Director, Strategy, Analytics, and Business Insights
AbbVie
August 25, 2026
Remote friendly (Mettawa, IL)
United States
$160,500 - $305,000 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Partner with CDO VPs, TA Heads, and Sr. Directors to identify trends, review analytics, drive action steps, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Communicate context, insights, and objective analysis to CDO LT and other R&D leaders to support decision-making.
- Support CDO LT with planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining strategies and initiatives.
- Present key findings to executive leadership; anticipate issues affecting timelines/quality and develop options/solutions.
- Maintain/evolve processes for gathering, summarizing, and distributing industry benchmarks/trends relevant to the pipeline.
- Develop reporting and measures to monitor Clinical Study KPIs and leading/lagging indicators for improvement projects.
- Provide strategic direction across system owners to ensure integrity of data and clinical trial systems.
- Anticipate emerging technology/methodology needs to improve efficiency and create value.
- Conduct ad-hoc short-term consulting projects to answer critical leadership questions.
- Ensure consistency in insight generation/analysis across therapeutic areas.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or business field (statistics/mathematics) with prior clinical setting experience.
- 10+ years pharmaceutical experience with knowledge of clinical trials/process/technology and analytics (advanced degrees may qualify with fewer years).
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and analytical skills; proven execution in fast-paced environments.
- Clear communication of analytical/technical concepts in lay terms.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional leaders.
Preferred:
- 1+ years life-sciences management consulting.
- Intermediate R/SAS (or similar) and visualization tools (Spotfire/Tableau or equivalent).
- Advanced degrees (MBA/PhD/Master of Statistics/Mathematics) and deep drug development/clinical research knowledge.
Benefits:
- Paid time off; medical/dental/vision; 401(k) (to eligible employees); eligible for long-term incentive programs.
- Partner with CDO VPs, TA Heads, and Sr. Directors to identify trends, review analytics, drive action steps, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Communicate context, insights, and objective analysis to CDO LT and other R&D leaders to support decision-making.
- Support CDO LT with planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining strategies and initiatives.
- Present key findings to executive leadership; anticipate issues affecting timelines/quality and develop options/solutions.
- Maintain/evolve processes for gathering, summarizing, and distributing industry benchmarks/trends relevant to the pipeline.
- Develop reporting and measures to monitor Clinical Study KPIs and leading/lagging indicators for improvement projects.
- Provide strategic direction across system owners to ensure integrity of data and clinical trial systems.
- Anticipate emerging technology/methodology needs to improve efficiency and create value.
- Conduct ad-hoc short-term consulting projects to answer critical leadership questions.
- Ensure consistency in insight generation/analysis across therapeutic areas.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or business field (statistics/mathematics) with prior clinical setting experience.
- 10+ years pharmaceutical experience with knowledge of clinical trials/process/technology and analytics (advanced degrees may qualify with fewer years).
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and analytical skills; proven execution in fast-paced environments.
- Clear communication of analytical/technical concepts in lay terms.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional leaders.
Preferred:
- 1+ years life-sciences management consulting.
- Intermediate R/SAS (or similar) and visualization tools (Spotfire/Tableau or equivalent).
- Advanced degrees (MBA/PhD/Master of Statistics/Mathematics) and deep drug development/clinical research knowledge.
Benefits:
- Paid time off; medical/dental/vision; 401(k) (to eligible employees); eligible for long-term incentive programs.