AbbVie · 19 hours ago
Director, Feasibility & Start-up Analytics, Data Science & Analytics
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $296K/yr
8+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions to address serious health issues. The Director of Data Science and Analytics plays a key leadership role in driving vision, strategy, and operations for analytics products and insights across AbbVie’s portfolio, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration to leverage data for decision-making.
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Responsibilities
Manages line-level people managers and guru data scientists to execute on the Data Science and Analytics strategy
Lead next generation technology and process to enable enterprise data analytics on pace with emerging integrated data sources (operational data, real world data, clinical trial data, and other public data sources); Monitors emerging trends across the external technology and analytics environment. Assess impacts to current and future strategies
Responsible for coaching, mentoring and performance management of direct reports; Develops future leaders in alignment with R&D business needs
Identifies new capabilities and opportunities to drive analytics innovation and value creation for the responsible business areas (Clinical Trial Feasibility and Start-up). Forms cross-functional teams to implement new capabilities; Responsible for crafting functional area strategies while ensuring alignment with the cross-functional stakeholder groups
Influences the cross-functional stakeholders and Sr. Executives to identify opportunities to unleash the full-potential of data and analytics, including advanced ML techniques and Artificial Intelligence
Influences AbbVie’s enterprise data governance as a steward of clinical trials data and other sources that are utilized and analyzed by the team. Influence data owners from across R&D as well as areas that collaborate with R&D
Translate R&D strategy into functional area plans. Works with cross-functional leaders to gain alignment on project prioritization and timelines
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 8-10+ years of experience with enabling novel analytics capabilities across business areas with 5-6 years of experience leading a team or cross functional initiatives
Advanced domain knowledge in clinical trial planning, feasibility, start-up, and relevant data sources
Track record with building high-performing Analytics and Data Science teams; Ability to attract, challenge, develop and retain specialized talent with expertise in clinical development
Demonstrated effective communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate analytical and technical concepts in layman's terms
Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills. Track record with scaling multiple data science and analytics capabilities across the function/enterprise
Demonstrated history of leading in a fast-paced environment and delivering meaningful impact on business outcomes
Demonstrated ability to influence Sr. Executives and cross-functional leaders
Proven track-record with leading complex cross-functional initiatives and change management efforts
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Expertise in current and emerging technologies (e.g., Data Visualizations, Big Data, AI, Machine Learning, NLP/NLG, Cognitive Analytics etc.) preferred
Intermediate proficiency with visualization tools like Spotfire, Tableau or equivalent
Experience with Machine Learning and other advanced analytics techniques preferred
Good understanding of clinical development functional areas and related processes is preferred
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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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
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