Associate Director, AI Transformation

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

The Innovation, Insights & Transformation (IIT) group partners closely with the AbbVie executive team to advance key strategic priorities across the organization. The work of this team plays a vital role in shaping AbbVie's continued growth and success.

The Associate Director of AI Transformation will support major change initiatives and drive organizational transformation to enable AbbVies strategic and operational objectives. This role partners with senior stakeholders to design, implement, and sustain transformation programs that accelerate business outcomes, improve operational efficiency, and enhance organizational agility.

The Associate Director will be accountable for driving high-impact workstreams within larger Transformation efforts. They will create cross-functional collaboration to understand key issues and foster long term sustainable change. Focus areas may include functional strategy, the deployment and impact of AI/ML solutions, business process change or operating models.

The role is seeking a high performing individual who has demonstrated expertise and strong desire to advance our strategic agenda, support mission-critical initiatives that will make a difference for AbbVies patients, especially with new technologies and in the biopharma industry. In return, the Transformation Team will provide high profile, high impact projects and professional development experience spanning the drug development and commercialization value chain.

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams as part of strategic transformation initiatives (both AI-driven and non-AI focused) across the enterprise, managing and driving alignment among stakeholders across the enterprise including senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners.
• Lead individual modules within complex initiatives, including researching and problem-solving with stakeholders, distilling insights and pragmatic recommendations to inform data-backed solutions to mission-critical topics for AbbVies future success. Areas of focus include product development and manufacturing, organizational transformation, AI and digital acceleration, clinical trial acceleration, functional and asset strategy.
• Prepare executive-level communications and present recommendations to AbbVie leadership.
• Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and agility within AbbVie.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience:4 with Bachelors, 3 with Masters and 2 with PhD in a competitive, fast paced environment such as management consulting, pharmaceutical R&D, and/or manufacturing.
• Highly preferred: experience with AI applications and their deployment at enterprise scale. Professional experience at a product-focusedtechnology company, especially with an AI/ML focused role
• 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.
• 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.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy.
• Strong analytical skills. Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure that balanced risk assessments are made.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• This role is a hybrid work modelrequiring three (3) days onsite, Tuesday through Thursday, in the respective AbbVie offices.
  
  
  

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
  
  
  

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html