Associate Director - Security Strategy & Analytics (Hybrid)

PowerToFly; Illinois; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director of Information Security Strategy & Analytics to partner with ISRM leadership and the CISO. You will define the function's strategic direction and lead a team responsible for security reporting and analytics, translating risk insights into measurable strategies.

This role requires seasoned security expertise, executive communication, and experience leading technical or analytical teams, with a focus on driving strategic priorities and roadmaps across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a technical field with strong security background.
• Proven experience leading security strategy and reporting at senior level.

Responsibilities

• Lead security reporting and analytics team, hiring and performance management.
• Partner with security domain leaders to develop cross-functional reporting for leadership insights.
• Define ISRM's strategic direction, multi-year roadmap, and investment narratives.
• Develop strategic narratives and executive communications for leadership.

Skills

Executive communication

Security strategy

Security reporting

Analytics leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

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, Information Security Strategy & Analytics is a senior people leader who partners with the ISRM leadership team and CISO todefine and documentthe function's strategic direction while leadingtheteam responsible forsecurityreporting and analytics. This role translates business priorities, risk insights, andhard security dataintoinsights that drivestrategic decisions,while owning the platforms and reporting capabilities that make those strategies measurable.

This role hasthreedefining requirements: seasoned security practitioner depth, the ability to communicate strategyand dataclearly and credibly to executive audiences,anda proven trackrecordleading technical or analytical teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead themetrics and reporting team, including hiring, performance management, talent development, and defining the team's portfolio, processes, and ways of working.
• Partner with security domain leaders to developimpactfulcross-functional reporting that gives leadership clear insight into security posture, operational health, and program value.
• Collaborate with ISRMleadership and portfolio management to define ISRM's strategic direction, including strategic priorities, target state, and multi-year roadmap, grounded in threat and risk insights, key metrics, business priorities, and delivery realities.
• Own ISRM's strategic narrativebydeveloping andmaintainingstrategy documentation, executive communications, and leadership presentations that clearly articulate directionand valueto stakeholders and partners.
• Lead the process of translating ISRM's strategic priorities into annual planning inputs, including LRP and capital planning submissions, ensuring investment rationale is clearly tied to execution roadmaps.
• Own and mature ISRM's data lake and reporting platforms, ensuring they deliver consistent,accurate, andtimelydata to support leadership decision-making.
• Own and mature thesemi-annualcyber business review process, delivering periodic cybersecurity performance reporting to business executives.
• Track ISRM's security maturity progress against frameworks such as NIST CSF, ensuring assessmentresultsare reflected in strategic priorities, roadmap inputs, and remediation planning.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of experience;ORMaster's Degree and 8 years of experience;ORPhD and 4 years of experience.
• Respective years of relevant technical security roles (e.g., security architecture, security engineering, cyber defense).
• 4+ years ofleadership experience, including direct management ofseniorindividual contributors in technical or analytical functions.
• Demonstrated experience in information security strategy, security program leadership, or security transformation within a large, complex organization.
• Strong experience developing and/ormaintainingcomplex, cross-functional reportingtargeted at executive leadership.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder engagement skills, withdemonstratedability to present and influence at the CISO and senior leadership level.
• Exceptional written communication skills, withdemonstratedexperience producing both executive-level security reporting and strategic documents (roadmaps, decision papers, governance narratives) that inform and influence senior leadership.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate security domains (e.g., security architecture, AppSec, security operations, GRC, TPRM)and the ability to build trust withtheleaders of those programs.
• Experience with security maturity frameworks such as NIST CSF, including translating findings into strategic priorities and remediation plans.

Preferred:

• 6+ years in relevant technical security roles (e.g., security architecture, security engineering, cyber defense).
• Experience in a security strategy, chief-of-staff, transformation, ormetricsleadership role.
• Hands-on experience with software development, dataengineering, or security engineering.
• Experience supporting globally distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Experience developing multi-year security roadmaps, service strategies, operating model materials, or investment cases.

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 be wages 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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What AbbVie Has to Offer

Our work can—and does—have a tangible, lasting impact on millions of people. But it’s not just the results that matter. How we achieve them matters, too. Leading with purpose, we work to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. We do that by putting our expertise, resources and talent to work to make a real difference for patients, communities and our world.