Associate Director, Portfolio Insights – Neuroscience

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-impact recommendations for their Therapeutic Areas on project value, trade-offs and scenarios to senior leadership within TAs and in AbbVie governance forums.
• Proactively identify opportunities where valuation and economic analysis can drive higher quality decision making for asset strategy teams and TAs.
• Build value metrics (e.g., raNPV, PI) and any required scenario analysis to drive effective drug development decisions, working with ASLs (asset strategy leaders), Search & Evaluation (S&E), program managers, pipeline commercial leads, forecasting teams and others.
• Coach team members on valuations, economic analysis and best practices for data-driven decision-making.
• Provide an unbiased assessment of PTRS (probability of technical and regulatory success) for drug development projects, working with clinical development and regulatory teams.
• Recommend TA-level prioritization of projects within their therapeutic areas, working with TA leadership and members of the portfolio insights team.
• Support on key business processes facilitated by the Portfolio Insights team as the voice of their Therapeutic Areas (including R&D Plan, Financial LRP, Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization, R&D Productivity).
• Engage effectively with functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, PPM) to drive appropriate linkages and constructively pressure testing assumptions/inputs.
• Work on continuous improvement efforts within Portfolio Insights to improve the team’s ability to act as proactive strategic advisors that leverage modernized approaches (including AI/ML based predictive solutions) to drive better-decision making for the Portfolio.
• Conduct ad-hoc short-term analyses or strategic projects at leadership request.
• Key stakeholders include PPM (program and portfolio management), ASL (Asset strategy leadership), Pipeline Commercialization, Clinical Development, Regulatory, R&D Finance, Commercial Finance, R&D Strategic Resourcing, Commercial Business Units, Search & Evaluation, Business Development, Innovation, Transformation, Statistics, TA Strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific or business field required; MBA and PhD in scientific field preferred.
• 7-10 years of experience with multi-faceted, broad based understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage gating and commercial processes; fewer years can be considered if candidate has advanced degrees (MBA, PhD).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to details.
• Experience with multi-faceted, broad based understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage gating and commercial processes.
• Demonstrated experience working in fast paced settings, with a proven track record of delivering high quality and insightful analyses.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with proven ability to tailor analytical outputs to different audiences.
• Strong presence in meetings with willingness to navigate different functional perspectives and push for “enterprise thinking”.
• Strong organizational and project management skills commensurate with conducting multiple sophisticated analyses across several assets.
• Prior experience in Management Consulting and track record of experience in R&D Strategy / Portfolio prioritization projects a plus.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) for eligible employees
• Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs

Schedule

Hybrid role requiring at least three (3) days onsite, Tuesday through Thursday in AbbVie offices (North Chicago, IL or South San Francisco, CA). Up to ~20% travel.