Director, R&D Strategic Resourcing

Summary

Join AbbVie as the Director of Strategic Partnerships and lead the development and execution of global resourcing strategies for R&D. You will be accountable for ensuring R&D operates within budget and aligns with portfolio needs. This role requires forecasting and managing R&D resources, collaborating with functional leaders, and preparing the annual portfolio plan. You will negotiate portfolio outcomes and proactively address strategic business issues. The position involves managing a team, developing direct reports, and serving as a resourcing expert. AbbVie offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor/Master of Science (BSc/MSc), or PhD in Science, or Master of Business Administration (MBA) or related field
• 5+ years in pharmaceutical / life sciences R&D required
• People management experience required
• History of anticipating and proactively resolving problems while exhibiting superior judgment and a balanced, realistic understanding of issues; and ability to develop fit-for-purpose frameworks and strategies across various key R&D topics
• Experience with standard business procedures including project management practices, portfolio review, finance, and budgeting. Multi-faceted, broad based experience and knowledge of operational business needs, issues, mitigation plans. Operations experience with large budget and matrixed environment
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills required
• Proven ability to lead, manage, develop, and motivate others in a complex, multi-functional matrixed environment
• Executive-level collaboration, communication and presence, and leadership skills with broad business orientation

Responsibilities

• Develop and support in execution of global resourcing strategies to drive and achieve R&D strategies, goals, and budget
• Ensure that R&D and its functions operate within the current Plan, having visibility resourcing shifts, and that resources are in line with portfolio needs and priorities
• Strategically manage resourcing across R&D and its functions in collaboration with the Functional Heads, Business Operations, Finance, and HR, utilizing knowledge of current and future business environment
• Globally influence and strategically manage resourcing linkages across the businesses and understand the impact of business decisions and solutions
• Forecast and manage R&D resources and associated budget
• Manage short- and long-term resource forecasts and implications of alternative development scenarios
• Provide leadership and develop strategic recommendations for R&D functions to ensure all functional areas operate within the current Portfolio Plan/LRP resources and budget
• Partner with functional leaders to resource and financially plan upcoming studies and assets
• Work closely with Finance, HR, and other stakeholders to take leadership role in preparation of AbbVie annual portfolio plan and financial long-range plan
• Provide overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio resources and associated financial opportunities
• Negotiate with other functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality, performance)
• Partner with RDSR lead to develop departmental goals
• Provide proactive leadership on strategic business issues and make strategic decisions that affect the department and the business
• Collaborate across Research and Development to participate in initiatives to improve operational performance, enhance culture, and improve decision making
• Develop and maintain business relationships across functional areas of AbbVie to further R&D objectives in support of the strategic imperatives
• Partner across Finance, HR, and R&D to enhance teamwork and identify workable solutions
• Serve as resourcing expert and establish and maintain relationships with key resources / contacts / stakeholders
• Oversee the management of resource models and related demand as well as related budgeted capacity; serve as Center of Excellence on all resourcing questions across R&D
• Manage Strategic Partnership team within R&D Strategic Resourcing Organization; responsible for development of direct reports and their performance against expectations of role and level; member of R&D Strategic Resourcing Leadership team
• Establish and manage tools & processes needed to ensure employee proficiency with departmental systems, procedures, tools and guidelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning and modeling is strongly preferred
• Consulting experience preferred
• Preference is for role to be office based in Lake County, IL, but may be potential for the role to be remote

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Short-term incentive programs
• Long-term incentive programs