AbbVie

Director, Business Operations Management

AbbVie$150K — $180K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in operations management, with 3-5 years in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to navigate matrixed environments.
  • Knowledge of Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) and compliance processes preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience in project planning and management for business/technology initiatives preferred.
  • Ability to analyze complex business problems and design innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership for business operations in serialization compliance and freight payment.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to enhance operational performance and process standardization.
  • Serve as business process owner for freight payment and serialization operations, focusing on continuous improvement.
  • Drive change governance activities to ensure execution of strategic initiatives.
  • Establish procedures for compliance tracking and operational effectiveness.
  • Oversee transactional operations and SLA monitoring to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Manage relationships with internal teams and external partners for service delivery compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director, Business Operations Management, serves in a leadership role and is responsible for leading and directing global business operations teams supporting serialization compliance, freight payment, operational efficiency, and associated work streams. Drive strategic and operational support for Global Supply Chain in developing, aligning, resourcing, and executing functional, operational, and financial priorities ensuring alignment with overarching Supply Chain Operations and key stakeholder projects and strategies. Provide Business Operations reporting, SLA analytics, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with internal partners including Finance, Legal, IT, GTC, Procurement, and external transportation service providers.

Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic leadership for end-to-end business operations supporting serialization and supplier compliance, freight payment, and efficiency initiatives - including planning, development, strategic oversight, training, ongoing enhancements, reporting, and relationship with stakeholders. Identifies and defines risks and develops mitigation plans to ensure audit readiness and regulatory alignment.
  • Lead a portfolio of cross-functional initiatives that advance enterprise priorities, improve process standardization, and strengthen operational performance. Influence leadership and senior stakeholders to deliver sustainable solutions that improve process efficiency, enhance transparency, and address recurring business challenges.
  • Business process owner for the freight payment and serialization (e.g., DSCSA) operations processes including the creation of standardized workflows, escalation protocols, and system integration roadmaps. Identifies gaps and leads change management efforts to current process with a focus on continuous improvement and data quality.
  • Drive change and governance activities that build leadership alignment, secure stakeholder sponsorship, and ensure disciplined execution of strategic initiatives. Monitor progress through performance metrics, governance forums, and executive reporting.
  • Establish procedures and work instructions to support compliance tracking, transactional accuracy, operational effectiveness, and related work streams/processes. Develops and delivers audit and inspection readiness while driving root cause investigations and corrective actions relevant to Business Owners, Vendors, and other appropriate parties.
  • Provide oversight and guidance to staff responsible for transactional operations, including SLA monitoring, exception handling, and resolution of process variances. Gathers SLA metrics and provides analysis and data-driven recommendations to operational leadership.
  • Manage relationships and expectations with internal teams (e.g., Legal, Finance, IT, Supply Chain) and third-party partners (e.g., serialization vendors, freight carriers, consulting partners) to ensure alignment on service delivery and compliance.
  • Utilize multiple systems and software tools, including serialization systems, freight audit tools, Salesforce, and SharePoint, to capture, analyze, manage, and report key operational data and provide real-time insights that support decision-making.
  • Oversee onboarding, training, and capability-building programs to ensure business operations team is prepared to execute at scale, support continuity, and maintain role clarity across workstreams.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
  • A minimum of 12 years of related experience is required. Advanced operations management experience of 3-5 years in the pharmaceutical or health care industry.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills with broad business orientation. Experience working in a complex and matrixed environment required. Demonstrated ability to lead multi-divisional and multi-functional teams required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), including serialization, traceability, and compliance requirements, with experience supporting audit readiness and related operational processes preferred.
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written are required. Ability to craft compelling business cases and sell new ideas preferred.
  • Extensive project planning and management experience including successful implementation of business and/or technology initiatives preferred.
  • Experience analyzing complex business problems and facilitating the design of innovative solutions.
  • Requires multi-faceted, broad-based experience in several functions. Is considered to have in depth knowledge of operational business needs, issues, mitigation plans, etc. Operations experience with large budget and matrixed environment is preferred.


Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
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Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
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