- Available in-person, on-site at 2-3 days a week (travel can be considered)
- Must have relevant ABV experience (navigate across Business and BTS internal stakeholders, SLC, culture, etc.)
- Must be able to influence, direct and manage individuals and groups with no direct-reporting authority, including ABV employees
- Must have BRM and Tech competencies, to comfortably span across both
- Must be able to demonstrate end-to-end ownership and delivery in support of a distinct customer stakeholder function/group/Region (for example: Manage & oversee all VolumeForecasting needs/capabilities for INT’L Therapeutics)
JobDescription: Product Owner, Pipeline & Commercial Finance
CommercialBTS
Our Business Technology Solutions(BTS) team shapes the digital transformation accelerating the future ofmedicine at AbbVie - and we do it together, asking bold questions and taking ontough challenges through deep, honest collaboration. In the role of ProductOwner you will join a diverse, global team that invests in your customizedcareer growth and uses technology and data to positively impact people’s lives.
The Product Owner plays a crucialrole in the technology product lifecycle leading the development and managementof technology programs supporting AbbVie’s Commercial Finance & Planninggroups across the commercial Therapeutic business areas of Immunology,Oncology, Neuroscience, Eye care, and Specialty. This role entails having botha strategic as well as tactical mindset with a deep understanding of allaspects of the System Product lifecycle for the respective business areas whilemanaging the product business requirements from concept to production launch.
In this role you’ll be responsiblefor:
- Overseeing a portfolio of technology products from ideation to operation, including securing cross-functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline.
- Proactively understand business strategies, educate business stakeholders on existing technology capabilities, and influence/develop capability roadmaps and investment.
- Identifying current and emerging unmet business needs and evaluating technology solutions to balance short-term and long-term objectives.
- Proposing, initiating, and leading programs that transform the focus Business function’s processes or technology capabilities.
- Project intake, scope clarification, epic and story grooming, estimating, generating cost and timeline plans, defining UAT and testing strategy, release management, and overseeing engineering decisions.
- Supervising a matrix team ofProduct Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Scrum Masters, ProjectManagers, Architects, Engineers, Testers to deliver technology products to the business.
- All BRM (business relationship management) activities, including serving as the single point of contact for initiatives in your portfolio.
- Making sure that as BTS we are consistent in applying our core capabilities to deliver technology solutions with speed, agility, and efficiency.
- Identifying re-use opportunities and proposing viable pilot and MVP solutions.
- Responsible for compliance with applicable AbbVie Policies and procedures.
- Managing an IT investment budget of $25K to $1M.
Experiences that are required forthis role:
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree with 8 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 7 years’ experience; or PhD with 3 years’ experience.
- Experience developing and/or managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech stack.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask effective questions with the goal of creating a scalable and reusable business solution along with forming effective partnerships.
- Ability to interact with business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on technical language.
- Thorough understanding of and hands-on experience with SLC (Software Life Cycle) phases, including Build and Run aspects of a Technology Product.
- Demonstrable working knowledge of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies.
- 1-2 years of experience managing or coaching cross-functional resources – employees or contract resources.
- Ability to self-manage time and priorities.
Beneficial:
- Understanding of or experience within the life sciences and bio pharmaceutical landscape, including role of manufacturers, providers, patients, payers, distributors and policy makers.
- Understanding of financial planning, forecasting and data management concepts and systems.
- Demonstrable interest in technology trends and application of technology to improve end user’s experience through innovation or disruption.
- Experience in leading and managing Agile teams and/or projects.
- Hands on experience with JIRA,Confluence, ServiceNOW and Smart sheet.