Associate Director, Program Management

Company Description

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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

The Pipeline Commercialization Deliverable Team program managers partner with Development, Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and related functions across the Team Model, in a unified vision to Maximize the value of our assets and portfolio for patients and Abbvie by completing our mission to Collaborate, innovate and deliver differentiated solutions to patients and health care providers. They are united in the mission to: Maximize the pipeline, Lead with a Team First mindset, enable a scalable model, and Develop an Integrated Asset and Brand Strategy.

The Associate Director will be the accountable program manager for one or more of the following Pipeline Commercialization Deliverable Teams for a single or multiple assets and/or indications: Integrated Evidence Strategy Team (IEST), Brand Strategy Team (BST), Value and Access Team (VAT).

Key Responsibility Areas

• Program Management for assigned Pipeline Commercialization Deliverable Teams
• Drives development of deliverable team plans and aligns execution for functional components
• Ensures accurate and timely tracking and reporting of team deliverables and identification, communication and management of asset risks
• Actively participates in the advancement of Portfolio and Program Management and drug development at AbbVie
  
  
  

Detailed Responsibilities

Provides Program Management for assigned deliverable team(s)

• Partners with key business stakeholders to develop core strategies and meet the teams goals
• Operates with a strategic, cross-functional mindset
• Coordinates team activities and deliverables and supports the deliverable team chairs in driving cross-functional alignment within the team and structures meetings and discussions to drive good decision-making practices
• Ensures effective management of meetings including scheduling, agendas, minutes, action item follow-up
• Collaborates with the Asset Team PM to help prepare key messages and deliverables for, and navigate the governance process effectively and efficiently and appropriate use of each forum
• Contributes to team discussions both from a PM functional perspective and a cross-functional strategic perspective
• Leads high performing deliverable teams through monitoring and performance assessment in partnership with the deliverable team Chairs and Asset Team PM
  
  
  

Drives development of deliverable team plans and aligns execution for functional components

• In partnership with the deliverable team chair, drives development of (and participates in) creation of team plans and deliverables to inform asset strategy, and to translate asset strategy into execution by the deliverable team and associated functions
• Maintains awareness of upcoming deliverables as a part of the asset development lifecycle to ensure team preparedness
• Proactively identifies challenges or potential issues for execution, both within the deliverable team and partnering with asset PM cross-functionally, managing or escalating as appropriate
  
  
  

Ensure accurate and timely tracking and reporting of team deliverables and identification, communication, and management of asset risks

• Collaborates with project planners to ensure appropriate and accurate tracking and reporting of deliverable team timelines
• Maintains operational awareness of team deliverables and upcoming needs by the asset team
• Ensures appropriate team document management practices and repository of key program information for the deliverable team
• Partners with team members to proactively identify, communicate and manage asset risks, including escalation as appropriate
  
  
  

Actively participates in the advancement of Portfolio and Program Management and drug development at AbbVie

• Proactively seek learnings from other teams and share best practices
• Collaborates with colleagues in the Portfolio and Program Management organization and other deliverable teams to seek process improvement opportunities and participate as needed in developing and implementing change
• Champions the AbbVie drug development process for assigned deliverable teams and seek opportunities to increase team effectiveness within the AbbVie model
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of roles in at least one role/functional area associated with drug development (research and development, commercial, project management, operations)
• 2 years in a cross-functional project / program management role
• Strong program management skills and knowledge of program management practices in the pharmaceutical industry and common tools utilized
• Well-developed communication skills both written and oral
• Well-developed strategic thinking and leadership skills
  
  
  

Preferred

• Experience in late-stage drug development, including being a part of a launch team
• Experience with both global and regional teams in the pharmaceutical industry
  
  
  

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms
  
  
  

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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