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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) . Job Description The Director of Strategic Partnerships is responsible for developing and supporting in execution of global resourcing strategies to drive and achieve R&D strategies, goals, and budget. Accountable for ensuring 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. Description + Primarily accountable for forecasting and management of R&D resources and associated budget. Responsible for short- and long-term resource forecasts and management of implications of alternative development scenarios. + Provides 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. + Works closely with Finance, HR, and other stakeholders to take leadership role in preparation of AbbVie annual portfolio plan and financial long-range plan. + Provides overall portfolio timeline and cost estimates to assess portfolio resources and associated financial opportunities. Negotiates with other functional areas on portfolio outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, cost, quality, performance). + Partners with RDSR lead to develop departmental goals. Provides proactive leadership on strategic business issues and makes strategic decisions that affect the department and the business. + Collaborates across Research and Development to participate in initiatives to improve operational performance, enhance culture, and improve decision making. + Develops and maintains business relationships across functional areas of AbbVie to further R&D objectives in support of the strategic imperatives. Also partners across Finance, HR, and R&D to enhance teamwork and identify workable solutions. Serves as resourcing expert and establishes and maintains relationships with key resources / contacts / stakeholders. + Oversees the management of resource models and related demand as well as related budgeted capacity; serves as Center of Excellence on all resourcing questions across R&D. + Manages 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. + Accountable for establishment and management of tools & processes needed to ensure employee proficiency with departmental systems, procedures, tools and guidelines. Qualifications + Bachelor/Master of Science (BSc/MSc), or PhD in Science, or Master of Business Administration (MBA) or related field. + Experience in workforce planning and modeling is strongly preferred. + 5+ years in pharmaceutical / life sciences R&D required. + Consulting experience preferred. + 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. *Preference is for role to be office based in Lake County, IL, but may be potential for the role to be remote. 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 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. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html Salary: $151,500 - $288,000