Associate Director - SAP BI Lead Abbvie
Waukegan, IL

Job Description

Manage and build a scalable Business intelligence platform that will enable business process metrics and performance analysis of AbbVie's enterprise IT applications. It involves working with multiple Process areas across Order to cash , Procure to pay, Supply chain, Finance and Operations. The scope of the role will leverage today's most innovative business intelligence solutions to provide end to end Information Management to our business community. The role reports to the Director, Enterprise Applications and works closely with all business and IT leadership. Our environment is fast-paced and requires a candidate who is flexible, detail-oriented, thrives on ambiguity and can drive results across cross-functional groups.

Key Responsibilities Includes:

* Leadership and People Responsibilities: Oversee the hiring and training of new and existing staff, conduct performance reviews and provide leadership, technical guidance and coaching to staff. Build organizational talent by creating a learning environment that ensures employees realize their highest potential
* Develop strategies to leverage enterprise data and build through the delivery of easy to use reports and dashboards, sophisticated data analysis and advanced data modelling
* Develop and maintain a demand roadmap aligned with priority, IT capacity, technical dependencies and ongoing project portfolio


* Manage portfolio of business intelligence projects to ensure on-time deliver


* Design, build and optimize data visualizations tools to provide actionable insight enhance business decision making


* Finance/Budgetary Responsibilities: Manage the budget - monitor and control resources, expenses and capital costs against the budget


* Champion utilization of business intelligence technology across IT organizations and business functions. Lead and develop an enterprise approach to operational analytics, data visualization, analysis and modeling


* Regulatory Compliance Responsibilities: Protect our brand and reputation by safeguarding our assets and maintaining compliance with all governing policies. Assure all relevant internal financial, data privacy and security policies are met


* Enhance Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) documentation to align with agile methodologies and deliver high-quality reporting solutions quickly and continuously


* Benchmark and evaluate business intelligence best practices and solutions related data visualization and data mining that will be sustainable and fit our AbbVie environment


* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent
* 12+ years' experience in Enterprise IT applications and 5+ years' experience in a Business Intelligence environment specifically SAP BW, SAP HANA, Native HANA, BOBJ and other BI tools such as Qlik,
* Solid understanding of key BI trends and emerging technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL
* Experience managing large and complex BI projects across multiple business functions


* Experience reviewing and streamlining business processes, including gathering and documenting business requirements, developing and implementing new processes and procedures. Solid experience on Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies


* Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to end users at all levels


* Strong analytical and problem resolution skills


* Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry & validation environment


* Demnstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional teams towards task completion



Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Additional Information

* Significant Work Activities and Conditions: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
* Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time
* Job Type: Experienced
* Schedule: Full-time