Director, Neuroscience Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office

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

To enable Abb Vie’s continued leadership in Neuroscience, the Director, Neuroscience Strategy – Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO) manages multiple complex Neuroscience therapeutic or disease areas plus enterprise‑level initiatives, engages at the VP/executive level, sets broad strategic direction, and influences the highest levels of organizational leadership. Candidate should bring a strong consulting background and demonstration of leadership within multiple roles preferably within Neuroscience.

The Director, Neuroscience Strategy CBSO is responsible for building and leading cross‑functional teams that integrate expertise across Discovery, Development, Commercial, Corporate Business & Strategy, and other key functions to drive a variety of initiatives that include creating and executing long range Therapeutic Area (TA) strategies, developing above brand Disease Area Strategies, and integrating internal and external opportunity evaluations.

Achieving these goals requires a combination of excellent collaborative skills to enable stakeholder management and alignment, broad strategic thinking, and an ability to drive complex analyses using a wide variety of data and insights to synthesize into actionable strategic outputs.

• Builds and leads cross‑functional teams to develop and present to senior leadership Disease Area Strategies for multiple core and emerging franchises, aligned with near‑term, mid‑term, and long‑term strategic objectives for the Neuroscience TA
• Drives set of key Neuroscience TA‑wide initiatives with full ownership of delivery, process excellence, and organizational alignment.
• Collaborate with Search & Evaluation and Business Development teams to integrate external innovation strategies with internal strategy
• Serve as a thought partner to Neuroscience leaders on relevant strategic topics
• Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise, and help determine how Abb Vie should prepare and/or respond
• Operates with high autonomy, drives strategic innovation and process improvement, guides and / or manages Associate Directors or Directors, and elevates the strategy team brand

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum Years of Experience – 8+ with Bachelors, 6+ with Masters, 4+ with PhD/Doctorate
• Corporate or TA strategy, R&D, commercial, business development, or related experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with a track record of expertise in one or more therapeutic areas
• Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross‑functional, global team environment
• Proven performance in a matrix environment, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders
• Ability to operate independently and take ownership of projects to structure and drive complex plans in ambiguous situations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively both internally and externally to support business strategy
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives and make balanced risk assessments

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability…