Information Research M&A Integration Lead

This role represents the BTS-Information Research (IR) organization as the overall IR M&A Integration Lead working directly with cross-functional R&D business and cross-functional BTS teams to execute deal transactions to further grow AbbVie's Therapeutic Areas. This role performs as the primary IR M&A Integration Lead responsible for planning and executing deals addressing cross-functional dependencies to achieve AbbVie's desired end-state operating model as we integrate or divest companies.

M&A transactions include R&D Ventures, Partnerships & Alliances, Co-Promotion, Co-Development, Divesting Products and/or Sites, Plant Acquisitions and Divestitures, and Full Company Acquisitions. This is a critical role in partnering with leadership to further define the strategy to evolve BTS's M&A organization, services, and playbooks for the various types of M&A deals.

Responsibilities

• Perform as the IR M&A Integration Lead over multiple AbbVie company-wide and R&D deal transactions responsible for overall program health, financials, and reporting.
• For each deal, establish the cross-functional IR team fully accountable to integrate or divest people, data, and systems.
• Develop business relationships and integrate activities with other BTOs to ensure successful integration execution and support of project efforts into long term execution.
• Manage relationships between BTOs, R&D Business, and Finance to ensure effective communication between the groups is occurring.
• Broker services within BTS on behalf of customers; coordinate portfolio of solutions and identify interdependencies.
• Work with the R&D business and BTS functional leads to clearly define business decisions, solution options and recommendations for a given deal based on deal model, size, complexity, risk, and speed to business value.
• Ally with other BTOs to remain current on project status and inform management and stakeholders of progress; conversely, keep managers and stakeholders aware of user issues and resolve conflicts proactively.
• Responsible for escalating and driving risks and issues cross-functionally.
• Present IR updates in IR Leadership forums and R&D Integration Forums.
• Responsible for continuous improvement projects to drive speed and agility in BTS M&A services and capabilities.
• Identify and implement AI innovative solutions and capabilities to challenge status quo and bring value to the business faster.
• Responsible for compliance with BTS's SLC, Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
• Create AI agents and tools to reimagine or improve a process or capability.
• Lead and implement multiple projects that drive speed, efficiencies, and/or cost savings.
• Effectively influence leaders and cross functional teams without direct authority.
• Present BTS updates to the function VPs in the Steering Committees and leadership forums.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related discipline with 7 years of experience; Master's Degree with 6 years of experience; PhD with 2 years of experience.
• Respective years of experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations with strong financial management experience.
• Respective years of experience working on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and collaboration.
• Respective years of experience with integrating Research & Development systems from acquisitions.
• Respective years of experience with Business Continuity Planning post M&A integration.
• Skilled in leveraging generative and agentic AI to re-image or improve a process or capability.
• Led and implemented multiple projects that drove speed, efficiencies, and/or cost savings.
• Experience working with R&D business applications such as Veeva solutions, LIMS, ELN systems, clinical trial systems (i.e.: CTMS), scientific data management platforms, laboratory systems, research portfolio management tools, and document management systems.
• Strong Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Management, Business Systems Applications and delivering complex cross-functional global programs.

Preferred

• 6+ years' experience leading a portfolio of business applications and leading large, complex cross-functional global IT implementations with strong financial management experience.
• 6+ years' experience working on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and collaboration.