At AbbVie, Neuroscience is an Industry-leading Therapeutic Area whose mission is to deliver effective therapies to patients with neurological and psychiatric disease.

The Director, Strategic Management will be the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Vice President of Neuroscience Research. This role serves as a strategic partner, responsible for optimizing operational activities, developing and implementing strategic initiatives, driving alignment with Discovery Research business priorities and ensuring follow through across the organization.

Acting as a trusted advisor to the VP, the CoS provides candid feedback, strategic counsel, and enables decision making. The individual is detailed oriented and operationally savvy, adept at cross functional communication and synthesizing diverse inputs to drive alignment and organizational success in complex situations. Success in this role requires strong organizational and political acumen, excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, and broad strategic thinking.

Responsibilities:

Directly supports the VP, Neuroscience DR with development, communication, execution, and management of strategic initiatives as well as ensuring operational excellence across the organization.
Serves as a core member and strategic thought partner of the Neuroscience Senior Leadership Team members, setting agendas and influencing both short- and long-term strategy
Deliver results by aligning strategy and operations, building relationships, facilitating collaboration, and driving the execution of key initiatives.
Facilitates collaboration across functions and sites, synthesizes diverse inputs, and monitors progress on cross functional projects
Manages organizational change and transformation, optimizing effectiveness to deliver on strategic goals. Maximizes opportunities to capture institutional knowledge, highlight best practice, and share learnings across sites and teams.
Maintains and optimizes the area’s business strategy through strong collaboration with Finance, Business Management, and Discovery Leadership.
Responsible for framing complex issues, delivering management presentations, and leveraging operational knowledge to drive organizational improvement

Qualifications

Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in Neuroscience or related Physical Science with a minimum of 10 years working in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in a variety of roles associated with research and development, consulting, program management, business development and/or operations
Prior management consulting experience a plus, experience in change management, business transformation, operational strategy creation / implementation, and 5+ years of program and/or alliance management oversight experience
Demonstrated success in leading complex global processes or initiatives
Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy

Key leadership attributes:

Strong executive presence, maturity, discretion, independent, self-motivated and willing to take decisions on behalf of the VP Neuroscience Discovery Research
Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. Proven performance in a matrix environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders
Excellence Interpersonal skills. Ability to positively interact with Neuroscience Discovery Research team as well as senior R&D and AbbVie leadership representing Neuroscience Discovery Research
Ability to develop, assess, and advance multiple solution pathways, including determining when issues require escalation for resolution or intervention
Ability to manage multiple high priority projects simultaneously and prioritize to meet key deadlines
Strong analytical skills. Ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure that balanced risk assessments are made
Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex analyses and recommendations into clear, concise materials for executive level audiences

Additional Information

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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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