Director, AI Transformation

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, X and You Tube.

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, X and You Tube.

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

The Director of AI Transformation will lead critical change initiatives that enable Abb Vie’s long-term strategic and operational objectives. This role is responsible for shaping, leading, and sustaining comprehensive transformation programs in partnership with executive leaders, ensuring alignment with business priorities and driving significant improvements in business outcomes, operational efficiency, and organizational agility.

The Director will be accountable for leading high-performing teams, fostering talent development, and ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration. The Director will serve as an advisor to senior stakeholders and executive leadership. Focus areas may include functional strategy, the deployment and impact of AI/ML solutions, business process change or operating models.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in the leadership and change management skills, a demonstrated passion for leading teams to deliver enterprise-wide impact, especially with new technologies and in the biopharma industry. In return, the Transformation Team offers the opportunity to lead high-profile, high-impact projects and further develop executive leadership capabilities across the drug development and commercialization value chain.

• Provide strategic leadership for enterprise-wide AI-driven, and non-AI, transformation initiatives, ensuring these projects align with Abb Vie's long-term commercial and operational goals.
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders across Commercial, R&D, Operations, IT, and other areas to identify critical business needs, guide AI adoption roadmaps, and remove implementation barriers.
• Advance complex initiatives including researching and problem-solving with stakeholders, distilling insights and pragmatic recommendations to inform data-backed solutions to mission-critical topics for Abb Vie’s future success.
• Build, lead, and mentor high performing teams with expertise in AI, analytics, and change management, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Prepare executive-level communications and present recommendations to Abb Vie leadership.
• Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and agility within Abb Vie.

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (Pharm
  
  D, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience: 8+ with Bachelors, 6+ with Masters, and/or 4+ with Doctorate
• Highly preferred: experience with AI applications and their deployment at enterprise scale. Professional experience at a product-focused technology 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…