Director II – Information Research (IR) Business Operations & Academic Partnerships

The Director II, Information Research Business Operations & Academic Partnerships is a senior enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end operational, financial, and strategic enablement of the Information Research (IR) organization within Business Technology Solutions (BTS).

Requirements

• Provide senior level leadership for IR business operations, defining enterprise grade management routines, governance models, and performance standards.
• Lead IR annual strategic planning, long range planning (LRP), capital planning, and ongoing cost strategy with an enterprise lens.
• Serve as the primary accountable owner for IR functional and project budgets across portfolios and global teams.
• Lead IR level financial forecasting, scenario modeling, and dynamic funding strategies.
• Govern portfolio management processes, project health reporting, spend transparency, and forecast-to-actuals rigor across IR.
• Own IR’s supplier strategy and governance model, including software, hardware, scientific content, and professional services vendors.
• Provide oversight of EKA operations, content lifecycle management, and compliance including copyright consultation.
• Ensure supplier performance, value realization, and risk management across the IR portfolio.
• Lead IR’s third-party resource management, including contractual and financial oversight for managed services provider and project management resources.
• Set the vision and strategy for IR change management, enabling largescale transformation and adoption.
• Own IR communications governance, ensuring consistent, effective enterprise messaging across platforms and audiences.
• Define and execute IR’s academic partnerships strategy, positioning AbbVie as a leader in academic collaboration and early talent engagement.
• Expand and govern partnerships with universities and institutions supporting AI/ML, software engineering, analytics, research, and business systems.
• Lead and develop a multilayer leadership team, and senior individual contributors.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)

Tagged as: Change Management, Forecasting, Project Management