Director - Continuous Improvement and Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

Job Description

The Data Management Excellence organization in Clinical Development Strategy and Operations is a newly created entity to design, implement, and oversee the Total Quality Management operating model to achieve current and future financial commitments and ensure quality of deliverables. Centered around Continuous Improvement, Inspection Readiness, and Vendor Strategy. This role, Director Continuous Improvement and Portfolio Management, will be responsible for the oversight and integrity of CDSO business processes. Leading a team to develop and implement a CI framework, ID, prioritize and execute key CI projects. This leader will liaise directly with GBO in connecting initiatives to broader CDO objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Develops the Continuous Improvement framework within CDSO, establishing improvement methodologies and techniques.
• Collaborates with CDSO leadership team to implement organization-wide CI mindset
• Maintains portfolio of CI programs and initiatives, establishing governance mechanism, portfolio tracking, progress reporting, and project management structure
• Partners hand-in-hand with business stakeholders to lead the assessment, design, and implementation of complex, cross-functional, projects
• Leads the approach and solutioning of projects including structuring ambiguous problems issues, designing analysis, formulating project approach, and driving team
• Collaborates effectively with management, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and team members inside and outside of CDSO to design and implement cross-functional solutions.
• Leads by influence, developing ideas from concept to execution; positively influences project team members and outcomes without direct authority.
• Implements a “no-churn” project management approach for initiatives; develops project plans in support of the project management approach.
• Facilitates business teams to develop current state and future state process models.
• Director holds people leadership responsibilities including direct reports, cross-team mentoring and development, and owning specific culture and team development initiatives.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or scientific field
• 12+ years of experience within continuous improvement, corporate strategy or consulting
• Minimum of 3 years supporting cross-functional teams in a core function (Program Management, Development, Regulatory, Operations)
• Experience building or leading a continuous improvement organization
• Project Management experience
• People leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or PhD preferred
• PMP, Change management, Lean Six Sigma or process improvement experience desirable
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of roles associated with drug development (research and development, commercial, project management, operations)
• Preferred: Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry

Other Required Skills:

• Developing strategic thinking and leadership skills
• Good communication skills both written and oral
• Growing knowledge of program management practices, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstration of successful coaching/ mentoring and people management and setting and driving strategy and leading a global team

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 short-term incentive programs. ​

• 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 and until 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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