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The Associate Director of US Leadership Development reports to the Director of US Leadership Development with responsibility of directly supporting and partnering with business teams and commercial leadership.

The Associate Director is responsible for improving the performance of US Commercial leaders by assessing the development needs and areas of opportunity to drive leadership training initiatives. He/She/They plays a crucial role as subject matter expert in strategically identifying and establishing optimal development solutions to increase leader capabilities and support their respective businesses to enhance and drive performance in a rapidly changing marketplace.

The Associate Director must earn and maintain the trust of their stakeholders to coach them in fostering continued leader development. He/she/they will provide expertise and consultancy to therapeutic area Vice Presidents; General Managers; and functional leadership teams to assess viability and effectiveness of established development programs and future initiatives.

This role will be responsible for creatively designing, planning, supervising, and implementing effective development methods aligned with the objectives, culture, and strategy of AbbVie that enhance performance and recognize key leader talent.

Key Responsibilities Include:

USLD Associate Director is an internal consultant who coaches and guides leaders to foster positive work culture and teamwork while delivering executional goals that drive business results. The Associate Director is considered the resident expert on leadership development. He/she/they will be responsible for:

• Performing needs assessment
• Anticipate and analyze business needs
• Identify potential talent gaps
• Ensure alignment of learning solutions with business goals
• Engage partners in design and manage the delivery of training solutions
• Measuring value of programming and behavior change

He/she/they will work to cultivate a partnership with BHR, corporate talent functions and teams to create, align, and implement consistent program processes and communication practices.  This includes the following expectations:

• Utilize a variety of adult learning strategies, technologies, and proven techniques to engage stakeholders in a cost-effective manner.
• Understand and adhere to legal, medical, regulatory and compliance guidelines.
• Design, customize, improve learning programming, and collaborate with vendor partners.
• Delivery of leadership programs encompassing, but not limited to: Korn Ferry programs, TalentSmarts EQ, Leading Teams, Coaching, Ways We Work/Culture, Leadership Enhancement Days (LED), Leadership Meetings, USLD enterprise-wide programs, and intact team leadership sessions
• Stay abreast of corporate and industry solutions and demands and keep informed on assigned areas of responsibility and business priorities
• Lead the curriculum and learning design and implementation of commercial enterprise programs and learning solutions including onboarding/transition support, executive coaching, assessment instruments, leader skill building and talent development for select groups of potential future, new and experienced leaders.  Leader groups include any personnel in a US Leadership Role
• Develop and execute learning solutions around skill, career, and personal development. Ensure that all activities are holistic and that they are conducted in an effective and efficient manner with goals and objectives being met
• Fully accountable for the flawless execution of all in-person and virtual learning events including learning journey design, facilitation, materials, and logistics 
• Source, select, evaluate, and manage external faculty and executive coaches
• Identify, evaluate, and report long term talent impact metrics in alignment with Corporate Talent functions on strategy objectives. Perform needs assessment, anticipate, and analyze business needs; identify potential talent gaps; ensure alignment of learning solutions with business goals
• Meet and exceed participant expectations as measured by feedback scores and analysis
• Proactively identify and coach internal leaders and colleagues as sponsors and speakers for learning solutions including speaker preparation, evaluation, and feedback
• Execute annual strategic plan
• Negotiate with AbbVie approved vendors, secure POs and reconcile all accounting functions associated with the execution of training owned by USLD
• Development and growth of all levels of leadership keeping them highly engaged in their professional development and the enterprise programs offered.
• Coach Leaders in their development and their team's development
• Assume a leadership role in the coordination of all coordinated training activities within US (marketing excellence, leadership development, Integrated Brand Teams, Sales leadership, etc.)

Skills/Experience Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal; with strong executive presence with capability to influence executive audiences
• Ability to deliver high-impact presentations and train appropriately on providing the same
• Ability to give constructive feedback
• Fosters a willingness and ability to have inclusive conversations and demonstrates a commitment to listening and considering all points of view
• Strong interpersonal skills ability to partner with others to collaborate and work together toward a shared goal
• Exceptional stakeholder management and ability to navigate complex, ambiguous environments
• Must have experience in leading teams, preferably in sales and marketing leadership to design and implement training programs that will support successful execution of key initiatives
• Candidate should be recognized as a leader among peers and model Coaching, Situational Leadership, other best practices of leadership principles.  
• Ability to inspire and motivate others towards a shared purpose
• Exhibit mature level of leadership skills with a birds-eye view perspective
• Understand the products and business acumen for AbbVie including regulatory limitations
• Deep leadership development subject matter expertise
• Must determine long-range training and development requirements and implement changes in the programming to reflect these requirements
• Must stay up to date on current market trends in leadership capability development
• Relevant certifications and continuous self-development
• Familiarity with the methods and principles of adult learning for designing programs to teach, train and instruct both groups and individuals, including the means of assessing the effects of training
• Must have or be willing to obtain Executive Coaching certification
• Rely on strong interpersonal and leadership skills to maintain the trust of employees and further supervise their continued development; develop colleagues through coaching, growth experiences and learning opportunities
• Strong organization and task skills
• Ability to adjust course and plans based on newly introduced perspectives
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to champion ideas that challenge the status quo and drive performance
• Working knowledge and familiarity with virtual and digital learning tools

Basic:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 5+ years of managerial experience
• Travel – Up to 25%

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 thisposting 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 anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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