Business Strategy and Operations P05

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); In loco; USD 120.000 - 165.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k)

Short-term incentive program

Descrizione del lavoro

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL is seeking a Manager, Strategic Initiatives who blends strategy with advanced data analysis, dashboard analytics, and decision-support capabilities to help leaders prioritize work, allocate resources, and monitor execution.

The role develops and maintains integrated dashboards, reporting tools, scorecards, and analytical views; strengthens data quality and governance across source systems; and supports cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (business, data analytics, engineering, life sciences, finance, operations).
• Typically 3+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical development, business operations, analytics, strategy, project or portfolio management, continuous improvement, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated initiative, learning agility, and comfort working through ambiguity to structure problems and create scalable solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience developing and maintaining dashboards, scorecards, reports, or analytical products using Power BI, advanced Excel, or comparable data-visualization and business-intelligence tools.

Mansioni

• Translate complex portfolio, workforce, financial, resource, and operational data into clear insights to help leaders prioritize work, allocate resources, monitor execution, and make timely decisions.
• Develop and maintain integrated dashboards, reporting tools, scorecards, and analytical views; strengthen data quality and governance across source systems; support cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through implementation.
• Promote adoption of standardized dashboards, analytics, and processes by developing guidance, training users, gathering feedback, measuring utilization, and refining solutions to meet evolving business needs.
• Create concise, executive-ready narratives and presentations that connect data to business impact and enable leaders to distinguish priorities and understand implications for portfolio, funding, workforce, and execution decisions.
• Provide end-to-end leadership for cross-functional process improvement and strategic initiatives, including scope definition, integrated plans, governance, risk mitigation, and implementation.
• Facilitate initiative governance forums and working sessions; maintain documentation of decisions, actions, owners, milestones, and interdependencies; and escalate as needed.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting, streamline manual workflows, improve data accessibility, and strengthen sustainable use of tools such as Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, Monday.com, and other platforms.
• Develop, monitor, and continuously improve KPIs, success measures, forecasts, and effectiveness metrics for strategic initiatives and business operations; identify variances, risks, and opportunities.

Conoscenze

Communication

Project management

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Data analytics

Influence

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Strumenti

Power BI

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

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 Manager, Strategic Initiatives combines strategic initiative management with advanced data analysis, dashboard analytics, and decision-support capabilities. The role translates complex portfolio, workforce, financial, resource, and operational data into clear insights that help leaders prioritize work, allocate resources, monitor execution, and make timely decisions. The position develops and maintains integrated dashboards, reporting tools, scorecards, and analytical views; strengthens data quality and governance across source systems; and supports cross-functional initiatives from problem definition through implementation and adoption. The role works across CDO, R&D, Finance, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, and Business Technology Solutions to connect strategy, funding, capacity, execution risk, and measurable outcomes.

Promote adoption of standardized dashboards, analytics, and processes by developing guidance, training users, gathering feedback, measuring utilization, and refining solutions to meet evolving business needs.

Create concise, executive-ready narratives and presentations that connect data to business impact and enable leaders to distinguish priorities, understand implications, and make informed portfolio, funding, workforce, and execution decisions.

Provide end-to-end leadership for cross-functional process improvement and strategic initiatives, including scope definition, integrated plans, resource projections, governance, decision points, risk mitigation, change management, and implementation.

Facilitate initiative governance forums and working sessions; maintain clear documentation of decisions, actions, owners, milestones, and interdependencies; and escal…

Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting, streamline manual workflows, improve data accessibility, and strengthen sustainable use of tools such as Power BI, Excel, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, Monday.com, and other approved platforms.

Develop, monitor, and continuously improve key performance indicators, success measures, forecasts, and effectiveness metrics for strategic initiatives and business operations; proactively identify material variances, emerging risks, and opportunities.

Qualifications

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree (or ex-US equivalent) in business, data analytics, information systems, engineering, life sciences, finance, operations, or a related field.

Minimum Experience: Typically 3+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical development, business operations, analytics, strategy, project or portfolio management, continuous improvement, consulting, or a related environment.

Demonstrated initiative, learning agility, and comfort working through ambiguity to structure problems and create scalable solutions.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain analytical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences and influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Strong project management, problem-solving, and continuous-improvement skills, including the ability to manage milestones, risks, dependencies, and competing priorities in a matrixed environment.

Experience developing and maintaining dashboards, scorecards, reports, or analytical products using Power BI, advanced Excel, or comparable data-visualization and business-intelligence tools.

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 short-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 employee 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.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html