Associate Director, Price Forecasting CoE

AbbVie; Illinois; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director of Price Forecasting CoE to lead strategic initiatives in forecasting, data integration, and analytics. You will act as the SME for Gross-to-Net forecasting during the GTN system implementation, shaping platform requirements and reporting views.

You will collaborate with Finance, Pricing, and Technology teams to ensure accurate data, robust dashboards, and KPIs. Strong leadership and communication are essential to drive cross-functional adoption and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years’ experience in pricing, finance, analytics, or a related function within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Experience in pricing data management, modeling, and analytics; proficiency in pricing systems and financial forecasting platforms.
• Strong project leadership skills with the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and deliver training.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; partner across Finance, Accounting, Market Access, Commercial.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, data visualization tools, and automated accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Document and translate business requirements into technical specifications for GTN forecasting platform.
• Define output views, reports, and dashboards for GTN forecasting cycles and KPIs.
• Support user acceptance testing, pilot programs, and system validation for Future Forecasting Tool.
• Serve as escalation point for model questions, data discrepancies, and issues with timelines.
• Coordinate with GTN System Team to ensure accurate data feeding into forecasting platform.
• Assist in training and change management around platform adoption.

Skills

MS Excel

Data visualization

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

Forecasting platforms

Pricing systems

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

Job Description

The Associate Director of Price Forecasting Center of Excellence (CoE) will serve as a strategic leader within Pricing, driving the future of price forecasting through forecasting system transformation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled forecasting capabilities. This individual will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all Gross to Net forecasting for the upcoming GTN System implementation. This role combines deep Gross-to-Net (GTN) forecasting expertise with business process innovation, user-centered design, and change management to enhance forecasting accuracy, efficiency, and business decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with Price Forecasting and Technology teams to document and translate business functional requirements into technical specifications, ensuring platform functionality is developed and updated appropriately as business needs evolve.
• Lead key stakeholder alignment to define and maintain the framework for the platform, determining the appropriate output views, report structures, and dashboard components needed to support GTN forecasting cycles, centralized reporting, executive dashboards, and forecasting KPIs, ensuring leadership has the right information in the right format.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), pilot programs, and system validation activities for Future Forecasting Tool.
• Serve as the first point of escalation for model questions, data discrepancies, and functional issues, identify problems and enhancements, coordinate resolution with technical teams, and communicate impact and timelines to business stakeholders.
• Serve as conduit between the Revenue & Pricing Systems COE, Price Forecasting COE, GTN Solutions Owners, Advisors and Price Forecasters with all Parallel Testing and Go-Live activities and training.
• Coordinate with the GTN System Team to ensure data feeding into the forecasting platform is accurate, timely, and structured correctly, serving as the business-side voice on data requirements and flagging quality issues that affect model outputs.
• Incumbent is expected to successfully perform all responsibilities with a high degree of self-motivation and autonomy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field (required). Advanced degree (MBA, CPA, or equivalent) preferred.
• 8+ years’ experience in pricing, finance, analytics, or a related function within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Demonstrated experience in pricing data management, modeling, and analytics; proficiency in pricing systems and financial forecasting platforms.
• Strong project leadership skills with an ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and deliver training to diverse audiences.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; proven ability to partner across multiple departments (Finance, Accounting, Market Access, Commercial).
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, data visualization tools, and automated accounting systems.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving aptitude; capable of handling complex processes and improving operational efficiency.

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.

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