M&A Integration Lead; Research & Development

M&A Integration Lead (Research & Development)

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 109500
• Salary Max: 208500
• Workday Global Grade: 18
• Travel:
  Yes, 5% of the Time
• Compensation: USD 109,500 - USD 208,500 - yearly

• Perform as the IR M&A Integration Lead over multiple Abb Vie company-wide and R&D deal transactions responsible for overall program health, financials, and reporting.
• For each deal, establish the cross-functional IR team fully accountable to integrate or divest people, data, and systems.
• Develop business relationships and integrates activities with other BTOs to ensure successful integration execution and support of project efforts into long term execution. Manage relationships between BTOs, R&D Business, and Finance to ensure effective communication between the groups; coordinate portfolio of solutions and identify interdependencies.
• Work with the R&D business and BTS functional leads to clearly define business decisions, solution options and recommendations for a given deal based on deal model, size, complexity, risk, and speed to business value.
• Align with other BTOs to stay current on project status, and inform management and stakeholders of progress; keep managers and stakeholders aware of user issues and resolve conflicts proactively.
• Escalate and drive risks and issues cross-functionally.
• Present IR updates in IR Leadership forums and R&D Integration Forums.
• Lead continuous improvement projects to drive speed and agility in BTS M&A services and capabilities; identify and implement AI innovative solutions to bring value to the business faster.
• Ensure compliance with BTS’s SLC, Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science or related discipline with 7 years’ experience;
  Master's Degree with 6 years’ experience;
  PhD with 2 years’ experience.
• Respective years of experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations with strong financial management experience.
• Respective years of experience working on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and collaboration.
• Skilled in leveraging generative and agentic AI to re-image or improve a processor capability. Led and implemented multiple projects that drove speed, efficiencies, and/or cost savings.
• Experience working with R&D business applications such as Veeva solutions, LIMS, ELN systems, clinical trial systems (i.e.: CTMS), scientific data management platforms, laboratory systems, research portfolio management tools, and document management systems.
• Strong Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Management, Business Systems Applications and delivering complex cross-functional global programs.

• 6+ years’ experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations with strong financial management experience.
• 6+ years’ experience working on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and collaboration.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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 this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.

This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note:

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie 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.

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