Director, Global Alliances - AI
AbbVie
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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 DescriptionAt AbbVie, we believe the power of partnership accelerates innovation and delivers transformative medicines to patients faster. As Director, Global Alliances AI , you will play a pivotal role in shaping and managing AbbVie’s most strategic external collaborations, with a focus on AI-enabled partnerships that advance our R&D pipeline.
You will lead alliance management for complex, high-value partnerships , serving as the post-transaction bridge between AbbVie and its partners. In this role, you will foster transparency, strategic alignment, and a shared vision for success—anticipating challenges, resolving issues, and enabling collaboration that drives scientific and business impact.
You will drive strategic business reviews at key contractual decision points , delivering clear, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership. When needed, you will negotiate amendments or optimize existing alliances to ensure long-term value creation. You will also support business development and due diligence activities, providing alliance and executional insight that strengthens AbbVie’s global portfolio.
This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for a strategic, proactive leader who thrives at the intersection of science, technology, and collaboration.
Major Responsibilities
- Champion AbbVie’s AI Strategic Alliances: Build and maintain trusted, productive relationships across AbbVie and with external AI partners, fostering joint problem-solving, alignment, and shared accountability.
- Lead Strategic Reviews and Governance: Manage alliance governance forums (e.g., Joint Steering Committees), assess performance against objectives, and provide recommendations at key contractual and strategic inflection points. Proactively surface risks and drive resolution in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Engage and Influence Senior Leadership: Partner with senior leaders across Global Alliances, AI Strategy, R&D, and Corporate Strategy to shape partnership direction, inform enterprise decisions, and resolve complex issues with agility.
- Serve as a Strategic Advisor: Provide forward-looking perspectives on alliance health, opportunities, and risk mitigation, helping leadership maximize value across AbbVie’s partnership portfolio.
- Support Business Development and Due Diligence: Collaborate with AI Strategy, Search & Evaluation, and Business Development teams to support diligence, integration planning, and early alliance design. Contribute to AbbVie partnership forums and external engagement activities.
- Optimize and Evolve Partnerships: Identify opportunities to refine alliance terms, negotiate amendments, and improve operating models. Implement best-practice processes, tools, and communication frameworks to support consistency and operational excellence.
- Promote a Strong Partnering Culture: Advance best-in-class alliance practices, mentor colleagues, and represent AbbVie externally as a trusted and thoughtful partner in the biopharma and technology ecosystem.
- Experience: 5–10 years of experience in alliance management, external innovation, corporate ventures, or pharmaceutical development, with demonstrated exposure to AI-enabled technologies and partnerships. Strong understanding of drug R&D processes across development stages. Familiarity with contractual governance preferred.
- Education: Advanced degree or equivalent experience in a relevant scientific, computational, or legal discipline (e.g., computer science, data science, computational biology, PharmD, PhD, MD, JD).
- AI & Technical Fluency : Ability to engage credibly with AI/ML partners and internal experts, translate technical concepts into business context, and manage complex, technology-driven collaborations.
- Strategic & Business Acumen: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect enterprise strategy to execution and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.
- Leadership and Influence: Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills; proven ability to influence in a matrixed, global environment.
- This is a hybrid opportunity requiring at minimum three (3) days onsite, Tuesday through Thursday, in our North Chicago, IL or San Francisco, CA offices.
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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.
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