Director of Strategy and Enterprise Optimization

Allergan; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Irvine seeks a Director of Optimization & Strategic Initiatives to lead enterprise programs that advance customer engagement, analytics, and operating models. You will collaborate across Marketing, Analytics, Medical, and Technology to drive AI-enabled, data-driven capabilities and measurable business impact.

Responsibilities include designing strategic roadmaps, improving cross-functional processes, and delivering governance that sustains transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years in analytics, business strategy, commercial operations, marketing excellence, or transformation.
• Proven success leading cross-functional strategic initiatives.
• Strong business acumen connecting strategy, operations, analytics, and execution.
• Experience in organizational transformation, change management, and process optimization.
• Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise and franchise-level strategic initiatives to improve commercial performance.
• Translate strategies into actionable roadmaps, operating models and measurable outcomes.
• Drive LOOP readiness and adoption across brands, planning, content, and measurement.
• Develop governance models, playbooks, and procedures to sustain transformation.
• Establish closed-loop measurement, dashboards and executive updates for decisions.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytics & measurement

Data-driven decision making

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MPH/MS preferred

Tools

1Path

Job description

AbbVie in Irvine seeks a Director of Optimization & Strategic Initiatives to lead enterprise programs that advance customer engagement, analytics, and operating models. You will collaborate across Marketing, Analytics, Medical, and Technology to drive AI-enabled, data-driven capabilities and measurable business impact.

Responsibilities include designing strategic roadmaps, improving cross-functional processes, and delivering governance that sustains transformation.