AbbVie · 1 hour ago
Associate Director, Innovation
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expAbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to delivering innovative medicines and solutions. The Associate Director, Innovation will partner with leaders across AbbVie to optimize the value of current and future assets, driving strategic innovation and execution on critical initiatives that impact the company's success.
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Responsibilities
Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on an AbbVie Enterprise Critical asset in partnership with the program-leading Asset Strategy Team and content-focused deliverable teams. Areas of focus include strategic planning, scenario evaluation, and data-driven problem solving spanning the breadth of drug development (e.g. product development & manufacturing, trial design, evidence package evaluation, clinical acceleration, commercial presentation)
Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution across AbbVie's highest priority commercial questions in partnership with commercial leadership, brand teams and other cross-functional stakeholders. Areas of focus include strategic planning, commercial execution, and driving innovation on a breadth of enterprise-critical commercial efforts (e.g., launch planning, portfolio positioning, HCP engagement, patient activation, market access strategy)
Support strategic initiatives that address mission-critical questions and position AbbVie for future success
Lead individual modules within complex, cross-functional initiatives, including driving the problem-solving process supporting research and analytics, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management consideration
Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise, and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond
Help communicate our strategy across AbbVie
Qualification
Required
Bachelors or equivalent degree required
Minimum years of experience required: 6+ with Bachelors, 4+ with Masters, and 2+ with Doctorate
Strong problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills. Can comfortably lead meetings with mid/senior-level management
Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead
Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
Capability building / Change management skills – leverage empathy and coaching with functional stakeholder to achieve organizational buy-in and long-lasting changes
Highly collaborative, genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand with the businesses to develop solutions that advance AbbVie's overall mission
Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie's mission
Preferred
Advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred
Professional consulting experience highly preferred
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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2025 (273)
2024 (190)
2023 (225)
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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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