AbbVie · 3 hours ago
Associate Director, Design Strategy & Engineering
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $261K/yr
6+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions that address serious health issues. The Associate Director, Design Strategy & Engineering role involves leading the UX/UI development team to create impactful user experiences for Data Science and Analytics products while managing strategy, talent, and operations delivery.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for people management including managing line-level people managers
Oversees UX/UI and front-end development strategy for Data Science & Analytics (DSA) product portfolio, ensuring best practices in accessibility, usability, and modern front-end architectures
Partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders (including Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Compliance teams) to translate analytical capabilities and complex datasets into engaging user interfaces
Champions design-thinking principles and user-centered approaches to accelerate adoption and impact of DSA solutions
Drives continuous improvement in front-end quality, maintainability, scalability, and performance across all DSA products
Drive the implementation of next generation technology and process to enable enterprise data analytics on pace with emerging integrated data sources (biomarker/translational, big data, digital sources, real world data, pharmacovigilance data, clinical trial data)
Responsible for coaching, mentoring and performance management of direct reports. Responsible for talent development in alignment with R&D business needs
Represents the functional area at critical governance, quality and compliance, and regulatory meetings
Ensures consistent analytics support through effective resource management, prioritization, and timeline management
Fosters innovation and entrepreneurial culture within the team that attracts and retains top talent; Creates an environment of continuous learning
Ensures adherence to federal regulations and applicable local regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and to functional quality standards. Stays abreast of new and/or evolving local regulations, guidelines and policies related to clinical development
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree statistics, analytics, bioinformatics, data science or equivalent field
Must have 6-8+ years of experience with enabling novel analytics capabilities through UI/UX across business areas with 3-4 years of experience leading a team or cross functional initiatives
Intermediate-level proficiency in R, Python or other statistical packages
Intermediate-level knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques
Demonstrated project management skills
Demonstrated effective communication skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate analytical and technical concepts in layman's terms
Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills
Demonstrated history of successful execution in a fast-paced environment and in managing multiple priorities effectively
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional leaders at Director level
Proven track-record with leading complex cross-functional initiatives
Preferred
Master's degree
Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in UX/UI design, front-end engineering, or product design for analytics or data-driven applications
Familiarity with front-end frameworks (e.g. Angular), design systems, and rapid prototyping tools (e.g. Figma)
Experience with visualization, dashboard creation tools, interactive analytical web applications platforms (e.g. Dash Enterprise, Spotfire)
Demonstrated ability to set strategy for design and engineering within complex product portfolios
Working knowledge of digital accessibility standards and best practices for inclusive product design
Experience with Machine Learning and other advanced analytics techniques
Good understanding of clinical development functional areas and related processes
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Long-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
Recent News
2025-12-31
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