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Director, Business HR- R&D

Company Description

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 XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

​​​​​​​Purpose

Business Human Resources (BHR) serves as a trusted partner to the business, helping to shape our culture, supporting our business strategies, and delivering the talent and capabilities necessary to make a remarkable impact on AbbVie and patients around the world. The role leverages best-in-class HR practices to continuously create, deliver and support programs that establish AbbVie as an employer of choice while empowering all employees at all levels of the organization. The role partners with business leaders in an assigned function to develop and implement people strategies and tactics that support the business plans and the achievement of both short-term and long-term strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary strategic partner to the business. Lead the creation and implementation of HR Strategies to meet organizational and business needs.
  • Coach, consult, and influence the business leaders, including senior leadership, regarding leadership development, succession planning, and talent management. Engage and Influence business leaders though strong relationship-building skills and strategic insights.
  • Develop and implement strategies to attract, develop and retain talent that meets current and future business needs. This includes identifying and cultivating new capabilities required for future success. Lead talent development and succession planning efforts.
  • Ensure the effective delivery of all HR programs and service, and be responsible for HR results in the business, including client satisfaction, HR effectiveness, and associated financial results.
  • Establish, build, and maintain strong relationships with key HR partners from all Centers of Excellence and Service Centers to ensure HR elements are successfully coordinated to meet business needs; include relationship management, leadership, HR roles & responsibilities, and service delivery commitments.
  • Provides consultation on and leads organization design and effectiveness / structure issues to ensure optimal performance.
  • Drive people manager development to create clarity and consistency of expectations, accountability, and enriched manager/employee experiences. Partner with people leaders to shape a culture of high employee engagement, high performance, diversity and inclusion.
  • Identify, plan, and execute change management strategies and effective communication strategies that align with business objectives.
  • Champion AbbVie Ways We Work with Business by modeling, educating, and coaching on these behaviors.
  • Manage and leverage human and financial resources within the scope of delivered project services while supporting a major segment of the business. Understand the financial processes, budget, headcount management, and capital planning for the business.
  • Build, develop, deploy, and coach a team of HR professionals.
  • Prioritize critical projects based on business needs and available resources.
  • Identify trends and new approaches to business processes that should be both incremental and ahead of the curve.
  • Develop proposals and recommendations to resolve strategically important issues with strategic approach to problem-solving on HR issues (enterprise mindset, connecting the dots, thinking ahead).
  • Leads large scale, strategic projects and initiative with multi-year impact, capable of creating transformation

Qualifications

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 12+ years of relevant HR experience
  • Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting the business; strong business acumen
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills in a complex and demanding environment
  • Project management or business experience
  • Experience in organizational development, design, and effectiveness
  • Experience supporting a global business and partnering with internationally-based business leaders and HR colleagues
  • Strategic thinking with proven experience in leading multiple programs and initiatives, with the ability to prioritize
  • Significant breadth of understanding of functional/ CoE HR roles and responsibilities and their impact on the business
  • Experience interacting with and presenting to senior management. Ability to engage employees at all levels
  • Supervisory, leadership experience

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • 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 thetime 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. ​

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 anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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