Associate Director, Portfolio Insights
AbbVie
August 06, 2026
Remote friendly (North Chicago, IL)
United States
$141,500 - $268,500 USD yearly
Marketing
Core Responsibilities:
- Strategic initiative leadership: Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives, including:
- Enhance the Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization (QPP) process to allocate capital to areas of greatest value creation.
- Modernize AbbVie’s valuation methodologies, including AI/ML-driven PTRS assessment.
- Advance the “R&D Pulse” initiative to build R&D productivity and benchmark performance versus peers.
- Cross-functional agility: Perform ad-hoc, short-term analyses, scenario planning, and strategic projects as requested.
- Executive narrative development: Recommend on project value, trade-offs, and scenarios; prepare insights for monthly Portfolio Review Forum, R&D Plan, and Financial Long Range Planning (LRP).
- Change management & capability building: Socialize value/implications of a data-driven approach; build capabilities across the organization.
- Value assessment & analytics: Build value metrics (e.g., raNPV, Productivity Index) and scenario analyses; pressure-test stakeholder assumptions/inputs (e.g., Finance, PPM).
- Democratization of data: Deploy/improve dashboards for R&D portfolio interrogation and new use cases.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in scientific or business field required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
- Prior management consulting experience with track record in R&D strategy/portfolio prioritization projects strongly preferred.
- Preferred experience: 6+ years (Bachelor’s), 4+ (Master’s), or 2+ (Doctorate).
- Exceptional analytical/problem-solving skills; deep understanding of pharma R&D processes, stage-gating, and commercial forecasting.
- Success in fast-paced, ambiguous settings; lead complex initiatives without direct authority.
- Executive presence; strong communication to distill complex data into clear narratives.
- Strong organizational/project management skills; ability to drive multiple workstreams.
Benefits (if applicable): Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) eligible employees; participation in long-term incentive programs.
- Strategic initiative leadership: Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives, including:
- Enhance the Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization (QPP) process to allocate capital to areas of greatest value creation.
- Modernize AbbVie’s valuation methodologies, including AI/ML-driven PTRS assessment.
- Advance the “R&D Pulse” initiative to build R&D productivity and benchmark performance versus peers.
- Cross-functional agility: Perform ad-hoc, short-term analyses, scenario planning, and strategic projects as requested.
- Executive narrative development: Recommend on project value, trade-offs, and scenarios; prepare insights for monthly Portfolio Review Forum, R&D Plan, and Financial Long Range Planning (LRP).
- Change management & capability building: Socialize value/implications of a data-driven approach; build capabilities across the organization.
- Value assessment & analytics: Build value metrics (e.g., raNPV, Productivity Index) and scenario analyses; pressure-test stakeholder assumptions/inputs (e.g., Finance, PPM).
- Democratization of data: Deploy/improve dashboards for R&D portfolio interrogation and new use cases.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in scientific or business field required; advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred.
- Prior management consulting experience with track record in R&D strategy/portfolio prioritization projects strongly preferred.
- Preferred experience: 6+ years (Bachelor’s), 4+ (Master’s), or 2+ (Doctorate).
- Exceptional analytical/problem-solving skills; deep understanding of pharma R&D processes, stage-gating, and commercial forecasting.
- Success in fast-paced, ambiguous settings; lead complex initiatives without direct authority.
- Executive presence; strong communication to distill complex data into clear narratives.
- Strong organizational/project management skills; ability to drive multiple workstreams.
Benefits (if applicable): Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) eligible employees; participation in long-term incentive programs.