Associate Director, Intercontinental Business Insights

AbbVie Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking an executive leader in Intercontinental Business Insights to accelerate data-driven decision making and KPI harmonization across the area and affiliates.

The role focuses on vision-setting, scalable analytics, and innovative automation to transform business operations. Responsibilities include leading KPI definition, cross-functional collaboration with Commercial, Finance, Market Access, Medical, HR and IT, and driving AI initiatives to improve efficiency and outcomes

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in data management, analytics, and enterprise BI tools (Foundry).
• Demonstrated leadership with a focus on decision-making and achieving results.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for influencing at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of WWD capability into the Intercontinental AreaHQ with a forward-looking analytics vision.
• Own creation, deployment, and optimization of analytic solutions aligned with international operating framework.
• Coordinate end-to-end business insights across Intercontinental Area and affiliates from area strategy to local execution.
• Foster strong partnerships with Area Commercial, Finance, Market Access, and other teams to drive value.
• Engage with Global initiatives and ensure rollout and adoption of insights initiatives.
• Champion AI adoption within the Area team to boost efficiency and innovation.

Skills

Advanced data management

Analytics

Enterprise BI tools

Leadership

Communication

Project management

AI/ML concepts

Data privacy & regulatory

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in scientific or business field

Tools

Foundry

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

The AD, Intercontinental Business Insights is to be a visionary leader driving the acceleration of insights generation and data management across Intercontinental, with a verticalized responsibility from area to affiliate. Abbvie Future Fit programs includes Winning With Data as a core capability. This role is critical to achieve the transformation of the company into a data-driven organization. The AD, Business Insights will lead and champion the development of analytic solutions that have a direct impact on business decision-making, harmonize KPIs, and optimize performance tracking through innovative automation technologies. The role will also be responsible to accelerate and harness AI as an innovation technology into the area business operations.

The AD, Intercontiental Business Insights will closely work together with Area Commercial, Finance, MarketAccess, Medical, HR, CEX and BTS stakeholders. In the deployment of analytic solutions, he/she will also partner with Affiliate CEX/BTS teams.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategic Vision

• Lead the integration of WWD capability into the Intercontinental AreaHQ by crafting a forward-thinking vision that aligns with business goals. Define analytic strategies and performance dashboards that guide critical decision-making processes for Area Commercial, Finance,Market Access, Medical, and HR stakeholders.

Ownership and Accountability

• Take full ownership of the creation, deployment, and optimization of analytical solutions aligned with International WWD operating framework. Drive business impact by ensuring that solutions are not only practical but also scalable across Intercontinental. Lead KPI definition, use case scope, and visualization requirements to maintain standardized and efficient operations.

Verticalized responsibility

• Own and coordinate the business insights agenda end-to-end across the Intercontinental Area and affiliates, ensuring priorities, capabilities, KPI standards, and analytic solutions are aligned from Area strategy through local execution.

Proactive Partnership

• Cultivate strong partnerships with Area Commercial, Finance, Market Access, and other critical teams. Collaborate and facilitate cross-functional synergy to ensure that business insights drive substantial value and transformative change.

Global and Affiliate Engagement

• Lead strategic engagement with Global initiatives, advocating for Intercontinental perspectives and ensuring seamless rollout and adoption of insights initiatives. Promote the sharing and reapplication of best practices to elevate capabilities across Intercontinental affiliates.

Area AI Ambassador

• Champion the acceleration of AI usage within the Area team, focusing on integrating AI technologies to boost efficiency and foster innovation. Lead initiatives that educate and empower teams to harness AI in their operations, ultimately contributing to a transformative business environment.

Qualifications

Skills and Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in data management, analytics, and enterprise BI tools (Foundry).
• Demonstrated experience in leadership roles with a passion for decision-making and achieving results.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong focus on influencing and negotiating at all levels of the organization.
• A proven track record of managing and implementing projects independently, emphasizing quality, urgency, and attention to detail.
• Good understanding of data science, AI, ML concepts and data privacy and regulatory frameworks.
• Interest in technology trends and application of technology to improve end user’s experience.

Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business field, statistics, mathematics
• 10 years of experience in Marketing Analytics/Market Research or analytics-related; fewer years of experience will be considered if the candidate(s) have advanced degrees (PhD, MBA, Masters of Statistics preferred)
• Extensive experience in data consulting or similar, designing BI, analytics and data related solutions, with a strong focus on driving strategic change and leading innovations in BI and analytics.
• In-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry and pharmaceutical sector, with a focus on strategic planning and execution within a matrix environment.
• Strong familiarity with AbbVie processes (e.g., brand planning and quantitative/qualitative market research), and a proven ability to integrate into and enhance company culture and operational effectiveness.
• Experience in cross functional team management.
• Strong affinity with IT systems and digital development management

Additional Information

• 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 benefit 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.

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