Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

The Strategic Initiatives Team is responsible for leading the company through significant transformations and change efforts ranging from major transactions – M&A integrations and divestitures – Finance Transformation to strategic enterprise initiatives.

The Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives collaborates with cross-functional working teams and senior leadership (Finance, R&D, Operations, Commercial, Corporate, HR etc.) to conceive, plan and drive the execution/ and implementation of enterprise wide, cross-functional, and global initiatives necessary to support achievement of SI transition program objectives.

Transition programs under management may include Finance Transformation, integration of any potential mergers & acquisitions, divestitures / carve-outs, and other key strategic initiatives / transformational projects.They support large scale transformational programs by focusing on adherence to strategy, cross-functional & global partnerships, governance, risk management, and achievement of milestones. They lead a team of cross-functional resources, to deliver best in class process and project management practices. They ensure deliverables are completed within established timelines, budgets, resource allocations, and in accordance with quality/performance expectations. They build rapport and ensure alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Accountable for project management within a heavily matrixed environment, including driving results of functional, cross-functional, and global processes and projects related to SI programs
• Cross-functional and global project team leadership with experience supporting multiple complex initiatives simultaneously
• Interface with company leadership to ensure successful program visioning and execution
• Design of key processes and metrics to oversee working teams and reporting to Senior Leadership and other management team members
• Management of all activities within allocated budget and according to agreed-upon timelines
• Monitoring performance of functional and, if required, local affiliate / area / global teams
• Roll-out and train relevant (functional, cross-functional, global) teams on SI processes, frameworks, and tools
• May include management of key external resources/consulting firms engaged to achieve SI program goals
• Development and maintenance of SI internal playbooks, including suggestions for improvements
• Compliance with all AbbVie policies & procedures
• Leading by example: demonstrating AbbVie behavioral competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• Minimum eight years of work experience in consulting or similar business environments
• Cross-functional and global project team leadership experience
• Demonstrated project management ability of multiple simultaneous projects with many moving pieces
• Superior organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proactive attitude and strong planning capabilities
• Strong executive-ready communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and processes in simple language
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence individuals significantly senior to self
• Experience interacting independently with senior leadership on strategic, tactical and confidential issues that have both immediate and long term business impacts
• Global mind-set

Preferred:

• MBA or advanced degree
• Management consulting or similar background
• Advanced skills in Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PowerBI, Python
• International or global work experience

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 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​

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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