Associate Director, Early Talent – Finance

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Finance Early Talent Pipeline PM Associate Director will design, deliver and scale Finance’s early talent programs (externships, internships, and the Finance Development Program). Reporting to the Head of Early Talent, the PM will own strategy, curriculum, stakeholder engagement, and KPI measurement to strengthen the Finance leadership bench, improve candidate experience, and drive measurable outcomes (conversion, retention, and inclusion of hires).

The Finance Early Talent Pipeline PM will ensure that Abb Vie is positioned as an employer of choice, delivering best-in-class early talent pipeline programs. This will include (but is not limited to):

• Partner with senior Finance business leaders and Talent/HR leaders to develop/refine the Finance early talent strategy –
• Ensure that the strategy is aligned with the Finance talent strategy
• Ensure that the externship program, internship program and Finance Development program (FDP) are designed and executed to develop future Finance leaders
• Propose program and/or strategic changes as needed
• Design and develop additional development programs (i.e.: future MBA program) for Finance as needed
• Partner with Finance, HR, and talent leadership to review early talent program Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the success of the programs. Ensure that the programs reflect future/evolving business needs and external best practices; refine program strategy as needed
• Partner with the Finance Steer co and business leaders to build awareness of the FDP program and goals internally at Abbvie and externally
• Lead the FDP Steerco – partner with HR and the business to determine Steerco membership, collaborate with the Steerco on strategy, goals, and meeting topics, and plan and facilitate Steerco meetings

• Partner with the early talent recruiter and the business to ensure the highest potential talent is selected for the extern, intern, and FDP programs
• Partner with the business and/or Business Advisor to select and curate the most impactful FDP rotational assignments and post program roles
• Prepare business leaders and FDP assignment managers to ensure they develop program participants through rotations, training, and coaching
• Coach, mentor and develop the FDP cohort. Provide program members with coaching and feedback on their performance, behaviors, and results. Lead the identification and implementation of additional learning curriculum specific to the FDP program
• Partner with the business, Steerco, Talent Management, and BHR to transition graduating members of FDP to full‑time roles; provide alumni support and engagement one year post program. Regularly review post program roles/placement, to ensure graduates are meeting program goals and business needs
• Partner closely with Talent Management, Business HR, and Assignment managers to deliver enterprise talent practices (TMR, performance calibration sessions) for the early talent pipeline cohorts
• Collaborate across the early talent community – internally and externally – to share and learn best practices, and apply to the Finance early talent programs and strategy to ensure a best in class program
• Act as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders and talent authority in providing consultation on all phases of the program – from recruitment, in program, and post program. Appropriately challenge to obtain ideal outcomes

This role is located in Lake County, IL with a hybrid schedule (3 days/week onsite) and occasional travel.

• A Bachelor’s degree is required, advanced degree a plus
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience, ideally in a Human Resources/Talent field such as University Relations, Early Career Programs, Talent Management, Learning and…