Director, Transformation

Company: AbbVie
Location: South San Francisco
Posted on: March 7, 2026

Job Description:

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 Director of Transformation will lead critical change initiatives that enable AbbVies long-term strategic and operational objectives. This role is responsible for shaping, leading, and sustaining comprehensive transformation programs in partnership with executive leaders, ensuring alignment with business priorities and driving significant improvements in business outcomes, operational efficiency, and organizational agility. The Director will be accountable for leading high-performing teams, fostering talent development, and ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration. The Director will serve as an advisor to senior stakeholders and executive leadership. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in the biopharma industry, leadership and change management skills, and a demonstrated passion for leading teams to deliver enterprise-wide impact. In return, the Transformation Team offers the opportunity to lead high-profile, high-impact projects and further develop executive leadership capabilities across the drug development and commercialization value chain. Responsibilities: Provide strategic leadership for enterprise-wide AI-driven, and non-AI, transformation initiatives, ensuring these projects align with AbbVie's long-term commercial and operational goals. Collaborate with executive stakeholders across Commercial, R&D, IT, and other areas to identify critical business needs, guide AI adoption roadmaps, and remove implementation barriers. Advance complex initiatives including researching and problem-solving with stakeholders, distilling insights and pragmatic recommendations to inform data-backed solutions to mission-critical topics for AbbVies future success. Build, lead, and mentor high performing teams with expertise in AI, analytics, and change management, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Prepare executive-level communications and present recommendations to AbbVie leadership. Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and agility within AbbVie. Qualifications Bachelors or equivalent degree required.Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred. Minimum years of experience: 8 with Bachelors, 6 with Masters, and/or 4 with Doctorate Highly preferred: experience with AI applications and their deployment at enterprise scale. Professional experience at a product-focusedtechnology company, especially with an AI/ML focused role Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed organization as a consultant to a pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead. Demonstrated ability to present data and metrics to executive leadership teams that will lead to better business outcomes. Recognized team player with proven facilitative leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.Proven performance in a matrix environment with ability to influence and align stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to interact externally and internally to support business strategy. Strong analytical skills.Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure that balanced risk assessments are made. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Additional Information Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this postingbased on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees. This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms. Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and untilpaid andmay bemodifiedat the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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