Associate Director, Innovation
AbbVie
June 27, 2026
Remote friendly (South San Francisco, CA)
United States
$141,500 - $268,500 USD yearly
Other
Location & Travel:
- North Chicago, IL or South San Francisco, CA offices with a minimum three (3) days onsite hybrid
- 25% travel required
Responsibilities:
- Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on AbbVie’s highest priority commercial assets, partnering with the Asset Strategy Team and content-focused deliverable teams across areas such as strategic planning, scenario evaluation, operational acceleration, and data-driven problem solving spanning drug development.
- Support strategic initiatives addressing mission-critical questions and positioning AbbVie for future success.
- Lead individual modules within complex, cross-functional initiatives (problem-solving process, research/analytics support, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management).
- Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends relevant to the enterprise; determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond.
- Help communicate strategy across AbbVie.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
- Experience: 6+ years (Bachelor’s), 4+ years (Master’s), 2+ years (Doctorate).
- Professional consulting experience in biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals highly preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills; can lead meetings with mid/senior-level management.
- Experience managing large projects in a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization (consultant or internal cross-functional lead).
- Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to align on strategic vision and facilitate decision-making.
- Change management/capability building skills; empathy and coaching to achieve organizational buy-in and long-lasting changes.
- Highly collaborative; works with business teams to develop solutions advancing AbbVie’s mission.
- Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission.
- North Chicago, IL or South San Francisco, CA offices with a minimum three (3) days onsite hybrid
- 25% travel required
Responsibilities:
- Drive end-to-end strategic innovation and execution on AbbVie’s highest priority commercial assets, partnering with the Asset Strategy Team and content-focused deliverable teams across areas such as strategic planning, scenario evaluation, operational acceleration, and data-driven problem solving spanning drug development.
- Support strategic initiatives addressing mission-critical questions and positioning AbbVie for future success.
- Lead individual modules within complex, cross-functional initiatives (problem-solving process, research/analytics support, and distilling pragmatic recommendations for management).
- Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends relevant to the enterprise; determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond.
- Help communicate strategy across AbbVie.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
- Experience: 6+ years (Bachelor’s), 4+ years (Master’s), 2+ years (Doctorate).
- Professional consulting experience in biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals highly preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills; can lead meetings with mid/senior-level management.
- Experience managing large projects in a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization (consultant or internal cross-functional lead).
- Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to align on strategic vision and facilitate decision-making.
- Change management/capability building skills; empathy and coaching to achieve organizational buy-in and long-lasting changes.
- Highly collaborative; works with business teams to develop solutions advancing AbbVie’s mission.
- Drive, energy, and passion to advance AbbVie’s mission.