Associate Director - IT Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Collaboration (Hybrid)

Role Summary

Associate Director, Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Collaborations leads the BTS integration effort for deal transactions, coordinating cross-functional teams to plan and execute integration or divestiture activities that achieve AbbVie’s end-state operating model. The role serves as the primary BTS Integration Lead, partnering with business leadership, Search and Evaluation, Business Development, and the Transition Office to define strategy, drive cross-functional execution, and deliver business value across AbbVie’s therapeutic areas. This is a global, hybrid role focused on accelerating value through technology and data-driven initiatives.

Responsibilities

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) include multiple types of transactions that require BTS leadership. “M&A” transactions include: R&D Ventures, Partnerships & Alliances, Co-Promotion, Co-Development, Divesting Products and/or Sites, Plant Acquisitions and Divestitures, and Full Company Acquisitions.

• Deal Lead over multiple deal transactions responsible for overall program health, financials and reporting.
• For each deal, establish the cross-functional BTS team fully accountable to integrate or divest people, facilities, data and systems.
• Work with the business and BTS functional leads to clearly define business decisions, solution options and recommendations for a given deal based on deal model, size, complexity, risk, and speed to business value.
• Responsible for escalating and driving risks and issues cross-functionally.
• Presenting BTS updates to the function SVPs in the Executive SteerCo.
• Continuous improvement projects to drive speed and agility in BTS M&A services and capabilities. Identify and implement AI innovative solutions and capabilities to challenge status quo and bring value to the business faster.
• Responsible for compliance with BTS’s SLC, Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 9 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 8 years’ experience; PhD with 4 years’ experience.
• Experience working on mergers, acquisitions and divestiture projects across an enterprise.
• Experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations.
• Skilled in leveraging generative and agentic AI to re-image or improve a process or capability. Led and implemented multiple projects that drove speed, efficiencies and/or cost savings.
• Strong Project Management, Executive Stakeholder Engagement, Business Systems Applications and delivering complex cross-functional global programs.
• MBA/PMP strongly preferred.