Director Global Portfolio Strategy R&D Aesthetics, Chief of Staff

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

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. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Chief of Staff partners with the VP of Global Portfolio Strategy, R&D Aesthetics to drive and implement the organization’s vision. The role leads strategic and operational planning, provides recommendations to support corporate goals, and ensures effective responses to evolving priorities. Serving as a key representative, this position coordinates cross-functional initiatives across R&D Aesthetics and other Chiefs of Staff, enabling business impact through leadership, stakeholder management, and execution excellence.

This position is based onsite in Irvine, CA (with onsite days Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Responsibilities :

• Serve as Chief of Staff, representing the VP’s views, priorities, and communications across the organization.
• Oversee strategic business initiatives from ideation to execution, including contingency planning and support for long-range planning (LRP) and resource mapping.
• Act as the finance liaison for budget planning, tracking, and management between the organization and Finance teams.
• Lead resource modeling to optimize workload and capacity, ensuring effective allocation across the team.
• Drive R&D / enterprise initiatives including process improvement, change management, and operational efficiency projects.
• Collect, analyze, and present key business information to leadership and stakeholders to inform decision-making and strategy to ensure successful governance interactions across the R&D portfolio.
• Develop and maintain effective cross-functional business relationships with internal departments (Finance, HR, Talent Acquisition, etc.), ensuring resources and expertise are leveraged appropriately.
• Organize and manage department communications and meetings, including planning, logistics, and governance forums.
• Collaborate on onboarding and professional development, culture enhancement, issue identification, and resolution in partnership with leadership.
• Track, forecast, and manage the department’s budget, providing strategic recommendations based on financial analysis.

Qualifications

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​

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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