Director

Description:

The Corporate Strategy Office (CSO) drives major strategic initiatives for the company. The group works closely with R&D and Commercial groups to assess acquisition, partnering and venture capital investment opportunities as well as address strategic questions related to AbbVies geographic and therapeutic footprint, from a scientific and commercial point of view.

The Director, Corporate Strategy will be responsible for monitoring and assessing AbbVies external environment, assisting in the development of AbbVies long range plan, and driving various strategic analyses and initiatives. He or she will report to the Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning. This is a highly visible position and could be a springboard to other leadership roles.

Responsibilities
 

• Promote strategic discussions on external trends, competitor strategies and potential disruptors, and translate these to strategic choices
• Shape our corporate priorities; drive clarity and alignment on where we play (therapeutic areas, modalities, platform capabilities, etc.)
• Provide internal consulting support for high-priority strategic initiatives that will drive transformative change and position AbbVie for future success
• Provide targeted support for AbbVies long-range strategic planning process, including working with leaders to shape their strategic agendas
• Partner with and advise senior management on topics relevant to their own functional areas
• Help communicate our strategy across AbbVie
  
   

Qualifications
 

• Bachelors degree required; MBA or other advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Medicine, Sciences, etc.) preferred
• Minimum of two years of experience in a strategic consulting function, preferably with healthcare experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams; pull in business and leverage interdependencies to examine and enable business outcomes
• Basic financial literacy, with strong quantitative and modeling skills and ability to distill complex information to intuitive graphs, tables and other visuals
• Strong oral, facilitation, and written communication skills