Director, Medical Affairs Analytics & Planning - International Medical Affairs

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 ,  X and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Director, Medical Affairs Analytics & Planning leads the design and execution of integrated analytics, planning, and insight-generation capabilities across international affiliates (EU and intercontinental).

The role enables data- and evidence-informed decision-making by transforming complex cross-market intelligence, medical assessments, operational data, and scientific engagement insights into clear, actionable strategic guidance that strengthens Medical Affairs impact across the enterprise.

A key focus is the identification of performance trends, capability gaps, and strategic opportunities across geographies, ensuring continuous improvement in execution quality, organizational alignment, and decision effectiveness.

Operating as a strategic partner to senior Medical Affairs leadership, the role ensures alignment between global strategy, regional priorities, and execution, enabling consistent performance tracking from strategic intent through execution.

The position also leads external benchmarking and capability analytics initiatives, leveraging insights from a broader external advisory ecosystem, including STEM Healthcare, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), IQVIA, and other leading life sciences consulting and analytics organizations, to assess Medical Affairs maturity, identify best practices, and strengthen analytics-enabled decision-making capabilities.

Ultimately, the role ensures that insights, analytics, and planning outputs are translated into more effective Medical Science Liaison (MSL) engagement models, strengthening field medical effectiveness, scientific dialogue, and external stakeholder engagement. By enabling higher-quality and more impactful medical interactions across all geographies, the role contributes to improved scientific understanding, supports better-informed healthcare decision-making, and ultimately helps improve patient access to appropriate therapies and health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Analytics & Insights

• Lead the development of integrated Medical Affairs analytics frameworks, performance models, and insight systems across international markets, EU4+UK, and intercontinental affiliates .
• Transform complex medical, scientific, operational, and engagement data into actionable strategic insights.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and capability gaps through advanced analytics.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, KPIs, and performance frameworks to monitor Medical Affairs impact.
• Generate actionable insights from scientific engagement and medical activities.
• Ensure consistency in data standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks .
• Apply predictive and advanced analytics to support planning, prioritization, and resource optimization.

Medical Planning & Insights

• Support the integrated Medical Affairs planning cycles aligned with global strategy.
• Close collaboration with the Medical Excellence team to execute and evaluate the quality of medical affairs projects implementation
• Implement frameworks to evaluate scientific engagement quality, field medical effectiveness, stakeholder impact, and execution consistency .
• Analyze cross-market engagement outcomes to identify improvement opportunities and inform strategic direction.
• Partner closely with the Field Medical Excellence organization to strengthen engagement models through data-driven insights.
• Translate analytics outputs into clear, actionable improvement plans.
• Support scenario planning, prioritization, and strategic trade-off decisions.

Benchmarking & Capability Analytics

• Lead external benchmarking and capability assessment initiatives , leveraging methodologies from STEM Healthcare and the broader external advisory ecosystem .
• Evaluate organizational capability maturity, performance effectiveness, and strategic alignment .
• Identify opportunities to strengthen Medical Affairs capabilities and execution performance through structured analytics.
• Develop and maintain capability measurement frameworks to track performance evolution over time.
• Translate benchmarking insights into strategic recommendations for leadership.
• Contribute to the evolution of global Medical Affairs capability models and analytics standards .

Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner with Global and Regional Medical Affairs leadership and cross-functional stakeholders including Commercial Excellence, Market Access, HEOR, RWE, Business Operations, Data & Analytics, and Finance .
• Ensure alignment across international markets, EU4+UK, and intercontinental affiliates in strategy execution and analytics standards.
• Influence decision-making through clear, compelling, data-driven narratives.
• Present insights and strategic recommendations to senior leadership forums.
• Foster a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement .
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled analytics, machine learning models, and advanced data science capabilities to enhance decision intelligence and predictive insights.
• Champion digital and AI transformation initiatives , ensuring Medical Affairs remains at the forefront of analytics innovation and future-ready capabilities.
• Lead and develop a team of 2 Associate Directors, providing coaching, guidance, and capability-building to ensure strong execution, professional growth, and high-quality delivery across the function.

Data Governance & Analytics Enablement

• Ensure integrity, governance, and compliance of Medical Affairs data and analytics ecosystems across all geographies.
• Partner with technology teams to enhance automation, visualization, and advanced reporting capabilities .
• Drive initiatives that improve data quality, scalability, and insight generation effectiveness .
• Support transformation initiatives related to analytics modernization and decision-support capabilities.
• Promote enterprise-wide adoption of advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making .

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, or Public Health, or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred (MBA, PharmD, PhD, MD, MPH, or equivalent).

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in analytics, strategic planning, market research, business intelligence, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience, including leading teams or complex matrix work.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data into actionable business insights and presenting effective recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong background in KPI design, performance analytics, planning support, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, consulting, or life sciences environments required.
• Proven leadership in international environments, preferably with experience living and working across international markets, Europe, and intercontinental markets.
• Strong experience leading primary and secondary market research initiatives, translating complex data into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated expertise in market analytics and business intelligence frameworks, including segmentation, performance analysis, and trend identification.
• Experience with benchmarking, capability assessment, and advanced analytics methodologies.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex global matrix organizations.

Core Competencies

• Strategic & Systems Thinking
• Advanced Analytics & Insight Generation
• Market Intelligence & Research Expertise
• Data-Driven Decision Intelligence
• Performance Measurement & KPI Design
• Executive Communication & Storytelling
• Cross-Functional Influence

Leadership Behaviors

• Operates with a global enterprise mindset, connecting strategy, insights, and execution
• Drives clarity, alignment, and evidence-based decision-making across all levels of the organization
• Builds and develops strong cross-functional and cross-geography partnerships
• Leads through influence, strategic storytelling, and data-driven narratives
• Champions innovation, continuous improvement, and analytics maturity
• Translates data and insights into measurable business and scientific impact
• Leads with integrity, agility, inclusiveness, and accountability
• Embraces AI-enabled transformation and digital-first leadership principles

Additional Information

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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.

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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