Director, Immunology Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO)

Responsibilities

• Builds and leads a range of cross-functional teams to drive TA and CBSO priorities
• Fosters end-to-end innovation on enterprise-critical topics and projects through collaboration with TASC, and other senior R&D and commercial focused leadership teams (including AST and early Brand Strategy Teams)
• Serves as strategic partner to R&D and Commercial leaders across major transformational initiatives to define objectives, scope, clear deliverables and workstreams
• Maintain a focus on external trends of relevance to the enterprise, and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond
• Communicate and execute TA strategies across AbbVie
• In collaboration with relevant functions, drives internal and external stakeholder assessments in order to anticipate changes in the external environment, and to understand the patient journey and levers to improve outcomes
• Facilitate identification, evaluation, and implementation of novel tools and technologies and new clinical endpoints (e.g., digital or imaging tools, biomarkers, drug delivery systems, devices, and other platform technologies) that can be employed to improve or accelerate key strategic priorities

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred. Minimum Years of Experience 8+ with Bachelors, 6+ with Masters, 4+ with PhD/Doctorate
• Corporate or TA strategy, R&D, commercial, business development, or related experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with a track record of expertise in one or more therapeutic areas
• Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional, global team environment
• Prioritized performance in a matrix environment, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders
• Ability to operate independently and take ownership of projects to structure and drive complex plans in ambiguous situations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively both internally and externally to support business strategy
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and make balanced risk assessments