Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

AbbVie Data Science is the best-in-class team within its cross-industry peer group and is responsible for bringing people, process, and technology together to generate business value from clinical trials data. Our operational model is exemplified through execution and innovation. This role is key to ensuring successful delivery with highest quality and precision against the program- and study-level accountabilities assigned to Data Sciences. This role is accountable to manage and maintain the program level consistency and an enabler of the operational team supporting trial execution. This role is a highly empowered leader, influencer across the functions within DSS and Development and a contributor to trial planning, design, and flawless execution.

• Overall owner for Therapeutic Area (TA)
• Accountable for successful delivery of projects against identified metrics, inspection readiness, & database lock readiness
• Reviews & plans for portfolio needs and resources
• Builds and manages cross-functional relationships
• Participates in vendor qualification activities, as needed
• Partners with AST/IEST to set program level data collection strategies
• Leads and facilitates TA Review meetings and represents Data Science at Portfolio Review Meetings.
• Leads and manages employees, contractors and functional service providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management information systems, computer science, life sciences or equivalent. Advanced degree (MBA, Phd) preferred. PMP Certification or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired
• Must have 8+ years of pharma / clinical research / data management / health care experience or 10+ years of project management experience (and / or applicable work experience)
• In-depth understanding of clinical trial processes and involved functional stakeholders, and clinical technology is required.
• Management of a clinical trial from initiation through to completion in a lead role is required.
• Demonstrated performance as a cross-functional leader.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully coach / mentor in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills.
• Demonstrated effective analytical skills.
• Ability to model performance behaviors and lead by example and to manage behaviors – both of the leaders and the direct reports appropriately
• Ability to work across functional and geographical boundaries to establish a well-functioning team focused on results.

Able to mentor, coach and strengthen the Functional teams is highly preferred.

Additional Information

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

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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