Associate Director, Business Insights Lead

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago seeks an Associate Director, Business Insights to serve as the analytics partner for Oncology/SMAO and provide support for Neuroscience/SSU. You will translate complex questions into data-driven analyses informing portfolio decisions, lead critical insights, and mentor junior staff.

The role emphasizes strategic partnership, executive communication, and ownership of analytical products that guide site strategy and enrollment planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s preferred in Finance, Analytics, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years in analytics, strategy, or client-facing analytical roles in pharma/healthcare.
• Experience managing senior stakeholder relationships and presenting to executives.
• Strong ability to translate ambiguous questions into data-driven analyses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for non-technical audiences.
• Experience with SQL, Power BI, and Excel for analytics and visualization.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams across therapeutic areas.
• Familiarity with clinical trial operations or drug development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Oncology/SMAO CSL leadership to translate business needs into analytical workstreams.
• Lead portfolio-level insights from hypothesis to recommendations.
• Own analytical products like site ID/allocation models and benchmarking views.
• Provide support to Neuroscience/SSU stakeholders when capacity allows.
• Influence senior leadership decisions with data-driven insights.
• Identify gaps and risks across portfolios and communicate them clearly.
• Collaborate with CAP functions to standardize approaches across areas.
• Coach junior analysts and rotational staff on projects.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

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, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose

Reporting to the Director, Strategy, Analytics & Business Insights (SABI), the Associate Director, Business Insights serves as the primary analytical and strategic partner to the Oncology/SMAO Clinical Study Leadership organization, with an additional support role for Neuroscience/SSU. This role owns portfolio-level business insights for Oncology/SMAO — translating complex, ambiguous business questions into data-driven analyses that directly inform Sr. Director and VP-level decisions across site strategy, study design, resourcing, and risk management — while extending analytical support to Neuroscience/SSU stakeholders as capacity and priorities allow. The Associate Director builds and sustains trusted relationships with Sr. Directors (TA Heads) and their leadership teams across both therapeutic areas, ensuring SABI’s analytical capabilities are embedded into how each portfolio plans and executes.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary SABI point of contact and trusted advisor to Oncology/SMAO Sr. Directors and CSL leadership, proactively identifying where data and analytics can resolve ambiguity in portfolio-level decisions.
• End-to-End Insight Delivery: Lead delivery of portfolio-level insights — from hypothesis generation and data identification through analysis, insight generation, and recommendations — following SABI’s hypothesis-driven problem-solving approach.
• Analytical Product Ownership: Own and evolve key analytical products for Oncology/SMAO (e.g., site ID and allocation models, country/site performance benchmarking, enrollment scenario planning, operational flagging views), ensuring they remain decision-relevant as portfolio priorities shift.
• Cross-TA Support — Neuroscience/SSU: Provide analytical and decision-support coverage to Neuroscience/SSU stakeholders, extending proven Oncology approaches where transferable and adapting them to Neuroscience/SSU-specific needs.
• Business Need Translation: Partner with Sr. Directors and CSL leadership across Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU to translate emerging business needs into scoped, actionable analytical workstreams.
• Executive Communication: Influence Sr. Directors/VP-level decisions, tailoring communication to executive audiences.
• Risk & Gap Identification: Identify and elevate structural gaps or unaddressed risks within the Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU portfolios that are not yet visible to leadership, bringing an independent analytical lens to surface them.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with SABI’s other TA-aligned leads and adjacent CAP functions (Study Feasibility & Analytics, Clinical Acceleration Solutions) to ensure consistency and reuse of analytical approaches across therapeutic areas.
• CDO-Wide Initiatives: Provide analytical and strategic support for priority CDO-wide initiatives, partnering across functions and applying SABI capabilities beyond assigned therapeutic areas to advance enterprise objectives.
• Team Capability Development: Provide project-based coaching and mentorship to junior team members and rotational analysts supporting Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU work, while maintaining accountability for the quality and analytical rigor of assigned outputs.
• Portfolio Stewardship: Maintain a portfolio-first, objective, and long-term view of stakeholder needs across both therapeutic areas, balancing responsiveness to Sr. Director requests with SABI’s focus on high-impact, analytically complex work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Finance, Analytics, Business, or related quantitative field preferred
• 10+ years of relevant experience in business analytics, strategy, or a related client-facing analytical role, ideally within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare. 5+ years of relevant experience for advanced degree holders (e.g. PhD, MD, PharmD)
• Demonstrated experience managing senior stakeholder relationships (Director/Sr. Director level or above), including delivering findings and recommendations to executive audiences
• Strong analytical and strategic decision-support skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured, data-driven analyses
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to distill complex analyses into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences
• Experience with data analytics/visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Power BI, Excel)
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams independently, across more than one therapeutic area or stakeholder group, with sound judgment on prioritization and escalation
• Familiarity with clinical trial operations, drug development, or R&D processes
• Experience supporting multiple therapeutic areas or portfolios concurrently

Preferred

• Prior people-management or mentoring experience
• Working knowledge of AbbVie systems and organizational structure

Additional Information

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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.

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