Job Description
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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
Our Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation accelerating the future of medicine at AbbVie—and we do it together, asking bold questions and taking on tough challenges through deep, honest collaboration. In the role of Associate Director, Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Collaborations, you will join a diverse, global team that invests in your customized career growth and uses technology and data to positively impact people’s lives.
This role represents the BTS organization as the overall Integration Lead working directly with cross-functional business and BTS teams to execute deal transactions to further grow AbbVie’s Therapeutic Areas. This role performs as the primary BTS Integration Lead responsible for planning and executing deals addressing cross-functional dependencies to achieve AbbVie’s desired end-state operating model as we integrate or divest companies.
For anyone who wants to use technology and data to make a difference in people’s lives, shape the digital transformation of a leading biopharmaceutical company, and secure sustainable career growth within a diverse, global team: we’re ready for you. In this role, you can expect competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits for every career stage and a commitment to your well-being in the workplace. Additionally, you’ll add your unique experience to an employee-driven culture with vibrant Employee Resource Groups and a passion for equity, equality, inclusion and diversity that reflects the diversity of our communities and the patients and customers we serve.
Responsibilities:
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) include multiple types of transactions that require BTS leadership. “M&A” transactions include: R&D Ventures, Partnerships & Alliances, Co-Promotion, Co-Development, Divesting Products and/or Sites, Plant Acquisitions and Divestitures, and Full Company Acquisitions.
This is a critical role in partnering with business leadership to further define the strategy to evolve BTS’s M&A organization, services and playbooks for the various types of M&A deals. This will include cross-functional engagement and leadership across the BTS organization and working with AbbVie’s business leaders, Search and Evaluation, Business Development, and our Transition Office. Responsibilities include:
- Deal Lead over multiple deal transactions responsible for overall program health, financials and reporting.
- For each deal, establish the cross-functional BTS team fully accountable to integrate or divest people, facilities, data and systems.
- Work with the business and BTS functional leads to clearly define business decisions, solution options and recommendations for a given deal based on deal model, size, complexity, risk, and speed to business value.
- Responsible for escalating and driving risks and issues cross-functionally.
- Presenting BTS updates to the function SVPs in the Executive SteerCo.
- Continuous improvement projects to drive speed and agility in BTS M&A services and capabilities. Identify and implement AI innovative solutions and capabilities to challenge status quo and bring value to the business faster.
- Responsible for compliance with BTS’s SLC, Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree with 9 years’ experience; Master’s Degree with 8 years’ experience; PhD with 4 years’ experience.
Experience working on mergers, acquisitions and divestiture projects across an enterprise.
Experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations.
Skilled in leveraging generative and agentic AI to re-image or improve a process or capability. Led and implemented multiple projects that drove speed, efficiencies and/or cost savings.
Strong Project Management, Executive Stakeholder Engagement, Business Systems Applications and delivering complex cross-functional global programs.
MBA/PMP strongly preferred.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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 postingbased 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 orless 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.
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 paidand 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 and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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