global TR team who provide support to the Aesthetics business outside the US. • Act as subject-matter-expert and thought leader in relation to all people-related programs • Partner with Sales Planning & Analytics on sales Incentive Compensation with reference to benchmarking and monitoring market trends and provide guidance on defining competitive targets. • Effectively partner cross functionally with Talent, HR Business Partners, and managers across the organization. • Develop and maintain job architecture for Aesthetics and compensation ranges. • 8+ years’ experience in Compensation including Job Family Design, Market Pricing. Experience in biotech, technology or aesthetics preferred • 4+ years managing Total Rewards programs – either as a specialist/lead in Compensation • Bachelor’s degree preferred in Finance or Human Resources related field Preferred Skills & Experience: • Expert proficiency with Excel and analytics. Ability to use and develop materials while using Artificial Intelligence preferred • Experience in growth industry environment and fast paced companies • Proven history of working with HCM systems, and working cross functionally ​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 US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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