Senior Director, BTS AI Strategy & Product

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

About The Position

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. This role will have enterprise-wide impact and influence. Partner with senior leadership to create technology strategies that support business goals, including AI and data capabilities. Build a collaborative partnership with technology and functional domain vice presidents. Responsible for comprehensive technology, AI, and data product solutions that address prioritized business problems and innovation needs. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior AbbVie leadership and results assess from a 3–5-year perspective, including value delivery and adoption.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and 15+ years of experience required.
Proven ability to effectively connect employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall AbbVie goals.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing, and inspiring team members.
Experience managing teams of at least 20 people with a resource mix of managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors, and managed service providers.
Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
Thought leader for AbbVie in their business and technology domain(s).
Experiencing managing a budget of at least $20 million.
Experience developing and executing enterprise AI, data, and digital transformation strategies.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.
Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain is preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for leading development of a 3–5-year strategy by working in partnership with business domain vice presidents. Includes AI capabilities supporting enterprise priorities.
Responsible for identifying overall process and/or technology improvements, including AI, automation, analytics, and data products.
Accountable for key decisions based on enterprise strategies. Determines enterprise operating policies and procedures for relevant domains, including AI and data governance.
Responsible for managing directors and directing an enterprise critical function where the scope and complexity of responsibilities require the integration of multiple business and/or technology domains.
Make decisions and provide recommendations that have a significant long-term impact on AbbVie and affect the financial, employee and/or public relations posture of AbbVie.
Responsible for determining the resource management strategy and organizational structure of multiple business and/or technology domains. Oversee strategic AI and data product investments.
Builds collaborative relationships and effectively interacts frequently with business and technology vice presidents within and outside of the company. Influences and advice on enterprise-wide strategies and programs, investment priorities, and value objectives. Interact well with diverse groups across the enterprise and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
Consistently demonstrate AbbVie’s Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes including an enterprise mindset and people leadership. Effectively manages performance, provides timely feedback, appropriately rewards and recognizes valuable achievement, develops talent, and creates a succession pipeline. Understand and execute AbbVie's vision, goals, and strategies. This role has accountability for the performance and results strategically important functions.
Accountable for a portfolio of technology, AI, and data initiatives ensuring value realization, adoption, and delivery.
Establish and manage an enterprise AI and data product portfolio – prioritization, lifecycle, adoption, and cross-functional alignment – ensuring initiatives are scalable, compliant, and governed.