Associate Director, Early Talent - Finance

Finance Early Talent Pipeline PM Associate Director

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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com.

The Finance Early Talent Pipeline PM Associate Director will design, deliver and scale Finance's early talent programs (externships, internships, and the Finance Development Program). Reporting to the Head of Early Talent, the PM will own strategy, curriculum, stakeholder engagement, and KPI measurement to strengthen the Finance leadership bench, improve candidate experience, and drive measurable outcomes (conversion, retention, and inclusion of hires). The Finance Early Talent Pipeline PM will ensure that AbbVie is positioned as an employer of choice, delivering best-in-class early talent pipeline programs. This will include (but is not limited to) :

Responsibilities

Strategy :

• Partner with senior Finance business leaders and Talent / HR leaders to develop / refine the Finance early talent strategy
• Ensure that the strategy is aligned with the Finance talent strategy
• Ensure that the externship program, internship program and Finance Development program (FDP) are designed and executed to develop future Finance leaders
• Propose program and / or strategic changes as needed
• Design and develop additional development programs (i.e. : future MBA program) for Finance as needed
• Partner with Finance, HR, and talent leadership to review early talent program Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the success of the programs. Ensure that the programs reflect future / evolving business needs and external best practices; refine program strategy as needed
• Partner with the Finance Steer co and business leaders to build awareness of the FDP program and goals internally at Abbvie and externally
• Lead the FDP Steerco partner with HR and the business to determine Steerco membership, collaborate with the Steerco on strategy, goals, and meeting topics, and plan and facilitate Steerco meetings

Program Management :

This role is located in Lake County, IL with a hybrid schedule (3 days / week onsite) and occasional travel.

Focus Areas

Strategy : You will build an early talent strategy for Finance, provide a data-based plan for program volume, focus, impact, and evaluation. The delivery of the early talent pipeline strategy will measurably strengthen the talent bench for Finance and will show measurable KPI results.

Program Management : You will lead the Finance Development Program (FDP) a program designed to accelerate Key Talent towards leadership positions in Finance; the Finance internship program; and Finance externship program. As an early talent subject matter expert, the selected candidate will work closely with senior business leaders, Finance Steering Committee, and HR to ensure successful program design and execution.

Leadership : You will provide strategic direction to the Finance early talent recruiter and campus recruiting teams. You will provide regular guidance, coaching, and support to FDP program participants, first year alumni, and assignment managers, to ensure the successful execution of all Finance early talent programs

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree is required, advanced degree a plus. Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience, ideally in a Human Resources / Talent field such as University Relations, Early Career Programs, Talent Management, Learning and Development or Business Human Resources. Exceptional stakeholder management, consulting skills, and ability to influence executive audiences. Ability to successfully navigate complex, ambiguous environments. Strong project management, attention to detail and execution skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong executive presence. Ability to balance broader Early Talent goals with local / individual line of business goals to ensure successful, consistent implementation. Strong (Finance) business knowledge and financial acumen skills. Excellent computer skills including proficiency in MS Office suite PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Capable of building executive ready presentations. Experience with ATS and analytical tools (i.e. : Workday, SmartRecruiter, Tableau / Power BI). Proficient using virtual meeting platform tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams. Preferred : Experience in Pharmaceutical industry

Key Stakeholders

VP Talent Acquisition, VP Talent, VP BHR Corporate Staff Functions, Corporate Functional Leaders

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 short-term incentive programs.

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs

Salary : $137,500 - $261,000