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Job Title: Associate Director, Strategic Resourcing
Company Name: AbbVie
Location: Mettawa, IL
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 03/27/2026
Expire Date: 04/26/2026
Job Categories: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Finance/Economics, Information Technology, Sales, Science, Executive Management, Quality Control
Job Description
Associate Director, Strategic Resourcing

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.


Job Description

The Associate Director, Strategic Resourcing acts as a trusted advisor to MHI leadership, driving portfolio prioritization and resource strategy to maximize impact. The role structures trade-offs, develops scenario-based recommendations, and shapes operating practices to align capacity, capabilities, and timing with strategic priorities and financial guardrailspartnering closely with Finance while focusing on business decisions and outcomes. The position co-owns resourcing-related elements of the functional planning calendar (e.g., prioritization forums, demand/capacity cycles) without owning financial reconciliation or close.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with internal stakeholders across the Medical Affairs & Health Impact Organization to address critical business challenges and develop strategic prioritization and resourcing solutions to ensure both short- and long-term success.
  • Lead cross-functional prioritization and capacity trade-offs across the MHI portfolio, using structured decision frameworks and clearly defined guardrails aligned to strategy and affordability.
  • Manage core financial processesincluding annual and long-term resource and financial planning, demand forecasting, reconciliation, and capacity analysisto ensure alignment with corporateand functional objectives.
  • Support business development activities by collaborating on deal modeling and integration, including analysis of resource needs and transition planning for newly acquired assets.
  • Build and maintain scenario-based models of demand vs. supply (capacity, skills mix, timing) to inform build/buy/partner strategies, outsourcing approaches, and sequencing.
  • Create clear dashboards, visualizations, and summaries that elevate insights, risks, and options for senior stakeholders.
  • Benchmark resourcing practices within R&D/Medical Affairs and relevant industries; incorporate best practices into MHI processes, tooling, and methodologies. Identify and implement improvements that reduce decision cycle time and increase capacity alignment to strategic priorities.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment by facilitating workshops and working sessions that resolve priorities, interdependencies, and resource conflicts.
  • Identify resourcing risks (capacity constraints, skill gaps, timing conflicts) and propose mitigation strategies. Ensure decisions remain within approved financial authorizations and governance standards.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree required (Business, Management, Operations, or related discipline preferred); advanced degree and/or certifications (such as PMP) are advantageous.
  • Minimum 7+ years relevant experience, including 5+ years in business operations, consultancy, strategic planning, or similar functions; pharmaceutical, health care, or industry experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with internal stakeholders, lead cross-functional projects, and address business challenges through structured approaches.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to work with and interpret headcount, operational, and financial data to generate actionable insights.
  • Effective communicatorcomfortable presenting analysis, recommendations, and influencing decisions with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Experience designing and implementing change management strategies or supporting organizational transformation initiatives.
  • Ability to clarify goals, define success metrics, and drive alignment across teams.
  • Track record of extracting business insights from data using light analytics tools or methodologies (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
  • Persuasive negotiation and business acumen, with a solutions-oriented mindset.
  • Prior experience supporting business development, resource modeling, internal/external consulting or integration activities is a plus.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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