Senior Director, Business Technology Solutions

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Come to work each day with an inclusive and collaborative Business technology team! As an Senior Director, Business Technology Solutions in AbbVie Business Technology Solutions (BTS), you’ll have opportunities to contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharma company, helping to create solutions that impact patients and their communities for the better.

Provide senior leadership to create technology strategies that support business goals. This role will have enterprise-wide impact and influence through the integration of multiple business and/or technology domains along with active collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, including R&D Clinical Drug Supply and Development leaders, to understand their technology needs in order to provide effective solutions.

Build a collaborative partnership with technology and functional domain vice presidents. Responsible for comprehensive technology solutions that address prioritized business problems and innovation needs. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior Abbvie leadership and results assessed from a 3-5 year perspective. Oversees the planning and implementation of IT systems, infrastructure, and applications to support R&D Clinical Drug Supply and Development activities.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Influence: Responsible for leading development of a 3-5 year strategy by working in partnership with business domain vice presidents. Develop and execute technology strategies and roadmaps aligned with the overall business objectives and R&D Clinical Drug Supply and Development goals.
• Decisions & Policies: Accountable for key decisions based on enterprise strategies. Determines enterprise operating policies and procedures for relevant domains.
• Process Improvement & Optimization: Responsible for identifying overall process and/or technology improvements.
• People Management: 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.
• Resource Management: Responsible for determining the resource management strategy and organizational structure of multiple business and/or technology domains. This includes managing IT budgets, resources, and vendor relationships to optimize cost-effectiveness and service delivery.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on R&D Clinical Drug Supply and Development operations and recommending appropriate solutions.
• Impact: 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. Ensures the availability, security, and integrity of data and systems, adhering to relevant regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Liaison & Relationship Building: Builds collaborative relationships and effectively interacts frequently with business and technology vice presidents within and outside of the company. Influences and advises on enterprise-wide strategies and programs. Interacts well with diverse groups across the enterprise and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators
• Culture: 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.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and 15+ years of experience required. Masters degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred. Will consider 19 years of relevant experience in related technical field.
• Experience managing teams of at least 20 people with a resource mix of directors, managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors and managed service providers.
• Experience in managing a budget of at least $20 million.
• Preferred experience in R&D including experience with Clinical Drug Development.
• Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
• Ability to effectively connect employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall Abbvie goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing and inspiring team members.
• Thought leader for Abbvie in their business and technology domain(s).
• Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain is preferred.

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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