Associate Director, Portfolio Insights

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL is seeking an Associate Director, Portfolio Insights to drive strategic projects across Therapeutic Areas. You will value assets, run PTRS assessments, and support cross-TA prioritization of R&D investment with data-driven insights for senior leadership.

You will build value metrics (raNPV, Productivity Index) and craft executive narratives for Portfolio Review forums, contributing to data strategy and dashboard evangelism across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years with a Bachelor's, 4+ with a Masters, or 2+ with a Doctorate.
• Experience in management consulting with a focus on R&D strategy/portfolio prioritization.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with understanding of pharma R&D processes.
• Proven ability to lead complex strategic initiatives in ambiguous settings; strong executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives (QPP, valuation modernization).
• Cross-functional agility to perform ad-hoc analyses and scenario planning.
• Deliver high-impact recommendations and executive narratives for senior leadership.
• Advance data-driven decision-making across TA leadership and build capabilities.
• Develop dashboards and analytics to support R&D portfolio decisions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Executive communication

Leadership

Project management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a scientific or business field

Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) preferred

Job 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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Company Description

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

The Portfolio Insights team is responsible for enabling AbbVie to make data-driven decisions on portfolio choices both within and across Therapeutic Areas (TAs). Core responsibilities include valuation of the internal portfolio, PTRS (probability of technical and regulatory success) assessments, cross-TA prioritization of R&D spend, benchmarking and analytic support for annual financial business processes.

The Associate Director, Portfolio Insights Drives High-impact Strategic Projects And Provides Broad Exposure Across Portfolio Insights Core Capabilities. Success Will Position The Associate Director To Transition Into a Longer-term Focus Area Within Portfolio Insights Based On Strengths And Business Needs; Options Include

• TA strategic partner:Drive value metrics and PTRS insights for one or more therapeutic areas in partnership with TA leadership.
• Cross-TA prioritization:Support prioritization and capital allocation analytics (e.g., Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization process enhancements), helping ensure R&D investment is directed toward the highest-value opportunities.
• Data strategy and benchmarking insights:Advance the R&D productivity benchmarking agenda (e.g., peer comparisons) and translate findings into actionable insights for decision-makers.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic initiative leadership:Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives, including but not limited to:
• Continue to enhance the Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization (QPP) process to improve AbbVies ability to effectively allocate capital to the areas of greatest value creation.
• Pull-through ongoing modernization of AbbVies valuation methodologies to best-in-class assessment approaches including AI/ML driven PTRS assessment.
• Institute R&D productivity as a core organizational mindset by collaborating on the R&D Pulse initiative and benchmarking AbbVies performance versus peers.
• Cross-functional agility:Flex into different areas of the portfolio to conduct ad-hoc, short-term analyses, scenario planning, and strategic projects at the request of leadership.
• Executive narrative development:Deliver high-impact recommendations on project value, trade-offs, and scenarios to senior leadership. Prepare actionable insights and executive narratives for the monthly Portfolio Review Forum, R&D Plan, and Financial Long Range Planning (LRP).
• Change management & capability building:Socialize the value and practical implications of moving to a more data-driven approach for key decision-making across TA leadership. Build capabilities within the team and across the organization.
• Value assessment & analytics:Build value metrics (e.g., risk-adjusted net present value (raNPV), Productivity Index) and scenario analyses to drive effective drug development decisions. Constructively pressure-test assumptions and inputs provided by functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, PPM).
• Democratization of data:Support efforts to deploy and improve dashboards for interrogating the R&D portfolio, exploring new use cases that leverage AbbVies foundational portfolio data.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a scientific or business field required; advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Prior experience in management consulting, with a track record in R&D strategy / portfolio prioritization projects, strongly preferred.
• Preferred years of experience: 6+ with a Bachelors, 4+ with a Masters, or 2+ with a Doctorate.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage-gating, and commercial forecasting.
• Demonstrated success in fast-paced, ambiguous settings; proven track record of leading complex strategic initiatives without direct authority.
• High level of executive presence; ability to navigate different functional perspectives, challenge the status quo, and drive enterprise thinking.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to drive multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Key Stakeholders

• Portfolio governance:PPM (Program and Portfolio Management), ASL (Asset Strategy Leadership).
• R&D functions:Clinical Development, Regulatory, Statistics, R&D Strategic Resourcing.
• Finance partners:R&D Finance, Commercial Finance.
• Commercial, partnering & business development:Pipeline Commercialization, Commercial Business Units, Search & Evaluation, Business Development.
• Strategic partners:Innovation, Transformation, TA Strategy.

Additional Information

• 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 Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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