Manager - Data & AI Acceleration (Hybrid)

AbbVie; California; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Manager, Design Intelligence & AI Catalyst to build, deploy, and maintain M&S and AI solutions within Data & Statistical Sciences. You will contribute to the DAIA team and advance R packages, dashboards, and agentic AI frameworks to empower data-driven decisions.

The role requires advanced quantitative education and 5–7 years of experience with R, dashboards, and AI tooling, plus collaboration, software engineering practices, and production-ready delivery.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or PhD) in a quantitative field with 2+ years of experience (PhD route).
• 5–7 years of experience with a Master’s degree; strong R development background.
• Strong hands-on development experience in R.
• Experience building interactive dashboards and data applications.
• Experience with agentic AI development (tool-use agents, orchestration frameworks).
• Good statistical knowledge for analytical rigor.
• Familiarity with clinical development processes and trial concepts.
• Software engineering practices (version control, testing, CI/CD).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain M&S and AI solutions from R packages to agentic AI frameworks.
• Build tools addressing adoption gaps and end-user needs.
• Assess feasibility and architect design with clear rationale for deterministic vs. AI approaches.
• Create benchmark test sets to ensure output quality and reproducibility.
• Maintain and iterate deployed tools based on user feedback and evolving requirements.
• Translate requirements into production-ready solutions through stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

R programming

Dashboard development

Agentic AI

Statistics

Clinical development

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Tools

R packages

Dashboards

Agentic AI frameworks

Job 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.

The Manager, Design Intelligence & AI Catalyst will build, deploy, and maintain M&S and AI solutions that automate and augment capabilities within Data & Statistical Sciences (DSS) to support development decision-making. This role sits within the Data and AI Acceleration (DAIA) team and supports the broader DSS organization. Develop solutions for prioritized use cases and build tools that close adoption gaps and meet end-user needs. Identify the right tool for the right problem — varying from R packages, dashboards, to agentic AI frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain solutions for prioritized M&S and AI use cases, from R packages and dashboards to agentic AI frameworks
• Build tools and solutions that address adoption gaps, ensuring delivered capabilities meet end-user needs
• Conduct upfront feasibility assessments and architect solution design — documenting design rationale for when to use deterministic approaches (e.g., R packages), interactive dashboards, or LLM-powered agentic workflows
• Create and maintain comprehensive benchmark test sets to ensure output quality, accuracy, and reproducibility
• Maintain and iterate on deployed tools based on user feedback, bug reports, and evolving requirements
• Translate requirements into production-ready solutions through iterative collaboration with stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree with 5-7 years of experience ORPhD in Statistics, Data Sciences, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline with 2+
• Strong hands-on development experience in R
• Experience building interactive dashboards and data applications
• Experience with agentic AI development (tool-use agents, orchestration frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation)
• Good statistical knowledge to ensure analytical rigor in delivered solutions
• Familiarity with clinical development processes and trial design concepts
• Software engineering best practices (version control, testing, CI/CD)
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs between solution approaches and calibrate complexity to the problem at hand
• Good communication skills with ability to collaborate iteratively with stakeholders

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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 roleat thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographiclocation,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in 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 toparticipate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other formofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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