Associate Director, Program Management

About Allergan Aesthetics
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com.

 

Allergan Data Labs is on a mission to transform the Allergan Aesthetics beauty business at Abbvie, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our iconic brands include Botox, CoolSculpting, Juvéderm and more. The medical aesthetics business is ripe for rapid growth and disruption, and we are looking for an experienced Associate Director of Program Management to add to our high performing team to do just that.

Our team has successfully launched a new and innovative technology platform, Allē, which serves millions of consumers, tens of thousands of aesthetics providers and thousands of colleagues throughout the US. Since its launch in November 2020, Allē has delivered curated promotions, personalized experiences and had millions of consumers use it as part of their beauty journey. Now, we are looking for an Associate Director, Program Management   as we prepare to launch a new array of game-changing technologies on our successfully adopted platform.

We’re looking for an Associate Director of Program Management who is interested in working within a startup-oriented environment, while having the backing of a very large company. If that’s you, please read on.

As the Associate Director of Program Management, you will report to the Director of Program Management , as well as continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most important technical problems.

 

You Will

Manage - You’ll mentor and enable learning in the domain your technical program managers operate in, working cross-functionally to drive value to business whilst creating a positive and safe environment for teams.
Deliver value - You will leverage your business acumen and deep understanding of the products and our vision to ensure the delivery of the right value across the portfolio.  
Plan and Release - You’ll own and coordinate the release and planning of a portfolio of products related to the domain owned by your group. By understanding the domain in which the teams operate you will help drive prioritization together with Product Managers to create MVPs and iterative releases.
Help the business scale - You’ll scale our planning, execution frameworks, and risk management for teams while providing visibility to resource allocation/prioritization to management.
Evolve High-Quality Documentation - As teams scale the need for documentation increases - You’ll help evolve and drive high-quality internal documentation for all projects
Facilitate communications - You’ll drive accountability across groups and provide visibility and communications to leadership.
Improve and optimize Process - You’ll develop processes to ensure teamwork is streamlined and optimized for complexity and velocity across the entire team and its close partners.
• Be a Change agent - You’ll balance urgency and priority to drive change and improvement on multiple initiatives across all programs.

Qualifications

Required Experience & Skills

8+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager or equivalent experience.
2+ years of management experience, managing a team of Technical Program Managers and driving large-scale initiatives across departments.
Strong leadership skills and a sense of ownership with a continuous improvement mindset.
Previous experience in Software (either as an engineer or as a manager) enabling you to take part in technical discussions and speak the same “language” as our engineering teams.
Passionate about leadership, continuous improvement and process.
Excellent written & verbal communication, building relationships across the organization, bridging gaps and cross pollinating programs.
Care about who you work with and how work is done. We hire carefully, and the entire team is allowed to take part in evaluating potential hires
Excellent attention to detail and understanding of impact when changes occur to scope or timeline.
Experience working in a startup environment desired.‍

 

Our Core Values

Be Humble: You’re smart yet always interested in learning from others.
Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct and transparent way.
Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers.
Learn More: Through blog posts, newsletters, podcasts, video tutorials and meetups you regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.
Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and return kindness to those you work with.

 

Perks

Competitive salary
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
401k with up to 8% company match
Unlimited PTO
Entire week off for the holidays
MacBook Pro and accompanying equipment to do great work
Attend a tech or marketing conference of your choice each year
On-campus restaurant and amenities

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.