Associate Director, Portfolio Insights

Job description

The Portfolio Insights team is responsible for enabling AbbVie to make data-driven decisions on portfolio choices both within and across Therapeutic Areas (TAs). Core responsibilities include valuation of the internal portfolio, PTRS (probability of technical and regulatory success) assessments, cross-TA prioritization of R&D spend, benchmarking and analytic support for annual financial business processes. The Associate Director, Portfolio Insights drives high-impact strategic projects and provides broad exposure across Portfolio Insights’ core capabilities. Success will position the Associate Director to transition into a longer-term focus area within Portfolio Insights based on strengths and business needs; options include: • TA strategic partner: Drive value metrics and PTRS insights for one or more therapeutic areas in partnership with TA leadership. • Cross-TA prioritization: Support prioritization and capital allocation analytics (e.g., Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization process enhancements), helping ensure R&D investment is directed toward the highest-value opportunities. • Data strategy and benchmarking insights: Advance the R&D productivity benchmarking agenda (e.g., peer comparisons) and translate findings into actionable insights for decision-makers. Core Responsibilities: • Strategic initiative leadership: Drive high-priority 2026 strategic initiatives, including but not limited to: • Continue to enhance the Quarterly Portfolio Prioritization (QPP) process to improve AbbVie’s ability to effectively allocate capital to the areas of greatest value creation. • Pull-through ongoing modernization of AbbVie’s valuation methodologies to best-in-class assessment approaches – including AI/ML driven PTRS assessment. • Institute R&D productivity as a core organizational mindset by collaborating on the “R&D Pulse” initiative and benchmarking AbbVie’s performance versus peers. • Cross-functional agility: Flex into different areas of the portfolio to conduct ad-hoc, short-term analyses, scenario planning, and strategic projects at the request of leadership. • Executive narrative development: Deliver high-impact recommendations on project value, trade-offs, and scenarios to senior leadership. Prepare actionable insights and executive narratives for the monthly Portfolio Review Forum, R&D Plan, and Financial Long Range Planning (LRP). • Change management & capability building: Socialize the value and practical implications of moving to a more data-driven approach for key decision-making across TA leadership. Build capabilities within the team and across the organization. • Value assessment & analytics: Build value metrics (e.g., risk-adjusted net present value (raNPV), Productivity Index) and scenario analyses to drive effective drug development decisions. Constructively pressure-test assumptions and inputs provided by functional stakeholders (e.g., Finance, PPM). • Democratization of data: Support efforts to deploy and improve dashboards for interrogating the R&D portfolio, exploring new use cases that leverage AbbVie’s foundational portfolio data. • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or business field required; advanced degree (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, MBA) highly preferred. • Prior experience in management consulting, with a track record in R&D strategy / portfolio prioritization projects, strongly preferred. • Preferred years of experience: 6+ with a Bachelor’s, 4+ with a Master’s, or 2+ with a Doctorate. • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of Pharma R&D business processes, investment stage-gating, and commercial forecasting. • Demonstrated success in fast-paced, ambiguous settings; proven track record of leading complex strategic initiatives without direct authority. • High level of executive presence; ability to navigate different functional perspectives, challenge the status quo, and drive enterprise thinking. • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, compelling narratives for senior leadership. • Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to drive multiple workstreams simultaneously. Key Stakeholders: • Portfolio governance: PPM (Program and Portfolio Management), ASL (Asset Strategy Leadership). • R&D functions: Clinical Development, Regulatory, Statistics, R&D Strategic Resourcing. • Finance partners: R&D Finance, Commercial Finance. • Commercial, partnering & business development: Pipeline Commercialization, Commercial Business Units, Search & Evaluation, Business Development. • Strategic partners: Innovation, Transformation, TA Strategy. 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, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.