Associate Director, Transformation

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. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

The Transformation Team works side-by-side with the Abb Vie executive team on many of the most pressing issues facing the organization, both in the short term and long term. Work from this team will have a direct impact on the future success of Abb Vie.

The Associate Director of Transformation will lead critical change initiatives and drive organizational transformation to enable Abb Vie’s strategic and operational objectives. This role partners with senior stakeholders to design, implement, and sustain transformation programs that accelerate business outcomes, improve operational efficiency, and enhance organizational agility.

The role is seeking a high performing individual who has demonstrated an interest and expertise in the biopharma industry and strong desire to advance our strategic agenda and support mission‑critical initiatives that will make a difference for Abb Vie’s patients. In return, the Transformation Team will provide high‑profile, high‑impact projects and professional development experience spanning the drug development and commercialization value chain.

• Lead work streams as part of strategic transformation initiatives across the enterprise, managing and driving alignment among stakeholders across the enterprise including senior leadership, cross‑functional teams, and external partners.
• Lead individual modules within 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. Areas of focus include product development and manufacturing, organizational transformation, AI and digital acceleration, clinical trial acceleration, functional and asset strategy.
• 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: 4+ with Bachelors, 3+ with Masters and 2+ with PhD in a competitive, fast‑paced environment such as management consulting, pharmaceutical R&D, and/or manufacturing.
• 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 to ensure that balanced risk assessments are made.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• This role is a hybrid work model requiring three (3) days onsite in the respective Abb Vie offices.

• 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.

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