
Director, Value & Evidence Program Management
Mettawa, ILJob$161K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Director, Project Management serves as a primary contact and strategic partner to Value & Evidence pillar leadership, supporting multiple therapeutic areas globally. The role drives strategic initiatives, planning and budget cycles, and program performance while providing data-driven recommendations. It also develops tools and processes, promotes operational excellence, and ensures work is completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with applicable policies.
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Company Description
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, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)
Job Description
The V&E Operations team focuses on driving performance through learning, technology, and the practice of innovation. The Director, Project Management, serves as both a primary point of contact and strategic partner for V&E pillar leadership. The scope of this role is global, supporting multiple Therapeutic areas (TAs) at a programmatic level (i.e. multiple related TA’s).
Responsibilities:
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Partners with leadership to drive development and execution of strategic initiatives that align with organizational objectives and vision.
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Drives alignment and collaboration across key stakeholders, ensuring priorities and messaging are consistent, clear, and actionable.
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Leads strategic planning and budget cycles (LRP, PLN, LBE), synthesizing insights and data into actionable recommendations and decision frameworks for leadership teams.
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Assesses program issues and develop solutions to ensure overall program productivity, quality, and timelines are met within budget, involving other functional areas where appropriate. Identifies risks and communicates as needed. Actively seeks solutions and takes calculated risks where appropriate.
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Serves as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the V&E pillar head and leadership team, providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
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Works to develop and improve tools, templates and processes to efficiently run the business.
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Champions a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and best practice sharing across teams and functions.
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Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. Ensure activities maximize value and support activities on time, in budget and in compliance with the Outsourcing, Purchasing and compliance process parameters.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific or business-related field is required.
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Project management certification (e.g. PMP) preferred.
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Applied knowledge of project management tools and processes (e.g. management of integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement).
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Performance measurement (e.g. metrics, dashboards).
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At least 10 years’ pharmaceutical experience preferred.
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Experience should include 3-4 years of project management and/or process improvement related experience.
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Demonstrated management experience preferred.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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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.
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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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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.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Salary: $160,500
How this job compares
Set against the 10,739 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$161K/yr
- Illinois median$126–190K/yr200 salary ranges
- US median$127–201K/yr7,724 salary ranges
This rate, $161K, is close to the Illinois median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 238 open Program Management jobs in Illinois and 10,739 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (9,193 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,186 of the 10,739 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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