Associate Director, Innovation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director, Innovation to partner with leaders across the organization to optimize the value of AbbVie’s portfolio and advance strategic initiatives in biopharma. The role emphasizes collaboration with the IIT group to drive mission-critical projects and leadership in a matrixed environment.

The position involves strategic planning, scenario evaluation, and data-driven problem solving across drug development, manufacturing, and trials, with a hybrid onsite

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent degree required.
• Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience: 6+ with Bachelors, 4+ with Masters, 2+ with Doctorate.
• Experience in biotechnology/pharmaceutical consulting is highly preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills; ability to lead meetings with senior management.
• Experience leading large projects in a complex pharmaceutical organization.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on AbbVie's highest priority assets.
• Support strategic initiatives addressing mission-critical questions for AbbVie’s future.
• Lead modules within cross-functional initiatives and distill recommendations for leadership.
• Monitor external trends to inform AbbVie’s strategy and responses.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

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 Innovation, Insights & Transformation (IIT) group partners closely with the AbbVie executive team to advance key strategic priorities across the organization. The work of this team plays a vital role in shaping AbbVie's continued growth and success.

As Associate Director, Innovation, you will partner with leaders across AbbVie to optimize the value of our portfolio of current and future assets. The team is seeking a high-performing individual who has demonstrated an interest and expertise in the biopharma industry and strong desire to advance our strategic agenda and support mission-critical initiatives that will make a difference for AbbVie’s patients.

Location & Travel:

• North Chicago, ILorSouth San Francisco, CA offices with a minimumthree (3) days onsite hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on AbbVie’s highest priority commercial assets in partnership with the program-leading Asset Strategy Team and content-focused deliverable teams. Areas of focus include strategic planning, scenario evaluation, operational acceleration, and data-driven problem solving spanning the breadth of drug development (e.g. product development & manufacturing, trial design, evidence package evaluation, clinical operations).
• Support strategic initiatives that address mission-critical questions and position AbbVie for future success.
• Lead individual modules within complex, cross-functional initiatives, including driving the problem-solving process, supporting research and analytics, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management consideration.
• Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience required: 6+ with Bachelors, 4+ with Masters, and 2+ with Doctorate.
• Professional consulting experience within biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticalshighly preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills. Can comfortably lead meetings with mid/senior-level management.
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
• Capability building / Change management skills – leverage empathy and coaching with functional stakeholder to achieve organizational buy-in and long-lasting changes.
• Highly collaborative, genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand with the businesses to develop solutions that advance AbbVie’s overall mission.
• Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal 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 payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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