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AbbVie lists this Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships opportunity in north chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
Full-time
Salary Min:
Salary Max:
Workday Global Grade: 21
Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly
About AbbVie
AbbVie'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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.
Purpose:
The Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships plays a central role in advancing Oncology Early Development (OED) strategy by connecting strategic initiatives, partnerships, and emerging capabilities to OED priorities, helping the organization deliver its pipeline with greater speed, quality, and efficiency. This role serves as program and operations lead for P1PER, OED's preferred site network, managing site performance and investigator relationships. The role also leads innovation initiatives, moving successful pilots to scale across OED, and manages OED's key external partnerships, including CROs.
Responsibilities:
Lead global, complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives and innovation projects for OED.
Drive innovation pilot-to-scale efforts by engaging innovation partners and providing program management, KPIs, and leadership alignment to inform scaling decisions.
Develop project plans, risk and contingency plans, and effectiveness metrics for each initiative; lead problem solving and risk mitigation at a global level.
Represent OED in cross-AbbVie initiatives, bringing a first-in-human perspective to process, technology, and organizational implementations.
Lead program and operations for P1PER, OED's preferred site network, including engagement planning, site operational capabilities, KPIs, and alignment with AbbVie's broader site engagement strategy.
Partner with study teams, OED, and country affiliates to maximize use of P1PER sites across the OED portfolio.
Coordinate site and investigator engagement, including conference meetings and study coordinator meetings, to strengthen relationships and OED's visibility with leading oncology sites.
Manage day-to-day relationships across OED's partnership portfolio, including CROs and vendors; track performance against KPIs, identify issue trends, and support partnership governance forums to promote partner accountability.
This position will report into a director level and will manage matrix teams. This position may have 1-2 direct reports
Bachelor’s degree (or ex-US equivalent) is required, typically in scientific field. An Associate’s degree/R.N. (or ex-US equivalent) with relevant experience is acceptable
8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of roles associated with drug development (research and development, commercial, project management, operations) Minimum of 2 years supporting cross-functional teams in a core function (Program Management, Development, Regulatory, Operations)
Developing leadership skills
Good communication skills both written and oral
Strong project management experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Preferred: Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry
Demonstration of leading a global team PMP, Change management, Lean Six Sigma or process improvement experience desirable
Key Stakeholders:
Clinical Operations, Clinical Science, Pharmaceutical Development, Drug Development Project Management, Precision Medicine, Country Affiliates, Purchasing & Supplier Management, RQA, IT, External Partners (sites, CROs, and vendors)
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.
Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.
AbbVie 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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Worksite address
north chicago, IL, 60086, US
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