Director II, Portfolio Insights

Director II, Portfolio Insights

The Portfolio Insights team enables AbbVie to make data-driven portfolio decisions across its multi-billion-dollar annual R&D investment.

This role reports directly to the Head of Portfolio Insights.

This role is accountable for advancing cross-TA prioritization by ensuring consistency in approach across therapeutic areas, driving alignment to portfolio prioritization objectives, and developing clear, decision-oriented visualizations for senior governance discussions. The position sets the vision and strategy for portfolio-level insights on R&D investment choices, partners closely with senior leaders and functional stakeholders across the organization, aligns diverse inputs, guides the development of productivity analyses, leads scenario-based evaluations, and delivers high-quality outputs that support enterprise decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-TA portfolio analyses focused on the organization's highest-priority strategic questions and serve as a central point of leadership for these efforts
• Serve as a trusted partner to Finance in delivering key outputs, including the Plan Book and Financial LRP process
• Build strong relationships across TASC, PPM, Commercial Forecasting, Finance, and Strategic Resourcing to understand stakeholder needs and develop insightful cross-TA analyses and practices grounded in objective decision support
• Coach and enable the team to engage effectively with functional stakeholders, strengthen linkages across portfolio inputs, and challenge assumptions constructively
• Ensure an appropriate balance between consistency across therapeutic areas and the flexibility to reflect TA-specific nuance, while maintaining transparency across teams
• Guide the team in developing portfolio-level outputs with clear scenarios and trade-offs to support senior leadership decisions on portfolio investments
• Anticipate senior leadership questions, proactively frame potential portfolio scenarios, and lead scenario-based analyses to inform key governance discussions
• Present key findings and strategic insights to senior leadership and across TASC, as needed
• Drive continuous improvement in cross-TA insight generation and prioritization processes
• Lead ad hoc, short-term analyses and strategic projects in response to leadership priorities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or business field required; advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
• Prior experience in management consulting, with a track record in R&D strategy / portfolio prioritization projects, strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience with a multifaceted, broad-based understanding of pharmaceutical R&D business processes, investment stage gating, and commercial processes; fewer years may be considered for candidates with advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, PhD).
• Proven people management experience, with a strong track record of coaching and developing talent.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record of leading complex cross-TA initiatives and delivering enterprise-level impact.
• Strong communication skills and executive presence, with the ability to shape consensus and promote enterprise thinking.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to lead a team and deliver multiple sophisticated cross-TA analyses across several assets.

Key Stakeholders:

• Portfolio governance: PPM (Program and Portfolio Management), ASL (Asset Strategy Leadership).
• R&D functions: Clinical Development, Regulatory, Statistics, R&D Strategic Resourcing.
• Finance partners: R&D Finance, Commercial Finance.
• Commercial, partnering & business development: Pipeline Commercialization, Commercial Business Units, Search & Evaluation, Business Development.
• Strategic partners: Innovation, Transformation, TA Strategy

Additional Information:

• 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.

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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Pay Range: $182000 - 346000 USD

Where We Work

Role is primarily site- or office-based but can occasionally be performed remotely. Employees who are site/office-based and can occasionally perform their role virtually work both in the office and remotely*, following the policies and regulations in place at their location. US Employees must be in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Three days in the office is the minimum; some individuals or teams may require more in-office days due to meetings, business/project needs or their role.