Director, Strategic Initiatives - Business Development Strategic Transactions

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 BDST role partners with departmental leadership and functional leaders (VP/Head) to develop and implement both cross-functional and function-specific strategies that align with organizational goals. The position provides strategic thought partnership in setting and executing these strategies, helping to foster an inclusive, connected, and inspired culture. Key responsibilities include driving operational excellence by monitoring, evaluating, and optimizing processes; advising on strategic planning, resource management, budgeting, continuous learning, employee engagement, and performance management; and promoting collaboration and strong relationships with internal and external partners. Additionally, the BDST leads and drives global, complex, cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives, specifically supporting R&D through external opportunity assessments and integrations. The role collaborates closely with ATO, S&E, BD&A, R&D leads, and finance to ensure cross-functional team effectiveness and alignment. Tactical input is provided on the implementation of strategic process improvement initiatives to ensure seamless and aligned execution across functions

• Serve as Chief of Staff for the designated functional Head, overseeing collection, synthesis, and communication of relevant information to inform strategy and departmental priorities aligned to organizational goals.
• Responsible for questioning and advising the business to create the best possible outcome to complex issues or projects.
• Brings rigorous conceptual thinking, leveraging external intelligence and/or resources.
• Acts as a “generalist” across the organization, bringing projects, concepts, and strategic direction together to ensure optimal outcomes and outputs across functional areas.

Qualifications

• Education: Advanced Degree required (Master’s, MD, MBA, PhD)
• At least 15 years or experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
• Ability to lead executive-level discussions to influence complex business decisions
• Preferred:
  • Advanced degree is preferred (PhD, MD, or MBA)
  • Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed organization as a consultant to a pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead.
  • Demonstrated ability to present data and metrics to executive leadership teams that will lead to better business outcomes

Key Stakeholders

Clinical Operations, Clinical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Development, Drug Development Project Management, RQA, IT

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. ​

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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