Senior Manager, R&D Strategic Resourcing

Company Description

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, Xand You Tube.

Responsible for executing global resource strategies and associated budgeting activities and projects to drive and achieve functional goals and objectives. Accountable for ensuring that functions and areasoperatewithin the current Plan/updated budget. Strategically project and manage Plan/Update resourcing and associatedbudgetacross the function in collaboration with the functional heads, Business Operations, and Financeutilizingknowledge of current and future business environment. Globally influences and strategically manages resourcing linkages across the businesses and understands the impact of business decisions and solutions.

• Primarily accountable for forecasting and management of resources and associated budget. Responsible forshort and long term forecasts and management of implications of alternative development scenarios

• Provide leadership and develop strategic recommendations for functions to ensure all functional areasoperatewithin the current Plan/Update resources and budget. Partner with functional leaders to resource and financially plan upcoming initiatives and projects

• Provides overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio resources and associated financial opportunities. Negotiates with other functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality, performance)

• Partner with VPsto develop departmental goals. Provides leadership on strategic business issues andmakestrategic decisions that affect the department and the business

• Collaborate acrossR&Dtoparticipatein initiatives to improve operational performance, enhance culture, and improve decision making

• Developandmaintainbusiness relationships across functional areas across Abb Vie to furtherR&Dobjectivesin support of the strategic imperatives. Partners acrossR&Dto enhance teamwork andidentifyworkable solutions.

• Serve as resource financial expert andestablishrelationships with key finance resources / contacts/ stakeholders

• Accountable for establishment and management of toolsandprocesses needed to ensure employeeproficiencywith departmental systems, procedures,toolsand guidelines

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.

• Minimum of 4+ with Bachelors, 3+ with Masters and 2+ with PhD years of experience in a competitive,fast paced environment such astop tier management consultingandpharmaceutical R&D

• 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

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

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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…