Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at . on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
In AbbVie Business Technology Solutions, we are accelerating the future of medicineand doing it together, asking bold questions and taking on tough challenges through deep, honest collaboration. For anyone who wants to use technology and data to make a difference in peoples lives, contribute to the digital transformation of a leading biopharmaceutical company, and secure sustainable career growth within a diverse, global team: were ready for you.
In the role of Associate Director Agile Transformation, you will lead, analyze, and execute the overall Agile strategy across the Operations & Enterprise Systems organization. You will ensure that the organization is consistently and continuously applying the use of Agile frameworks and methods to build inertia for the expansion of agile across all delivery teams. You will partner with delivery leaders to drive agile transformation in support of faster solution delivery that impacts patients and their communities for the better. You will be accountable for scrum master and agile vendor engagements, program execution and agile coach alignment.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Implementing the overall agile strategy for the organization
- Promoting the success of Agile expansion through engaging leaders and stakeholders providing progress reports to leaders on Agile expansion, blockers, and successes.
- Consulting with delivery leaders to support their Agile expansion and allocate resources, as needed.
- Onboarding and training Agile coaches including ownership of guidelines for transitioning Agile coaches on and off Agile teams.
- Providing strategic guidance, issue escalation and resolution, and thought leadership to delivery teams through team of Agile coaches.
- Supporting multiple Agile delivery teams, ensuring that initiatives are on track, appropriately resourced and risks and issues are appropriately managed.
- Establishing and monitoring key metrics that support deployment of Agile methodology, scaling and enablement. Develop and implement mitigations for any under-performing metrics.
- Developing and implementing policies and programs as necessary to support Agile expansion.
- Effectively partnering with Service Providers and other BTS organizations and process owners to establish Agile standards to ensure alignment and the expansion of Agile.
Tools and skills you will use in this role:
- Atlassians Jira & / Jira Align
- Agile Coach Certification
- Scrum Master Certification - either CSM, or PSM I, or PMI-ACP.
- Scrum Scaling Certification - either SPS (Nexus), or SAFe (SA or SPC)
Qualifications
Experiences that make you a strong candidate for this role:
Required
- Bachelors Degree w/9 years experience, or Masters Degree w/8 years experience or PhD w/4 years experience in Information Technology, Computer Science or Business Administration.
- 9 years of Agile experience, playing the roles of team member and/or Scrum Master.
- Experience leading experienced team ofAgile Coaches.
Beneficial
- 9 years of Project Management experience with at least 5 years of Agile Project Management experience.
- Scrum Master Certification - either CSM, or PSM I, or PMI-ACP.
- Agile Coaching Certification
- Scrum Scaling Certification - either SPS (Nexus), or SAFe (SA or SPC).
- Advanced Scrum Master Certification: PSM II (Scrum.org) or A-CSM (Scrum Alliance)
- SAFe 5.0 Agilist (SA) Certification from Scaled Agile. SAFe 5.0 Certified Practitioner (SP) Certification from Scaled Agile. SAFe 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) Certification from Scaled Agile.
- Work experience in pharmaceutical industry
Why Business Technology Solutions
For anyone who wants to use technology and data to make a difference in peoples lives, shape the digital transformation of a leading
biopharmaceutical company, and secure sustainable career growth within a diverse, global team: were ready for you.
Additional Information
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 this posting 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 short-term incentive programs.
- 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 and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.