Associate Director, Franchise Strategic Planning and Operations - Oncology
AbbVie
12 hours ago
Remote friendly (Mettawa, IL)
United States
Operations
Associate Director, Franchise Strategic Planning and Operations
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and operational partner to the Franchise Vice President, helping shape priorities, manage complexity, and improve leadership team effectiveness.
- Lead franchise business planning, including short- and long-range strategic planning, annual communications plan, investor relations requirements, and deliverables to the AbbVie Oncology portfolio team.
- Design and coordinate strategic planning sessions, leadership meetings, and governance forums; prepare agendas, materials, action tracking, and decision logs to ensure accountability and follow-through.
- Coordinate leadership team governance structure and content and develop staff agendas to support effective decision-making and execution.
- Oversee critical cross-functional initiatives and special projects, ensuring progress against milestones, risk mitigation, and escalation of issues as needed.
- Partner with functional leaders to develop and execute internal communications, franchise town halls, and culture-building efforts that reinforce strategic priorities and employee engagement.
- Support the Vice President in preparing for and coordinating leadership alignment meetings and other enterprise governance interactions for cohesive messaging and efficient decision-making.
- Monitor key milestones, risks, dependencies, and decisions; establish operating rhythms and reporting to support accountability and execution discipline.
Qualifications
- Minimum of five years’ sales leadership, marketing or other relevant in-house experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree required; preferred MBA or Master’s Degree.
- Advanced project management and communication skills.
- Working knowledge of the market, including trends and issues as they relate to AbbVie.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments.
- Able to manage multiple simultaneous projects with moderate-high complexity under tight deadlines.
- Works well with cross-functional stakeholders; can own projects from idea phase to implementation, adapting and iterating as needed.
- Outcomes-focused with strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated relationship management and interpersonal skills; ability to motivate, lead, influence, and engage without direct authority.
- Sound, logical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and operational partner to the Franchise Vice President, helping shape priorities, manage complexity, and improve leadership team effectiveness.
- Lead franchise business planning, including short- and long-range strategic planning, annual communications plan, investor relations requirements, and deliverables to the AbbVie Oncology portfolio team.
- Design and coordinate strategic planning sessions, leadership meetings, and governance forums; prepare agendas, materials, action tracking, and decision logs to ensure accountability and follow-through.
- Coordinate leadership team governance structure and content and develop staff agendas to support effective decision-making and execution.
- Oversee critical cross-functional initiatives and special projects, ensuring progress against milestones, risk mitigation, and escalation of issues as needed.
- Partner with functional leaders to develop and execute internal communications, franchise town halls, and culture-building efforts that reinforce strategic priorities and employee engagement.
- Support the Vice President in preparing for and coordinating leadership alignment meetings and other enterprise governance interactions for cohesive messaging and efficient decision-making.
- Monitor key milestones, risks, dependencies, and decisions; establish operating rhythms and reporting to support accountability and execution discipline.
Qualifications
- Minimum of five years’ sales leadership, marketing or other relevant in-house experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree required; preferred MBA or Master’s Degree.
- Advanced project management and communication skills.
- Working knowledge of the market, including trends and issues as they relate to AbbVie.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments.
- Able to manage multiple simultaneous projects with moderate-high complexity under tight deadlines.
- Works well with cross-functional stakeholders; can own projects from idea phase to implementation, adapting and iterating as needed.
- Outcomes-focused with strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated relationship management and interpersonal skills; ability to motivate, lead, influence, and engage without direct authority.
- Sound, logical problem-solving and decision-making skills.