Portfolio and Program Management Director, Strategic Planning and Operational Excellence - Oncology Early Development

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

Oncology is a key therapeutic area for AbbVie, with a portfolio consisting of both marketed products and a pipeline containing multiple promising new molecules that are being studied in nearly 200 clinical trials in 19 different types of cancer.

AbbVie is expanding its oncology hub on the West Coast, focused on the discovery and development of novel oncology therapies. More than 1,000 AbbVie scientists, clinicians, and product developers with strong entrepreneurial roots work. They combine their expertise in immuno-oncology, stem cells, and cell-signaling with their knowledge of bispecific antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), and covalent-inhibitor technologies to discover and develop novel cancer treatments.  This position is based at AbbVie in South San Francisco location.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to Sr. Director, Oncology Early Development (OED) Portfolio and Program Management (PPM), this position will be responsible for planning and directing operational activities to ensure the vision and objectives of the OED organization are achieved.  This position will organize and prioritize critical issues, required information, and oversight to support OED acceleration, provide operational and strategic support and optimize how OED deliver to our strategic priorities, initiatives, and related processes.  Additionally, this role will manage the branding and communication of OED organization including OED Townhalls, landing page, newsletters, and external communication effort in collaboration with corporate communication group, etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with oncology early development leadership to define and articulate clear, actionable short and long-term strategic objectives.
• Facilitate the translation