Associate Director, Innovation

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 Enterprise Innovation group 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.

As Associate Director, Innovation, you will partner with leaders across Abb Vie to optimize the value of our portfolio of current and future assets. 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 innovation group will provide high‑profile, high‑impact projects and professional development experiences spanning the entire drug development and commercialization value chain.

• North Chicago, IL or South San Francisco, CA offices with a minimum three (3) days onsite hybrid
• 25% travel required

• Drive end‑to‑end strategic innovation and execution on an Abb Vie 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 Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie 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 Abb Vie should prepare and/or respond.
• Help communicate our strategy across Abb Vie.

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required. Advanced degree (e.g., Pharm
  
  D, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Minimum years of experience required: 6+ with Bachelors, 4+ with Masters, and 2+ with Doctorate.
• Professional consulting experience highly preferred.
• 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 Abb Vie’s overall mission.
• Drive, energy, and passion to advance Abb Vie’s mission.

• Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local…