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Associate Director, International Business Analytics

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Marketing

Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This role advises international brand and commercial leadership on analytics. Tell me about an analysis that changed a brand's strategy.

What they are checking: Influence on a decision, not just delivery of a report

You'd partner with Business Intelligence, Brand Leadership, Data Strategy and IT. Who is hardest to align, and how do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the realities of working across many partner groups, and have practical ways to keep them aligned.

Tell me about a time your analysis said something a brand leader didn't want to hear.

What they are checking: Whether they can share unwelcome findings honestly and constructively, since good analytics sometimes challenges a leader's preferred direction.

How do you present a complex finding to commercial leadership in a way they'll act on?

What they are checking: Whether they can present complex findings so commercial leaders act on them, which is the measure of success in this role.

What would you do

How do you decide whether a question deserves a quick answer or a proper analysis?

What they are checking: Judgment about effort, which separates senior analytics from service work

Where's the compliance boundary in commercial pharmaceutical analytics? What can't you do with the data?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the legal limits on using prescriber and patient data, which protects patients and the company from serious harm.

This role is based at Mettawa. What would you want to know about the team you'd inherit and the markets you'd cover before taking it?

What they are checking: Whether they ask what determines if the job is doable

About the work

The posting asks you to design and evolve the business analytics function itself, setting frameworks and standards. What would you standardize first, and why?

What they are checking: Whether they think about the function or only the next project

International means many markets with different data. How do you produce a comparable read across markets when the underlying data isn't the same?

What they are checking: Whether they can produce fair comparisons across markets with uneven data, which is the central challenge of international analytics.

What's your view on where new analytical approaches genuinely help in commercial pharma, and where they're oversold?

What they are checking: Whether they have a grounded view of where new analytical methods truly help, rather than adopting them for their own sake.

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The full job description

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About the Role AbbVie's International Business Analytics team sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, enterprise technology, and business transformation — and this role is central to that mission. As Associate Director, International Business Analytics, you will define the therapeutic area analytics agenda on a global scale, shape how data-driven decision-making is embedded across the organization and deliver measurable business impact. In this role, you will drive high-priority analytics initiatives, serve as a senior advisor to brand and commercial leadership, and actively champion a culture of analytics excellence across AbbVie's international organization. What You'll Do Define Strategic Analytics Direction • Provide forward-looking insights that directly shape international brand strategy and performance optimization. • Play a leading role in the design and continuous evolution of Business Analytics function — establishing frameworks, standards, and best practices across brands. • Proactively identify new and innovative approaches that would improve our ability to answer commercial business questions and transform it into analytic solutions. Drive Collaboration • Partner strategically with Business Intelligence, Brand Leadership, Data Strategy, and IT functions to co-develop, launch, and scale analytics capabilities that drive competitive advantage. • Lead strategic engagement with external data and technology partners (including IQVIA, ZS, Veeva, and others), directing vendor relationships and ensuring AbbVie accesses best-in-class data assets and capabilities. • Partner with internal teams and external data vendors to provide regular data education and training across the Commercial organization and introduce new leading-edge analytics to enhance our data and analytics capabilities. Essential Skills & Experience • A demonstrated passion for data, analytics, and driving business transformation at enterprise scale • 12+ years of progressive analytics experience, including 7+ years in the pharmaceutical industry, with a track record of leading high-impact, complex global analytics programs • Deep expertise across pharma data types (sales, promotional, real-world, patient-level data) with the ability to synthesize complex datasets into strategic insights • Deep knowledge of data and service vendors including IQVIA, Veeva, ZS, and comparable ecosystem partners • Proven leadership in a complex, matrixed, global environment — driving cross-functional partnerships and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups • Executive-level communication and presentation skills — able to distill complex analytical findings into clear, compelling narratives that influence strategy and drive action • Demonstrated expertise in emerging technologies including AI, ML, Big Data architecture, and Data Ontology — with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value Education • Bachelor's degree required • Advanced degree (PhD, MA, MBA) strongly preferred, particularly with a focus on applied business analytics, data science, or another quantitative discipline Nice to Have • Hands-on proficiency in PySpark, Python, or SQL — and the ability to engage credibly with data engineering and technical teams • Experience leading deployments on Palantir Foundry or comparable enterprise analytics and reporting platforms 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.​ 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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