Associate Director, Deliverable Team Program Manager - Oncology

Company Description 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, Xand YouTube. Job Description

1. Facilitates and drives cross-functional team effectiveness across the Deliverable Teams (IEST and ABST) by translating interconnected strategies into clear asset-level direction and execution within context of enterprise needs, disease area strategy, and therapeutic area objectives.Serves as the strategic enabler of Deliverable Team, continuously driving value by optimizing team performance, streamlining cross-stakeholder communications, and developing compelling strategic narratives for governance forums..
2. Translate high-level disease area and asset strategies into evidence strategies, brand strategies and actionable sub-team plans.
3. Proactively identify, communicate, and manage deliverable team risks and subsequent mitigation plans. Ensure timely and accurate reporting for program, including management of systems, and partnership with planning group in development of timelines.

Responsibilities: Serves as a core strategic partner to the Deliverable Teams (IEST, VBST), coordinating activities and deliverables that translate interconnected strategies into executable plans. Bring critical thinking, business acumen, and enterprise perspective to cross-functional discussions, helping the team understand how their deliverable strategy fits into the asset strategy. Provides proactive Program Management support by preparing for and actively facilitating meetings ensuring a clear purpose, disciplined follow-up, and strong decision support. Drive cross-functional team alignment and effectiveness. Partners with the team co-chairs to structure team discussions, improve decision-making, and ensure the team operates with focus, discipline, and efficiency. Coaches the team toward smaller, more focused strategy discussions and effective execution, ensuring the right SMEs are included in decision making discussions. Apply critical thinking to pressure-test assumptions, identify risks & obstacles early, and improve execution against team strategy. Demonstrates strong stakeholder management to improve cross-functional alignment and execution discipline with scheduling, minutes, and action item follow-up. Partner with GPMs and DST PMs to ensure governance readiness and execution quality. Supports preparation of high-quality inputs for governance forums, with emphasis on clarity, accuracy, and decision readiness. Monitors project health, team performance, and overall readiness to escalation or resolve issues quickly. Promotes consistent support and facilitation across teams to raise overall team performance. Proactively identify, communicate, and manage asset timelines and risks with a stronger focus on strategic tradeoffs and early escalation. Partners with subteam co-chairs to identify and manage risks to the subteam strategy, not only to individual deliverables. Apply judgment to assess implications of downstream changes to milestones, scenario plan, elevate critical issues appropriately, and ensure mitigation plans are in place for risks and transparent communication of cross-functional risks. Craft effective storylines and communications for stakeholders. Develops clear, strategic storylines that communicate the deliverable team strategy, implications and downstream impacts of changes, and key decisions needed for governance and stakeholder engagement. Adjust messaging for different audiences to influence outcomes effectively. Maintain disciplined tracking, reporting, and risk management for subteam execution. Ensures deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and risks are tracked accurately and communicated clearly and effectively. Partners closely with GPMs, planners and functional partners to maintain reliable reporting and visibility to execution status and health. Manages key program information with rigor to support decision-making and transparency across the team. Actively contributes to a more strategic, execution-focused Program Management organization. Shares best practices and helps improve how teams are supported and facilitated. Champions process consistency, st Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a relevant scientific, business, or technical field 7+ years of experience in a variety of roles and associated teams in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry (research & development, commercial, project management, operations) with a record of expertise in one or more therapeutic areas Minimum of 4 years supporting cross-functional teams in a core function (Program Management, Commercial, Development, Regulatory, Operations) Demonstrated ability in strategic thinking, leadership, and strategic communication, with the ability to articulate strategy and downstream impacts clearly and effectively across multiple assets, stakeholders, and audiences Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different levels and functions within the organization Demonstrated knowledge of program management practices in the pharmaceutical industry Preferred: Experience across all stages of drug-development pro 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 employer 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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