Associate Director, Strategy and Operations (Chief of Staff) Irvine, CA

AbbVie•Irvine, CA

4d•$141,500 - $268,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director, Strategy & Operations, Practice Economics will help build the structure, strategy, and operating discipline for a newly evolving Practice Economics organization within Allergan Aesthetics. The role supports the Vice President, Practice Economics and partners closely with the leadership team to translate strategic priorities into clear plans, governance, execution, and measurable customer and business impact. Based in Irvine, California, the position collaborates closely with Practice Economics leadership, cross-functional partners, and field-facing teams. The role calls for a strategic and operationally strong leader who can work through ambiguity, create clarity, influence across a matrixed organization, and drive disciplined follow-through on complex priorities. The position connects strategy, governance, insights, cross-functional execution, and leadership communication in support of the evolving organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
10+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, commercial operations, management consulting, project leadership, or related functions.
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed environment.
Strong business acumen, analytical capability, executive communication skills, and ability to influence without authority.
Experience developing operating rhythms, governance processes, executive updates, and performance management tools.
Strong PowerPoint, storytelling, executive-level synthesis, and data-driven problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and convert strategic ideas into disciplined execution.
Ownership, accountability, strong follow-through, executive presence, curiosity, flexibility, and a solution-oriented mindset; ability to build trust and drive alignment across teams.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree.
Healthcare, aesthetics, pharmaceutical, medical device, commercial excellence, or customer success experience.
Experience supporting senior leadership teams or helping build and scale a new function, center of excellence, or transformation capability.

Responsibilities

Partner with the VP, Practice Economics and leadership team to define, refine, and execute strategic priorities, including annual and long-range planning, goal setting, prioritization, roadmaps, milestones, owners, and measurable outcomes.
Establish and manage the Practice Economics operating cadence, including leadership meetings, business reviews, prioritization forums, governance mechanisms, decision-making processes, initiative tracking, and accountability routines.
Lead high-priority cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution, coordinating workstreams across Practice Consulting, National Accounts, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Analytics, Finance, Operations, and Field teams.
Help define and evolve the Practice Economics operating model, including workstream ownership, governance, decision rights, team interfaces, leadership alignment, role clarity, and repeatable processes.
Develop executive-ready communications, presentations, briefing documents, strategic narratives, recommendations, decision points, and action plans for senior leaders, business reviews, board-level discussions, and major stakeholder engagements.
Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, operating tools, and progress updates that clarify performance, risks, dependencies, decisions, and execution status.
Facilitate stakeholder alignment, anticipate execution risks, remove barriers, escalate issues, and keep initiatives connected to broader strategy and customer and business impact.