Director, Strategic Initiatives - Business Development Strategic Transactions

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The BDST role partners with departmental leadership and functional leaders (VP/Head) to develop and implement both cross-functional and function-specific strategies that align with organizational goals. The position provides strategic thought partnership in setting and executing these strategies, helping to foster an inclusive, connected, and inspired culture. Key responsibilities include driving operational excellence by monitoring, evaluating, and optimizing processes; advising on strategic planning, resource management, budgeting, continuous learning, employee engagement, and performance management; and promoting collaboration and strong relationships with internal and external partners. Additionally, the BDST leads and drives global, complex, cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives, specifically supporting R&D through external opportunity assessments and integrations. The role collaborates closely with ATO, S&E, BD&A, R&D leads, and finance to ensure cross-functional team effectiveness and alignment. Tactical input is provided on the implementation of strategic process improvement initiatives to ensure seamless and aligned execution across functions      

• Serve as Chief of Staff for the designated functional Head, overseeing collection, synthesis, and communication of relevant information to inform strategy and departmental priorities aligned to organizational goals.
• Responsible for questioning and advising the business to create the best possible outcome to complex issues or projects.
• Brings rigorous conceptual thinking, leveraging external intelligence and/or resources.
• Acts as a “generalist” across the organization, bringing projects, concepts, and stra