Director, Enterprise Culture & Transformation

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Director of Organizational Culture to lead the evolution of its culture transformation agenda. This leader will shape a culture that enables meta-AbbVie, accelerates strategy execution, and strengthens organizational performance across functions and geographies.

The role embeds culture into decision making, talent development, and reward systems, partnering with senior HR and business leaders to translate aspirations into practical actions and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years in culture transformation or org effectiveness.
• Experience advising executives and leading enterprise-scale transformation.
• Cross-functional leadership across functions and geographies.
• Biopharma or regulated industry experience preferred.
• Management consulting or thought leadership exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve AbbVie's enterprise culture strategy as a core enabler of meta-AbbVie and business strategy.
• Serve as executive steward of AbbVie's culture with measurable outcomes.
• Create and execute a multi-year culture amplification roadmap across leadership, processes, and employee experience.
• Protect distinctive culture while evolving behaviors for the future.
• Establish governance, decision rights, operating rhythms, and accountability for culture agenda.
• Translate culture priorities into functional and local actions with business functions.
• Build mechanisms connecting culture to performance, innovation, and organizational effectiveness.
• Advise transformation leaders on mindsets, behaviors, and adoption of sustainable change.
• Serve as trusted advisor to CHRO and senior HR leaders on culture and transformation.
• Align senior leaders around cultural shifts and enable executive dialogue on transformation.
• Equip leaders to translate priorities into meaningful actions for their organizations.
• Represent AbbVie's culture agenda internally and in external forums.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive advisory

Culture transformation

Leadership development

Change management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

15+ years leadership experience

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Director of Organizational Culture to lead the evolution of its culture transformation agenda. This leader will shape a culture that enables meta-AbbVie, accelerates strategy execution, and strengthens organizational performance across functions and geographies.

The role embeds culture into decision making, talent development, and reward systems, partnering with senior HR and business leaders to translate aspirations into practical actions and measurable outcomes.