Director, Business Operations Management

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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, FacebookInstagramX and YouTube.

Job Description

The Director, Operations Excellence oversees the building, driving, and execution of program operations and continuous improvement to drive operation capabilities, tools, quality, automation, and efficiency. This role will own the execution and management of projects all operations functions and will be responsible for building the synergies between the different lines of business within operations. This role works closely with other cross-functional teams to drive business performance, sits on the leadership team of operations, and is a key contributor to the organization’s performance.

Responsibilities

Leads the shared services strategy and execution for the different lines of business supported by operations. This segment of the role is focused on transformation, processes, systems to enable greater value delivery and improved executional efficiency at AbbVie.

  • Partners with other operations directors and AbbVie stakeholders to develop and deliver operations strategy and drive sustainable value while mitigating risks.
  • Leads the development of the strategic roadmap for systems and insights transformation in collaboration with the extended leadership team, and internal AbbVie stakeholders.
  • Acts as process Subject Matter Expert and liaison between business and support functions to execute operational strategies.
  • Manages all internal and external stakeholders' data and insight requests.
  • Looks for opportunities to leverage system and processes among the different business units and is responsible for creating strategy and executing strategy for implementing synergies.
  • Champions and sustains a robust continuous improvement infrastructure allowing near real time program improvements with cross functional collaboration so learnings are shared across the portfolio.
  • Leads and drives execution of overall operations initiatives, coordinating project prioritization and resource allocation.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in health sciences, business technology, general business administration. MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
  • 15+ years in customer service, call center, access and reimbursement HUB management or related field.
  • Demonstrated success in leading large teams and working with various stakeholders to achieve mutual goals.
  • Agile and flexible with regards to changing priorities and business needs.
  • Experience working in a complex and matrix environment.
  • Deep understanding of data governance programs and policies.
  • Strong people management skills and communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Strategic thinker; able to influence without formal authority.
  • Anticipates risks and provides mitigation options.

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 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 long-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 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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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