Associate Director, Decision Support Group (now, Decision Sciences Group)

at AbbVie US LLC in North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Associate Director, Decision Support Group (now, Decision Sciences Group), AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois. Provide advanced analytical support for teams, portfolio & Long Range Plan (LRP) planning processes. Facilitate & lead project teams on single-asset decision or other strategic analysis projects. Apply methods of decision analysis & other analytic best practices to structure the decision problem, analyze data, & develop results & insights. Facilitate/manage decision team meetings to effectively convey & obtain information necessary for successful completion of analyses. Facilitate & contribute to development & execution of processes, timelines, tools & templates for Plan Portfolio / LRP data collection, as well as other decision & strategic analyses. Construct strategic models/dashboards to accurately reflect technical & commercial attributes of a project / asset for Plan Portfolio & LRP. Utilize knowledge of Decision Analysis & Operations Research literature & attend & contribute to conferences & symposia on DA & Portfolio Analysis. Discuss insights obtained with senior members of  Decision Support Group & decision team. Manage complex portfolio analysis & prioritization tools and databases such as LRP data files and databases, lead portfolio & LRP data aggregation. Provide advanced facilitation support for DSG-led team & management meetings (prepare meeting materials, record information gathered at meetings, & write-up minutes/action items); archive assessments, rationale, assumptions & other pertinent information. Utilize latest tools & techniques in decision analysis / portfolio analysis. Responsible for successful completion of modeling, analytical & facilitation assignments in timely manner. Accountable for quality, flexibility, &  user-friendliness of complex models, &  for quality of portfolio database &  tools. Design complex decision analysis models to reflect technical & commercial interactions of project / asset utilizing decision analysis techniques such as Monte Carlo & Decision Tree analyses, sensitivity analysis, waterfall, & tornado charts. Responsible for large-scale data analysis involving integration of next generation sequencing data &  health or pharmacological databases. Responsible for developing & executing custom computational analysis plans leveraging novel algorithms & relevant databases. Responsible for successful completion of modeling, analytical & facilitation assignments utilizing modeling & database software such as PowerPoint, Excel, Enrich, Tree Plan, ThinkCell & Crystal Ball. Must possess a Master’s or foreign academic equivalent in Biological Sciences, Decision Sciences, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, or a closely related field with at least 2 years of related progressive experience in: (i) managing complex portfolio analysis & prioritization tools & databases such as LRP data files & databases, lead portfolio & LRP data aggregation; (ii) designing complex decision analysis models to reflect technical & commercial interactions of a project / asset utilizing decision analysis techniques such as Monte Carlo & Decision Tree analyses, sensitivity analysis, waterfall, & tornado charts; & (iii) completion of modeling, analytical & facilitation assignments utilizing modeling & database software such as PowerPoint, Excel, Enrich, Tree Plan, ThinkCell & Crystal Ball. Apply online at https://careers.abbvie.com/en & reference REF22832Y