Senior Manager, R&D Strategic Resourcing

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a resource strategy and budgeting leader to forecast and manage global resourcing. You will collaborate with functional heads, Business Operations, and Finance to align resources with strategic goals and budgets, while guiding portfolio timelines and financial opportunities across R&D.

The role requires presenting data to executive leadership, influencing stakeholders in a matrix environment, and driving improvements in operational performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. Advanced degree preferred (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA).
• 4+ years with a Bachelor's, 3+ with a Master's and 2+ with a PhD in a competitive, fast-paced environment such as top-tier management consulting or pharmaceutical R&D.
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed organization as a consultant to a pharmaceutical organization or internal cross-functional lead.
• Demonstrated ability to present data and metrics to executive leadership for better business outcomes.
• Proven team player with facilitative leadership in a global matrix environment and the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and management of resources and budget across functions.
• Provide leadership and strategic recommendations to ensure resources and budgets align with plans.
• Develop portfolio timelines and cost estimates; negotiate with other functions on outcomes.
• Partner with VPs to set departmental goals and lead strategic business issues.
• Collaborate across R&D to improve operational performance and decision making.
• Develop business relationships across AbbVie to support R&D objectives.
• Serve as resource financial expert and build relationships with finance resources.
• Establish tools and processes to ensure proficiency with systems, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

Executive communication

Analytical skills

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder influence

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) preferred

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

Responsible for executing global resource strategies and associated budgeting activities and projects to drive and achieve functional goals and objectives. Accountable for ensuring that functions and areas operate within the current Plan/updated budget. Strategically project and manage Plan/Update resourcing and associated budget across the function in collaboration with the functional heads, Business Operations, and Finance utilizing knowledge of current and future business environment. Globally influences and strategically manages resourcing linkages across the businesses and understands the impact of business decisions and solutions.

Responsibilities

Primarily accountable for forecasting and management of resources and associated budget. Responsible for short and long term forecasts and management of implications of alternative development scenarios

Provide leadership and develop strategic recommendations for functions to ensure all functional areas operate within the current Plan/Update resources and budget. Partner with functional leaders to resource and financially plan upcoming initiatives and projects

Provides overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio resources and associated financial opportunities. Negotiates with other functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality, performance)

Partner with VPs to develop departmental goals. Provides leadership on strategic business issues and make strategic decisions that affect the department and the business

Collaborate across R&D to participate in initiatives to improve operational performance, enhance culture, and improve decision making

Develop and maintain business relationships across functional areas across AbbVie to further R&D objectives in support of the strategic imperatives. Partners across R&D to enhance teamwork and identify workable solutions.

Serve as resource financial expert and establish relationships with key finance resources / contacts/ stakeholders

Accountable for establishment and management of tools and processes needed to ensure employee proficiency with departmental systems, procedures, tools and guidelines

Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum of 4+ with Bachelors, 3+ with Masters and 2+ with PhD years of experience in a competitive, fast paced environment such as top tier management consulting and pharmaceutical R&D
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed organization as a consultant to a pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead.
• Demonstrated ability to present data and metrics to executive leadership teams that will lead to better business outcomes.
• Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. Proven performance in a matrix environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy.
• Strong analytical skills. Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Additional Information

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 anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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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