Senior Director, Portfolio Planning & Analytics
About The Position
The Senior Director, Portfolio Planning and Analytics is an empowered enterprise leader responsible for building and leading a world-class planning and analytics organization at AbbVie. The role sets scalable, sustainable strategies for high-quality planning and informed decision-making across the enterprise, integrating portfolio planning, analytics, AI, data, and technology to improve decision quality and portfolio performance. Working closely with R&D leadership and partners across Commercial, Finance, IT/BTS, and senior AbbVie leadership, this leader provides data-driven insights for portfolio prioritization, investment decisions, and long-range planning. The position oversees pipeline planning, portfolio data stewardship, scenario planning, critical-path analyses, the Planning Platform, and the technology roadmap for R&D portfolio performance and business excellence. It also champions AI and advanced analytics, shapes enterprise data governance, builds a high-performing team, and represents AbbVie in industry conversations.
Requirements
- Degree in business, a scientific discipline, information technology, data science, or a related field.
- 10 or more years of management experience.
- 5 or more years of analytics experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
- Leadership acumen, including emotional intelligence and business awareness.
- Ability to collaborate and influence effectively across multiple organizational levels.
- Expertise in current and emerging technologies, such as data visualizations, big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
- Exceptional ability to drive innovation and deploy technology in new ways in a changing environment.
- Proficiency in relevant systems and technologies, such as Planisware, Cognos BI, and QlikView.
- Demonstrated value-driven leadership skills and expertise in building organizations.
- Ability to attract, challenge, develop, and retain specialized talent in R&D, portfolio planning, analytics, and technology.
Nice To Haves
- A master’s degree or PhD.
- R&D experience.
Responsibilities
- Set the vision for Planning and Analytics at AbbVie in collaboration with R&D leadership.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and relationship-builder across R&D, Commercial, Finance, IT/BTS, and senior AbbVie leadership, providing data-driven insights and recommendations for portfolio prioritization, investment decisions, and long-range planning.
- Lead a high-performing pipeline planning organization responsible for high-quality data stewardship in Planisware or future portfolio planning systems.
- Apply program management capabilities, scenario planning, and critical-path analyses to accelerate high-priority programs.
- Identify current and future business needs and deploy technology and processes that enable enterprise data analytics using emerging integrated data sources.
- Define and lead the R&D portfolio performance and business excellence function’s data, digital, and technology strategy, translating technical strategy into business value.
- Oversee the prioritized technology roadmap, including short- and long-term goals, in partnership with stakeholders and using internal and external data sources and market intelligence.
- Champion adoption of artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and emerging insight-generation platforms to modernize end-to-end planning processes.
- Provide senior leadership for the Planning Platform, including its strategic direction, stakeholder alignment, adoption, and delivery of business value.
- Influence enterprise data governance as a steward of portfolio data and other data used by the planning and analytics team and cross-functional partners.
- Influence data owners across R&D and collaborating areas to promote a holistic approach to planning and systems.
- Build and maintain a high-performing team of innovative, solutions-focused entrepreneurs who develop future processes and technology.
- Represent AbbVie externally in the Planning & Analytics field, participate in industry conversations, and bring best practices back to AbbVie.
- Serve on the Portfolio Performance and Business Excellence Senior Leadership Team, guiding the department’s direction and operations and protecting AbbVie’s culture.
- Monitor emerging external technology and analytics trends and assess their impact on current and future strategies.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
