Associate Director, Business Insights Lead

Purpose 

Reporting to the Director Strategy Analytics & Business Insights (SABI) the Associate Director Business Insights serves as the primary analytical and strategic partner to the Oncology/SMAO Clinical Study Leadership organization with an additional support role for Neuroscience/SSU. This role owns portfolio-level business insights for Oncology/SMAO translating complex ambiguous business questions into data-driven analyses that directly inform Sr. Director and VP-level decisions across site strategy study design resourcing and risk management while extending analytical support to Neuroscience/SSU stakeholders as capacity and priorities allow. The Associate Director builds and sustains trusted relationships with Sr. Directors (TA Heads) and their leadership teams across both therapeutic areas ensuring SABIs analytical capabilities are embedded into how each portfolio plans and executes. 

Responsibilities 

• Strategic Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary SABI point of contact and trusted advisor to Oncology/SMAO Sr. Directors and CSL leadership proactively identifying where data and analytics can resolve ambiguity in portfolio-level decisions. 

• End-to-End Insight Delivery: Lead delivery of portfolio-level insights from hypothesis generation and data identification through analysis insight generation and recommendations following SABIs hypothesis-driven problem-solving approach. 

• Analytical Product Ownership: Own and evolve key analytical products for Oncology/SMAO (e.g. site ID and allocation models country/site performance benchmarking enrollment scenario planning operational flagging views) ensuring they remain decision-relevant as portfolio priorities shift. 

• Cross-TA Support Neuroscience/SSU: Provide analytical and decision-support coverage to Neuroscience/SSU stakeholders extending proven Oncology approaches where transferable and adapting them to Neuroscience/SSU-specific needs. 

• Business Need Translation: Partner with Sr. Directors and CSL leadership across Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU to translate emerging business needs into scoped actionable analytical workstreams. 

• Executive Communication: Influence Sr. Directors/VP-level decisions tailoring communication to executive audiences. 

• Risk & Gap Identification: Identify and escalate structural gaps or unaddressed risks within the Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU portfolios that are not yet visible to leadership bringing an independent analytical lens to surface them. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with SABIs other TA-aligned leads and adjacent CAP functions (Study Feasibility & Analytics Clinical Acceleration Solutions) to ensure consistency and reuse of analytical approaches across therapeutic areas. 

• CDO-Wide Initiatives: Provide analytical and strategic support for priority CDO-wide initiatives partnering across functions and applying SABI capabilities beyond assigned therapeutic areas to advance enterprise objectives. 

• Team Capability Development: Provide project-based coaching and mentorship to junior team members and rotational analysts supporting Oncology/SMAO and Neuroscience/SSU work while maintaining accountability for the quality and analytical rigor of assigned outputs. 

• Portfolio Stewardship: Maintain a portfolio-first objective and long-term view of stakeholder needs across both therapeutic areas balancing responsiveness to Sr. Director requests with SABIs focus on high-impact analytically complex work. 

Qualifications :

Required: 

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree in Finance Analytics Business or related quantitative field preferred 

• 10 years of relevant experience in business analytics strategy or a related client-facing analytical role ideally within pharmaceutical biotechnology or healthcare. 5 years of relevant experience for advanced degree holders (e.g. PhD MD PharmD) 

• Demonstrated experience managing senior stakeholder relationships (Director/Sr. Director level or above) including delivering findings and recommendations to executive audiences 

• Strong analytical and strategic decision-support skills with the ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured data-driven analyses 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to distill complex analyses into clear actionable insights for non-technical audiences 

• Experience with data analytics/visualization tools (e.g. SQL Power BI Excel) 

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams independently across more than one therapeutic area or stakeholder group with sound judgment on prioritization and escalation 

• Familiarity with clinical trial operations drug development or R&D processes 

• Experience supporting multiple therapeutic areas or portfolios concurrently 

Preferred: 

• Prior people-management or mentoring experience 

• Working knowledge of AbbVie systems and organizational structure 

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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.

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Employment Type :

Full-time