Search & Evaluation Strategy Director & Chief of Staff

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

As part of the Search & Evaluation (S&E) Group within the Corporate Business and Strategy Organization (CBSO), the Search & Evaluation Strategy Director & Chief of Staff will directly support the Vice President of S&E and act as a driver for organizational development, execution of strategic initiatives, design and implementation of processes and process improvements, and scientific/technical assessment for special projects.  In addition, the Search & Evaluation Strategy Director & Chief of Staff will work closely with S&E therapeutic area (TA) heads on specific projects, in support of projects that execute against AbbVie’s strategic Business Development (BD) priorities, to meet our TA and pipeline goals.   
  

Responsibilities: 

• Provide support to the Vice President, S&E, to help achieve enterprise goals for External Innovation/BD 

• Lead cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives supporting achievement of goals set for External Innovation/BD 

• Lead and support planning processes (BD Strategy, Financial Planning, organizational development, business processes) 

• Lead special projects (e.g., scientific/technical assessments in support of go/No-go decisions for M&A or partnering opportunities outside of current core TAs) 

• Provide dedicated support when large or complex assessments or diligence processes are active, by acting as a bridge and integrator across functions 

• Lead developing materials for the VP, S&E to enable executive leadership decision-making on large deals 

• Lead developing materials for