Associate Director, International Business Analytics

Allergan; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Long‑term incentives

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director, International Business Analytics to shape the analytics agenda globally, shape data-driven decision-making, and drive measurable business impact across international brands.

You will lead high-priority analytics initiatives, advise senior leadership, and champion analytics excellence across AbbVie's international organization, collaborating with BI, data strategy, IT, and external partners.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive analytics experience, including pharma industry
• Experience leading global analytics programs with cross-functional teams
• Ability to translate complex datasets into strategic insights

Responsibilities

• Define strategic analytics direction for international brands.
• Partner with BI, Brand Leadership, Data Strategy, IT to scale analytics capabilities.
• Lead collaborations with external data partners and vendors to access best data assets.
• Communicate analytics findings to executive leadership to influence strategy.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Pharma analytics

Executive communication

Vendor management

AI/ML

Data strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (PhD, MA, MBA) preferred

Tools

PySpark

Python

SQL

Palantir Foundry

Veeva/IQVIA/ZS

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

About the Role

AbbVie's International Business Analytics team sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, enterprise technology, and business transformation — and this role is central to that mission. As Associate Director, International Business Analytics, you will define the therapeutic area analytics agenda on a global scale, shape how data-driven decision-making is embedded across the organization and deliver measurable business impact.

In this role, you will drive high-priority analytics initiatives, serve as a senior advisor to brand and commercial leadership, and actively champion a culture of analytics excellence across AbbVie's international organization.

What You'll Do

Define Strategic Analytics Direction

• Provide forward-looking insights that directly shape international brand strategy and performance optimization.

• Play a leading role in the design and continuous evolution of Business Analytics function — establishing frameworks, standards, and best practices across brands.
• Proactively identify new and innovative approaches that would improve our ability to answer commercial business questions and transform it into analytic solutions.

Drive Collaboration

• Partner strategically with Business Intelligence, Brand Leadership, Data Strategy, and IT functions to co-develop, launch, and scale analytics capabilities that drive competitive advantage.
• Lead strategic engagement with external data and technology partners (including IQVIA, ZS, Veeva, and others), directing vendor relationships and ensuring AbbVie accesses best-in-class data assets and capabilities.
• Partner with internal teams and external data vendors to provide regular data education and training across the Commercial organization and introduce new leading-edge analytics to enhance our data and analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

Essential Skills & Experience

• A demonstrated passion for data, analytics, and driving business transformation at enterprise scale
• 12+ years of progressive analytics experience, including 7+ years in the pharmaceutical industry, with a track record of leading high‑impact, complex global analytics programs
• Deep expertise across pharma data types (sales, promotional, real‑world, patient‑level data) with the ability to synthesize complex datasets into strategic insights
• Deep knowledge of data and service vendors including IQVIA, Veeva, ZS, and comparable ecosystem partners
• Proven leadership in a complex, matrixed, global environment — driving cross-functional partnerships and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Executive‑level communication and presentation skills — able to distill complex analytical findings into clear, compelling narratives that influence strategy and drive action
• Demonstrated expertise in emerging technologies including AI, ML, Big Data architecture, and Data Ontology — with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value

Education

• Bachelor's degree required
• Advanced degree (PhD, MA, MBA) strongly preferred, particularly with a focus on applied business analytics, data science, or another quantitative discipline

Nice to Have

• Hands‑on proficiency in PySpark, Python, or SQL — and the ability to engage credibly with data engineering and technical teams
• Experience leading deployments on Palantir Foundry or comparable enterprise analytics and reporting platforms

Additional Information

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 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 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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