Director of Innovations & Insights

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

This position is based in our Domestic Supply Chain Hub in North Chicago, IL (3 days onsite/2 days remote, 100% remote option is not available), relocation assistance is available for this role for candidates outside of Illinois. 25% travel (domestic & global)

The Director of Innovations & Insights will lead a team dedicated to evolving business models and leveraging advanced analytics to drive strategic decision-making. This individual will be responsible for blending innovative thinking with strategic vision to implement novel strategies that optimize logistics operations and enhance supply chain efficiency. The Director will partner with senior leaders to identify opportunities and execute projects across business units, ensuring alignment with AbbVie’s core objectives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement in global distribution and logistics.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to supply chain operations, and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond. Lead strategic discussions on external trends, competitor strategies and potential disruptors, and translate these to actionable strategic initiatives. Conduct in-depth market, peer, and competitive research to uncover strategic insights that inform decision-making.
• Strategic partner to senior cross functional leaders across major transformational initiatives to define objectives, scope, clear deliverables and workstreams, ensuring capable delivery within the team. Facilitate innovation labs, workshops, and cross-functional ideation sessions to surface bold ideas.
• Oversee complex, cross-functional initiatives, including driving the problem-solving process and supporting research and analytics, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management consideration. Oversee management of strategic projects and innovation initiatives, aligning with objectives.
• Leverage sophisticated analytical mindset to identify opportunities and optimize supply chain process to drive measurable impact and elevated business outcomes. Develop predictive and prescriptive models to support business decisions.
• Lead a team serving as an innovation hub to drive supply chain strategic evolution, fostering a mindset of rapid learning while scaling and communicating best practices across the organization. Identify and assess emerging technologies, including AI, blockchain, and automation for supply chain operations.
• Facilitates identification, evaluation, and implementation of novel tools and technologies that can be employed to improve or accelerate internal and external ways of working across logistics.
• Build iterative feedback mechanisms ensuring that end-user input and evolving business needs guide ongoing innovation cycles.
• Curate and prioritize a portfolio of innovation opportunities, progress through structured experimentation in coordination with BTS.
• Orchestrate lifecycle of strategic mid to long-term planning processes, including budgeting, financial oversight, and execution readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree highly preferred.
• A minimum of 12 years of experience in a complex, matrix organization including: 5-7 years in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry preferred, 5+ years leading teams with demonstrated experience running large scale projects effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement new frameworks and capabilities from concept through execution.
• Program management experience with demonstrated decision-making is required. Person must have demonstrated ability to work under pressure, to think strategically in problem solving and decision-making.
• Proven performance in a matrix environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders. Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to provide timely and direct feedback and motivate a team behind a common vision.
• Strong analytical skills. Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure that balanced risk assessments are made.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing organizational change through innovative approaches.

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. ​

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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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