Associate Director, Portfolio Insights

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portfolio Insights team is responsible for enabling AbbVie to make data-driven decisions on portfolio choices both within and across Therapeutic Areas (TAs). Core responsibilities include valuation of the internal portfolio, PTRS (probability of technical and regulatory success) assessments, cross-TA prioritization of R&D spend, benchmarking and analytic support for annual financial business processes. The Associate Director, Portfolio Insights drives high-impact strategic projects and provides broad exposure across Portfolio Insights’ core capabilities. Success will position the Associate Director to transition into a longer-term focus area within Portfolio Insights based on strengths and business needs; options include: TA strategic partner: Drive value metrics and PTRS insights for one or more therapeutic areas in partnership with TA leadership. Cross-TA prioritization: Support prioritization and capital allocation analytics (e.g., Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization process enhancements), helping ensure R&D investment is directed toward the highest-value opportunities. Data strategy and benchmarking insights: Advance the R&D productivity benchmarking agenda (e.g., peer comparisons) and translate findings into actionable insights for decision-makers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or business field required
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage-gating, and commercial forecasting.
Demonstrated success in fast-paced, ambiguous settings; proven track record of leading complex strategic initiatives without direct authority.
High level of executive presence; ability to navigate different functional perspectives, challenge the status quo, and drive enterprise thinking.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership.
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to drive multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives, including but not limited to: Continue to enhance the Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization (QPP) process to improve AbbVie’s ability to effectively allocate capital to the areas of greatest value creation.
Pull-through ongoing modernization of AbbVie’s valuation methodologies to best-in-class assessment approaches – including AI/ML driven PTRS assessment.
Institute R&D productivity as a core organizational mindset by collaborating on the “R&D Pulse” initiative and benchmarking AbbVie’s performance versus peers.
Flex into different areas of the portfolio to conduct ad-hoc, short-term analyses, scenario planning, and strategic projects at the request of leadership.
Deliver high-impact recommendations on project value, trade-offs, and scenarios to senior leadership.
Prepare actionable insights and executive narratives for the monthly Portfolio Review Forum, R&D Plan, and Financial Long Range Planning (LRP).
Socialize the value and practical implications of moving to a more data-driven approach for key decision-making across TA leadership.
Build capabilities within the team and across the organization.
Build value metrics (e.g., risk-adjusted net present value (raNPV), Productivity Index) and scenario analyses to drive effective drug development decisions.
Constructively pressure-test assumptions and inputs provided by functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, PPM).
Support efforts to deploy and improve dashboards for interrogating the R&D portfolio, exploring new use cases that leverage AbbVie’s foundational portfolio data.