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Purpose:

As a strategic initiatives lead, you will work closely with Asset Leadership senior leaders to drive mission-critical initiatives that will make a real difference for AbbVie’s patients, while positioning our company for sustained top-tier growth. You will report to the Vice President of Asset Leadership and JAPAC Development as part of the Asset Leadership organization.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with, and take direction from, Asset Leadership Head and TA VPs to lead prioritized pan-TA, pan-asset, disease focus and/or geographical strategic initiatives translating strategic vision into tactical action. This could include supporting the development and implementation of JAPAC initiatives, above asset/disease area strategies, and departmental/corporate initiatives.

• Bring rigorous conceptual thinking to answer key TA-level questions leveraging internal and external intelligence and resources as required.

• Monitor, understand and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise, and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond.

• Provide targeted support for AbbVie’s long-range strategic planning processes, including helping leaders shape their therapeutic and disease area strategic plans.

• Prepare and, as appropriate, present updates to senior leaders and manage cross-functional senior stakeholders to ensure alignment on pan-TA strategic initiative goals.

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., medicine, sciences, MBA) preferred

• A minimum of 4 years of experience required, 10+ years of experience preferred, with healthcare and/or biopharma industry experience

• Broad industry knowledge, including working understanding of the drug discovery, development and commercialization cycle, and basic knowledge of adjacent industries

• Exceptional problem-solving skills; ability to frame broad and ambiguous problems and tackle in a logical way; experience developing well-supported business cases

• Strong communication skills – comfortable presenting to and influencing senior leaders; able to tell clear and compelling stories, distilling essential points to enable high-quality decisions

• Collaboration – team player, can-do attitude; focused on success of working team and of AbbVie

• Can thrive working in an ambiguous environment with little oversight or direction

• Cross-functional leadership – able to set goals, define clear work plans, sustain momentum, and motivate quality contributions from diverse team members

• Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission

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