Director, Marketing Training

Allergan; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Director of Brand Excellence Marketing Training to design and execute world-class marketing training, equipping marketers for the future of healthcare marketing. You will lead a team and partner with Commercial leadership and global stakeholders to advance capabilities, drive AI adoption, and improve business impact.

The role focuses on strategic vision, change leadership, and the evolution of AbbVie’s marketing organization to ensure workforce readiness for next-gen

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field required.
• 12+ years of marketing, capability development, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and developing talent.
• Proven success in designing enterprise-wide capability-building strategies.
• Deep understanding of customer-centric marketing and digital transformation.
• Strong executive presence with ability to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute AbbVie’s long-term marketing competencies and roadmaps.
• Lead integration of AI into marketing training programs and AI literacy initiatives.
• Design and evolve marketing training curriculum and onboarding programs.
• Create differentiated learning journeys and measure learning effectiveness.
• Influence adoption of new marketing frameworks, tools, and operating models.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing marketing training team.

Skills

Marketing Leadership

AI in Marketing

Capability Development

Strategic Planning

Executive Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing

MBA or related field

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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Position Summary

The Director, Brand Excellence Marketing Training is responsible for designing and executing world-class marketing training, equipping our marketers for the future of healthcare marketing. This leader will drive the transformation of marketer capabilities, ways of working, and organizational effectiveness by advancing modern marketing practices, accelerating AI adoption, and developing the critical skills needed to succeed in an increasingly digital, data-driven, and customer-centric environment.

Leading a team of marketing capability professionals, this role will create and implement a comprehensive capability-building strategy that strengthens marketing excellence across all levels of the organization. The Director will partner closely with Commercial leadership, Brand teams, Medical and Health Impact, Business Technology Solutions, Digital Lab+, Analytics & Performance Excellence, Learning & Development, and international stakeholders to ensure AbbVie marketers have the knowledge, tools, and support necessary to maximize performance and business impact.

This role combines strategic vision, organizational leadership, change management expertise, and deep marketing knowledge to accelerate the evolution of AbbVie’s marketing organization and ensure workforce readiness for the next generation of marketing capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Marketing Competency Strategy

• Develop and execute AbbVie’s long-term marketing competencies.

• Establish competency frameworks, learning pathways, and capability roadmaps aligned to business priorities.

• Monitor emerging industry trends and translate future needs into actionable competency-building initiatives.

• Define the future-state competency model for marketers, identifying the critical skills required to lead in an increasingly digital and AI-enabled landscape.

• Guide organizational readiness associated with evolving marketing operating models and new ways of working.

• Serve as a senior advisor to Commercial leadership on marketing competency development.

AI & Future Ways of Working

• Lead the integration of AI into marketing competency development programs.

• Establish AI literacy programs that help marketers effectively leverage generative AI, predictive analytics, automation tools, and emerging technologies.

• Cultivate a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and innovation across the marketing organization.

Marketing Excellence & Learning Leadership

• Lead the design, execution, and continual evolution of AbbVie’s marketing training curriculum.

• Oversee onboarding, foundational marketing training, and advanced competency development programs.

• Ensure learning experiences are modern, engaging, measurable, and aligned to adult learning principles.

• Create differentiated learning journeys for marketers at varying stages of career progression.

• Continuously evaluate learning effectiveness through performance metrics, feedback, adoption measures, and business outcomes.

Organizational Transformation & Change Leadership

• Influence adoption of new marketing frameworks, tools, technologies, and operating models.

• Partner with senior leaders to identify organizational barriers to competency growth and develop solutions that accelerate transformation.

• Develop communication strategies that support sustained behavior change and adoption.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team responsible for marketing training and development.

• Build marketing training team through mentoring, succession planning, and talent development.

• Establish clear objectives, performance expectations, and career pathways for team members.

• Manage resource allocation and prioritization across multiple initiatives.

• Create an inclusive and collaborative team environment focused on growth and innovation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Build trusted partnerships with Commercial leaders, Brand teams, MHI, Regulatory, Legal, OEC, BTS, APEX, Digital Lab, and Learning & Development stakeholders.

• Influence senior leaders across therapeutic areas and business units without direct authority.

• Collaborate with international partners to identify, adapt, and scale best-in-class approaches.

• Leverage internal and external expertise to bring innovative solutions to AbbVie.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor'sdegree inMarketing, Business, Communications, Learning & Development, or related field.

• 12+ yearsofexperience in marketing, capability development, organizational effectiveness, or related disciplines.

• Demonstrated experience leading teams and developing talent.

• Proven successindesigning and implementing enterprise-wide capability-building strategies.

• Deep understanding of customer-centric marketing, omnichannel engagement,anddigital transformation.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders across a matrixed organization.

• Experience leading large-scale change management and organizational transformation efforts.

Preferred

• Advanced degree, such as an MBA or amaster'sdegree inmarketing,adultlearning, or a related field.

• Experience applying AI and emerging technologies to marketing workflows and commercial operations.

• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry experience.

• Experience partnering across global organizations and complex stakeholder networks.

Critical Success Factors

• Establish AbbVie as a recognized leader in modern marketingcompetencydevelopment.

• Increase organizational readiness for AI-enabled marketing and future ways of working.

• Accelerate capability adoption and measurable improvements in marketer effectiveness.

• Build a sustainable, scalable capability ecosystem that supports current and future business needs.

• Create a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and enterprise thinking.

• Develop a high-performing team that serves as a strategic partner to Commercial leadership.

Additional Information

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• 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 be modifiedin 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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