Principal Data Scientist, 340B Strategy & Analytics

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to lead advanced analytics for the 340B Center of Excellence. This high‑impact individual contributor role operates at a Senior Manager level, driving strategic insights and scalable analytical solutions across cross‑functional teams.

The ideal candidate has deep healthcare/pharma data expertise, familiarity with 340B, and strong ability to translate complex analyses into actionable business recommendations for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred in a quantitative field.
• 5–10+ years of healthcare analytics, reporting, and modeling experience in pharma.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data and 340B flows is highly preferred.
• Proficiency in programming, analytics, modeling, and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of advanced analytical projects supporting 340B strategy, operations, and optimization.
• Develop scalable data models, dashboards, and tools to support data‑driven decision making.
• Contribute to data sourcing, cleansing, exploration, modeling, and validation across the organization.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Data visualization

Healthcare analytics

Executive storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Python

SQL

R

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal Data Scientist to lead advanced analytical initiatives supporting AbbVie's 340B Center of Excellence. This high‑impact individual contributor role operates at a Senior Manager level and will drive strategic insights, develop scalable analytical solutions, and partner with cross‑functional teams to support enterprise decision making.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in healthcare and pharmaceutical data, including familiarity with the 340B program, along with strong analytical rigor and the ability to translate complex data into actionable business recommendations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of advanced analytical projects supporting 340B strategy, optimization, and operations using large, complex healthcare and pharmaceutical datasets
• Support the prevention and elimination of duplicate discounts and diversion in all channels
• Build and maintain scalable data models, dashboards, and analytical tools to support data‑driven decision making across the organization
• Manage the full analytics process, including data sourcing, cleansing, exploration, modeling, and validation
• Integrate new data sources to improve 340B program oversight, monitoring and management
• Develop predictive and prescriptive models to forecast utilization, identify leakage, and drive program optimization
• Apply advanced modeling approaches, such as knowledge graphs, to integrate diverse data sources (claims, EHR, wholesaler, etc.) and uncover hidden relationships for better decision support
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI tools to enhance analytical capabilities
• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership
• Stay current with evolving 340B program requirements, healthcare data sources, emerging technologies, and industry best practices

Data Strategy & Enablement

• Design scalable data solutions, frameworks, and best practices to enhance analytical capabilities
• Improve data quality, governance, and integrity across 340B‑related datasets
• Contribute to the continued evolution of the 340B Center of Excellence through innovation and continuous improvement

Partnership and Communication

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align analytics with business priorities
• Serve as a trusted advisor on policy and operational decisions through data‑driven insights
• Develop presentations and materials that distill complex analyses into strategic narratives, including strong data storytelling and visualization
• Strengthen dashboard reporting, KPI tracking, and measurement of 340B initiative impact

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred) in Statistics, Business Analytics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, or another quantitative discipline
• Experience: 5‑10+ years of professional experience in healthcare with significant advanced analytics, reporting and modeling experience within the pharmaceuticals industry; proven success delivering high‑impact pharmaceutical insights from large, complex datasets
• Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of healthcare business dynamics and data; knowledge of 340B flows highly preferred
• Technical Proficiencies: Advanced proficiency in programming languages and querying tools, advanced analytics and modeling, and visualization tools
• Leadership Skills: Strong strategic thinking, problem solving, intellectual curiosity, communication and the ability to translate complex data into compelling executive storytelling

Benefits

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 long‑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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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