Director, Clinical Operations & Chief of Staff

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.

Job Description

Collect, analyze, and present key information from a variety of sources to department management / function heads / senior management / executive management / and internal stakeholders. Responsible for identification, planning, leading, implementation of initiatives and projects to achieve departmental goals and objectives. Lead efforts to translate strategies into implementation plans and follow through execution. Identify growth opportunities and lead efforts designed to support the development of individuals within the department Primarily accountable to ensure functional areas operate within the current budget and make necessary adjustment. Project and manage resources across the function in collaboration with the function head and finance utilizing knowledge of current and future business environment. Globally influence and strategically manage links across the businesses and understand the impact of business decisions and solutions.

Responsibilities: 

• ​Leads cross departmental and cross-functional efforts to achieve functional goals and implement strategies. Responsible for overseeing operations activities and projects managed within department.
• Responsible for leading efforts to develop departmental goals. Develop departmental goals. Makes decisions that affect the department and the division. Provides leadership to the department on strategic business issues.
• Track and prepare leadership and teams for governance and leadership presentations on business and initiatives.
• Organize leadership meetings, departmental forums, draft agenda, and track progress on goal delivery.
• Create internal and external presentations to meet departmental business needs. 
• Primarily accountable for forecasting, construction, and management of budget. Responsible for short- and long-term forecasts and management of implications of alternative development scenarios.
• Serve as a local finance and resourcing expert. Must have established relationships with key finance and resourcing contacts.
• Analyzes and identifies budget favorability/unfavourability and provides recommendations for strategy.
• Independently leads Operations activities and multiple self-initiated major projects. Assist management in the selection of action plans that best meets business objectives. Anticipates and leads issue resolution. Assures project portfolio remains in alignment with strategic initiatives.
• Provides overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio opportunities. Negotiates with other Functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality/ performance).

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master of Science (BSc/MSc), or PhD in Science of Business-related Field BSc with 13+ yrs MSc with 12+ yrs Ph.D. with 10+ yrs
• Accountable for establishment and management of tools and amp; processes needed to ensure employee proficiency with departmental systems, procedures, tools and guidelines (e.g., training, mentoring, effective delegation).
• Recognized leader in standard business procedures including project management practices, portfolio review, finance, and budgeting.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with broad business orientation
• Expert operations management experience of 5+ years in the pharmaceutical or health care industry. Proven track record for successful projects.
• Recognized as an expert with knowledge of AbbVie and global pharma drug development processes.
• Requires multi-faceted, broad-based experience in several functions and. Is considered to have in depth knowledge of operational business needs, issues, mitigation plans, etc.
• Operations experience with large budget and matrixed environment is required.

Key Stakeholders:

• Pharmaceutical Development Senior Leadership and Clinical Operations senior leadership, Finance, HR, R*D

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable 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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