Associate Director, External HUB Programs

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago seeks an Associate Director, External HUB Programs to oversee external hub vendors, ensuring SLAs, quality standards, and compliance while aligning with patient services and brand strategies.

You will lead governance, drive performance improvements, and manage a team to deliver scalable solutions across partners, with a focus on financial stewardship and operational rigor.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in vendor management or operations leadership.
• Experience in healthcare, biopharma, or access support environments preferred.
• Strong collaboration and governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee external hub vendor performance across multiple partners.
• Ensure adherence to contractual obligations, SLAs, KPIs, and quality standards.
• Support governance frameworks, reporting structures, and cadence.
• Conduct business reviews with external hub vendors.
• Identify performance gaps and drive corrective actions with clear accountability.
• Monitor vendor financial performance and resource utilization.
• Identify operational and compliance risks and implement mitigations.
• Partner with Patient Services to translate strategy into vendor directions.
• Provide regular performance updates and strategic recommendations.
• Lead a team responsible for external hub vendor relationship management and monitoring.

Skills

Vendor management

Operations leadership

Patient services

Access support

Commercial operations

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Associate Director, External HUB Programs

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 141500
• Salary Max: 268500
• Workday Global Grade: 20
• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

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.

Purpose:

Provides oversight for OneHUB External Hub vendors who support AbbVie's Access and Affordability programs, engaging closely across OneHUB and AbbVie Patient Services. Responsible for performance management, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across multiple external hub partners.

Manages day-to-day vendor oversight – including ensuring all vendors meet or exceed service level agreements (SLAs), quality standards, compliance requirements, and evolving business needs.

Partners closely with AbbVie Patient Services and brand stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into operational execution. Proactively identifies cross-vendor performance enhancement opportunities to optimize patient experience, efficiency, and overall program effectiveness.

Operates with strong business acumen and disciplined governance to ensure operational rigor, financial stewardship, and sustainable performance.

Responsibilities:

External Hub Vendor Governance & Performance Oversight

• Oversee external hub vendor performance across multiple partners.
• Ensure adherence to contractual obligations, SLAs, KPIs, quality standards, and compliance requirements.
• Support the development and maintenance governance frameworks, reporting structures, and performance review cadence.
• Conducts business reviews with external hub vendors
• Identify performance gaps and direct corrective action plans with clear accountability and measurable outcomes.

Financial & Risk Oversight

• Monitor vendor financial performance and resource utilization.
• Identify operational, compliance, and performance risks; implement mitigation strategies.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and quality standards within patient support operations

Business Partnership

• Partner closely with AbbVie Patient Services to understand evolving strategy, patient support models, and brand needs.
• Translate strategic shifts (e.g., new product launches, lifecycle changes, access model updates) into operational direction for vendors.
• Provide regular performance updates, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure vendor capabilities and resource models scale appropriately to meet changing business demands.
• Foster a culture of ownership, proactive problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance performance, improve efficiency, and standardize best practices across vendors.
• Leverage data and insights to compare performance trends and identify scalable improvement opportunities.
• Guide vendors on implementation of process enhancements, staffing adjustments, workflow redesign, or technology optimization.
• Drive root cause analysis and mitigation planning for systemic or recurring issues.
• Lead and develop a team responsible for external hub vendor relationship management and performance monitoring.
• Set clear priorities, accountability standards, and performance expectations.
• Coach team members to elevate vendor management capabilities, analytical rigor, and operational effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in vendor management, operations leadership, patient services, access support, or related commercial operations.
• Experience within healthcare, biopharma, patient services, specialty pharmacy, or access support environments preferred.

Key Stakeholders:

Patient Intake and Access Support Pillar Lead, External Hub Lead (Director), OneHub External Partnerships, AbbVie Patient Services Hub Strategy team

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 Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

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 employer 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.