Associate Director, Incentive Compensation Operations

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

AbbVie seeks an Associate Director, Incentive Compensation Operations to lead, design, and optimize incentive compensation programs across franchises. You will partner with sales, analytics, and business partners to align data, rules, and governance for consistent crediting and performance insights.

You’ll mentor ICO Managers, manage vendor relationships, and drive continuous improvement initiatives within the APEX organization while maintaining rigorous controls and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (BA/BS).
• 8+ years analytical or commercial operations experience.
• Experience partnering with leadership to solve problems and gain support for solutions.
• Proficiency in strategic thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, analytics, and communication.
• Experience using AbbVie data sources for health care professional and patient data.
• Knowledge of Excel, Claude, PowerPoint, and Power BI; SQL-like queries and advanced statistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead ICO Managers to build expertise and accountability.
• Oversee vendor relationships and ensure projects stay on budget and schedule.
• Lead monthly/quarterly Incentive Data Audit processes.
• Design and implement continuous improvement in Incentive Data Audits and Business Rules.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Claude

Job description

Associate Director, Incentive Compensation Operations

• 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.

The Associate Director, Incentive Compensation Operations (ICO) provides strategic leadership for the design and ongoing implementation of sales incentive compensation (IC) programs in partnership with Sales and Marketing. This role combines consulting, analytical, and communication skills to manage, harmonize, and optimize sales crediting—the process of aggregating raw customer-level sales data and applying AbbVie alignment and business rules to produce territory-level sales information. The Associate Director collaborates closely with therapeutic area (TA) leads, field leadership, vendors, and internal commercial teams to advance Incentive Compensation objectives.

The Analytics & Performance Analytics (APEX) function supports AbbVie’s U.S. organization through a team of researchers, analysts, data scientists, and strategists committed to being best-in-class in the biopharmaceutical industry. As strategic in-house counsel, we help ensure that decisions are informed by the insights we develop. We continually expand our capabilities and encourage team members to be authentic, creative, and candid. Our passionate, diverse, flexible, and inclusive culture welcomes the best ideas, wherever they originate. We bring intelligence, energy, individuality, and innovation to our work—and invite you to join us.

Responsibilities Include:

Leadership

• Lead, develop, and mentor ICO Managers to build expertise, support professional growth, and strengthen accountability.
• Model self-sufficiency and demonstrate how to build and sustain in-house expertise across the broader Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT) & APEX organization.
• Influence without formal authority by guiding, coaching, and training TA IC leads.
• Coach ICO Managers to strengthen technical skills, stakeholder communication, process improvement, and collaboration with business partners.
• Oversee day-to-day vendor relationships and ensure vendor-supported projects use appropriate methodologies and remain within budget and on schedule.
• Lead sales crediting processes and business rules for aligned franchises, including data sources, market definitions, alignments, on-label specialty filtering, and the Best Address Process.
• Lead the monthly and quarterly Incentive Data Audit processes conducted by the ICO team.
• Partner with the ICO team and key stakeholders to design and implement continuous improvement and innovation initiatives for Incentive Data Audits, the Business Rules Management System, and other components of the sales crediting system.
• Conduct ad hoc audits to support specific franchises during periods of high workload.
• Standardize processes across therapeutic areas while accommodating TA-specific needs to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
• Guide Central Operations & Sales Incentives in maintaining a consistent, centralized sales crediting philosophy.
• Develop analyses and insights to inform overarching sales crediting, IC, and summit philosophies, particularly those affecting multiple franchises.
• Lead strategic, high-visibility initiatives to harmonize sales crediting philosophy and processes across company entities and franchises.
• Lead complex cross-functional projects involving the IC Team, Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT), Business Technology (BTS), Commercial Data Operations, Insights & Analytics Teams, and other partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) required.
• At least 8 years of analytical and/or commercial operations experience required, with a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work independently.
• Experience partnering with leadership to solve problems and identify, gain support for, and implement solutions.
• Proficiency appropriate to the role’s grade in strategic thinking, problem-solving, innovation, cross-functional collaboration, analytics, leadership, results orientation, and communication that strengthens team effectiveness.
• Experience using AbbVie data sources to retrieve healthcare professional (HCP) and patient data.
• Knowledge of programs such as Excel, Claude, PowerPoint, and Power BI; database querying skills; and analytical expertise in regression, clustering, machine learning, and other advanced statistical methods.
• Strong critical thinking and communication skills, with the ability to anticipate customer and business needs and address questions or issues.
• Ability to explain complex issues clearly, simply, and persuasively.
• Ability to learn quickly, grasp core issues, and adapt when needed. A commitment to raising standards, challenging the status quo, embracing others’ ideas, and turning innovation into practical solutions.
• Ability to develop in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical industry data and therapeutic areas to resolve business problems efficiently and effectively.

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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes ingood 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, 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 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.

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