Associate Director, Leadership Development

About the role

The Associate Director of US Leadership Development reports to the Director of US Leadership Development with responsibility of directly supporting and partnering with business teams and commercial leadership. He/She/They plays a crucial role as subject matter expert in strategically identifying and establishing optimal development solutions to increase leader capabilities and support their respective businesses to enhance and drive performance in a rapidly changing marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Performing needs assessment
• An anticipating and analyzing business needs
• Identifying potential talent gaps
• Ensuring alignment of learning solutions with business goals
• Engaging partners in design and managing the delivery of training solutions
• Making measurements of value of programming and behavior change

Requirements

• Educational background: Bachelor’s degree required
• Managerial experience: 5+ years
• Travel: Up to 50%

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal; with strong executive presence with capability to influence executive audiences
• Ability to deliver high-impact presentations and train appropriately on providing the same
• Ability to give constructive feedback
• Fosters a willingness and ability to have inclusive conversations and demonstrates a commitment to listening and considering all points of view
• Strong interpersonal skills ability to partner with others to collaborate and work together toward a shared goal
• Exceptional stakeholder management and ability to navigate complex, ambiguous environments
• Experience in leading teams, preferably in sales and marketing leadership to design and implement training programs that will support successful execution of key initiatives
• Candidate should be recognized as a leader among peers and model Coaching, Situational Leadership, other best practices of leadership principles
• Ability to inspire and motivate others towards a shared purpose
• Exhibit mature level of leadership skills with a birds-eye view perspective
• Understand the products and business acumen for AbbVie including regulatory limitations
• Deep leadership development subject matter expertise
• Determine long-range training and development requirements and implement changes in the programming to reflect these requirements
• Stay up to date on current market trends in leadership capability development
• Relevant certifications and continuous self-development
• Familiarity with the methods and principles of adult learning for designing programs to teach, train and instruct both groups and individuals, including the means of assessing the effects of training
• Obtain Executive Coaching certification
• Coach Leaders in their development and their team's development
• Assume a leadership role in the coordination of all coordinated training activities within US (marketing excellence, leadership development, Integrated Brand Teams, Sales leadership, etc.)

Skills

• Ability to inspire and motivate others towards a shared purpose
• Exhibit mature level of leadership skills with a birds-eye view perspective
• Understand the products and business acumen for AbbVie including regulatory limitations
• Deep leadership development subject matter expertise
• Must determine long-range training and development requirements and implement changes in the programming to reflect these requirements
• Must stay up to date on current market trends in leadership capability development
• Relevant certifications and continuous self-development
• Familiarity with the methods and principles of adult learning for designing programs to teach, train and instruct both groups and individuals, including the means of assessing the effects of training
• Must have or be willing to obtain Executive Coaching certification
• Rely on strong interpersonal and leadership skills to maintain the trust of employees and further supervise their continued development; develop colleagues through coaching, growth experiences and learning opportunities
• Strong organization and task skills
• Able to adjust course and plans based on newly introduced perspectives
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Able to champion ideas that challenge the status quo and drive performance
• Working knowledge and familiarity with virtual and digital learning tools

Pay, Schedule, Benefits

Pay Range: $141,500 - $268,500 USD
Where We Work: Role is not performed at a site or office and requires limited or no travel to a site or office.