Senior Manager, R&D Strategic Resourcing

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL

3d

About The Position

Responsible for executing global resource strategies and associated budgeting activities and projects to drive and achieve functional goals and objectives. Accountable for ensuring that functions and areas operate within the current Plan/updated budget. Strategically project and manage Plan/Update resourcing and associated budget across the function in collaboration with the functional heads, Business Operations, and Finance utilizing knowledge of current and future business environment. Globally influences and strategically manages resourcing linkages across the businesses and understands the impact of business decisions and solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelors or equivalent degree required.
• Minimum of 4+ with Bachelors, 3+ with Masters and 2+ with PhD years of experience in a competitive, fast paced environment such as top tier management consulting and pharmaceutical R&D
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed organization as a consultant to a pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead.
• Demonstrated ability to present data and metrics to executive leadership teams that will lead to better business outcomes.
• Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.
• Proven performance in a matrix environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Primarily accountable for forecasting and management of resources and associated budget.
• Responsible for short and long term forecasts and management of implications of alternative development scenarios
• Provide leadership and develop strategic recommendations for functions to ensure all functional areas operate within the current Plan/Update resources and budget.
• Partner with functional leaders to resource and financially plan upcoming initiatives and projects
• Provides overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio resources and associated financial opportunities.
• Negotiates with other functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality, performance)
• Partner with VPs to develop departmental goals.
• Provides leadership on strategic business issues and make strategic decisions that affect the department and the business
• Collaborate across R&D to participate in initiatives to improve operational performance, enhance culture, and improve decision making
• Develop and maintain business relationships across functional areas across AbbVie to further R&D objectives in support of the strategic imperatives.
• Partners across R&D to enhance teamwork and identify workable solutions.
• Serve as resource financial expert and establish relationships with key finance resources / contacts/ stakeholders
• Accountable for establishment and management of tools and processes needed to ensure employee proficiency with departmental systems, procedures, tools and guidelines

Benefits

• paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• long-term incentive programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior