Vision Associate Director, Clinical Operations Business Systems

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.

The Vision Associate Director, Clinical Operations Business Systems sits within the Clinical Development Operations (CDO) organization and will provide strategic support across the Vision Dashboard platform.  This role will help develop and execute the strategy of Vision, driving cross-functional alignment with R&D business functions and with Business Technology Solutions (BTS).  Requires frequent interaction with Sr. Leadership and cross-functional management to influence key decisions that impact AbbVie’s ecosystem.

Responsibilites:

• Leads Vision team and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to drive the transformation of creating a data driven organization by setting the strategy in collaboration with key stakeholders, anticipating emerging technology needs, identifying these solutions and adjust/revise strategy and action plans accordingl. 
• Leads discussions with Sr. Leadership, across Development, and BTS on setting priorities
• Working with the Vision team, SMEs and BTS to set identify trends and areas of focus
• Provide leadership and direction as needed into all business project deliverables, including strategic decision-making, stakeholder management, release schedule, prioritization of development, budget preparation, and communication.  Ensure on-time and within budget implementation.
• Project manage initiatives, enhancements and/or deliverables identified in support of transforming business processes.
• Leads a team that supports the rollout future system releases/enhancements to Vision; this team effectively manages the change request process, develops user requirements, leads user acceptance testing and drives user adoption.
• Lead the business in developing user requirements and testing for any new system enhancements
• Assume primary business owner responsibility for multiple systems and/or applications. Leads a team to ensure proper review and approval of SLC and/or Agile deliverables, business risk assessment for the system and its data, records retention and disposition of data, application of legal hold orders, resolution of compliance or system data integrity issues.
• Represent CDO in regional forums and on cross-functional teams related to shared technologies across AbbVie.
• Maintain knowledge of current ecosystem with a focus on driving for excellence ensuring alignment to existing business processes.

• Supports the Director of CTME, filling in as needed, for key planning discussions across R&D.
• People manager of full-time HC, contractors and/or consultants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business field preferred.
• 6 years of experience in pharmaceutical with knowledge of clinical trials, clinical trials process and technology, healthcare, or regulated industry with experience in project management or business technology support. 
• Project management experience working in a complex and matrix environment. Experience using clinical trial systems preferred.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate analytical and technical concepts in layman’s terms
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills. Demonstrated history of successful execution in a fast-paced environment and in managing multiple priorities effectively
• Demonstrated ability to influence Sr. Executives and cross-functional leaders
• Good understanding of clinical development functional areas and related processes. Proven track-record with leading complex cross-functional initiatives in Clinical Development

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 10 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
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.