Associate Director, Innovation

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on AbbVie’s highest priority commercial assets in partnership with the program-leading Asset Strategy Team and content-focused deliverable teams. Areas of focus include strategic planning, scenario evaluation, operational acceleration, and data-driven problem solving spanning the breadth of drug development (e.g. product development & manufacturing, trial design, evidence package evaluation, clinical operations).
• Support strategic initiatives that address mission-critical questions and position AbbVie for future success.
• Lead individual modules within complex, cross-functional initiatives, including driving the problem-solving process, supporting research and analytics, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management consideration.
• Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond.
• Help communicate our strategy across AbbVie.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience required: 6+ with Bachelors, 4+ with Masters, and 2+ with Doctorate.
• Professional consulting experience within biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals highly preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills. Can comfortably lead meetings with mid/senior-level management.
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead.
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
• Capability building / Change management skills – leverage empathy and coaching with functional stakeholders to achieve organizational buy-in and long-lasting changes.
• Highly collaborative, genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand with the businesses to develop solutions that advance AbbVie’s overall mission.
• Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission.

Qualifications

• None specified

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Scenario Evaluation
• Operational Acceleration
• Data-Driven Problem Solving
• External Trend Monitoring
• Strategy Communication
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Change Management
• Collaboration
• Passion for Mission

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k)
• Short-term and long-term incentive programs

Pay

$141,500 - $268,500 USD

Schedule

Hybrid