About this role
This Associate Director role drives operational excellence within AbbVie’s Government Affairs organization by standardizing processes and enabling scalable, compliant workflows. It focuses on integrating reporting, building metrics/KPIs dashboards, supporting financial and compliance activities, and serving as an SME for political funding operations and policies.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive operational excellence through process standardization and continuous improvement
- Implement governance and process documentation for consistent execution
- Develop metrics and KPIs and create dashboards for leadership reporting
- Support financial processes and accounting activities (LRP, Plan, LBE) with ongoing oversight
- Serve as SME for political funding operations; support audits and annual tax returns preparation
Technical Overview
The technical scope is centered on operational process automation opportunities, improving business procurement support and data reporting, and implementing governance and process documentation frameworks. It includes building consistent reporting outputs (dashboards, metrics and KPIs) and coordinating adoption of digital tools and standardized workflows across teams.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a Government Affairs operations leader who can drive operational excellence through process standardization, governance, and continuous improvement. They bring strong capability in reporting (metrics and KPIs, dashboards), cross-functional automation opportunities, and compliance-focused financial and political funding operations support.
Must-Have Skills
operational excellence leadershipprocess standardizationmetrics and KPIsdashboards developmentfinancial processes and accounting activities supportaudit support and annual tax returns preparationpolitical funding operations integration and compliance
Nice-to-Have Skills
experience with government affairs automation opportunitiesexperience with procurement and data reporting automation
Tools & Platforms
business procurement systems (unspecified)data reporting tools (unspecified)automation tools (unspecified)dashboards tooling (unspecified)
Required Skills
operational excellenceprocess standardizationdigital tools adoptionstandardized workflowscontinuous improvementprocess documentationgovernance framework implementationtraining programs coordinationorganizational learningreporting integrationmetrics and KPIsdashboardsfinancial processes supportaccounting activitiesLRPPlanLBEfinancial oversightpolitical funding operations integrationSubject Matter Expert (SME)political policies and processesaudit supportannual tax returns preparationstakeholder engagement and alignmentbusiness procurementdata reportingautomation opportunities
Hard Skills
operational excellenceprocess standardizationprocess documentationgovernance framework implementationdigital tools adoptionstandardized workflowscontinuous improvementtraining programs coordinationorganizational learningreporting integration across functionsmetrics and KPIsdashboards developmentfinancial processes supportaccounting activities supportLRP process supportPlan process supportLBE process supportfinancial oversightpolitical funding operations integrationpolitical policies and processes subject matter expert (SME)audit supportannual tax returns preparationcompliance with AbbVie Foundation and relevant entity requirementsbudget planningboard preparationoperational process managementstakeholder engagement and alignmentcross-functional process automation opportunitiesbusiness procurement supportdata reportingfinance collaborationbusiness technology solutions collaborationcompliance collaboration
Soft Skills
drive cross-functional process standardizationinfluence overall efficienciesenable agilityleading complex projectsintegrating data and reportingstakeholder managementsubject matter expert advisorycollaboration and alignment among stakeholdersgovernance and documentation leadership
Keywords for Your Resume
Associate DirectorOperational ExcellenceGovernment Affairsprocess standardizationdigital toolsstandardized workflowscontinuous improvementprocess documentationgovernance frameworktraining programsorganizational learningReportingComplianceFinancial Oversightmetrics and KPIsdashboardsLRPPlanLBEand LBEpolitical funding operationsAbbVie PAC OperationsSubject Matter Expert (SME)political policies and processesauditsannual tax returnsFinanceTreasurybusiness procurementdata reportingautomation opportunitiesaudit support
Deal Breakers
Must be able to support financial oversight for LRP, Plan, and LBE processes, Must be able to serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for political policies and processes and support audit readiness, Must have experience driving cross-functional process standardization and automation opportunities
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