Associate Director, Planning & Delivery

The Associate Director Planning & Delivery is responsible for developing and managing integrated Business Technology Solutions (BTS) demand resource capacity and portfolio planning processes that align technology investments and resources with business priorities. This role provides visibility into BTS demand workforce capacity and skills portfolio performance and delivery risks to enable effective prioritization resource allocation workforce planning and execution. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead IT Demand Planning. Establish and manage a standardized process for capturing evaluating forecasting and prioritizing technology demand across projects products and operational initiatives. 
• Lead Resource & Capacity Planning. Develop a forward-looking view of workforce capacity and availability across employees and external resources and align available capacity with planned technology demand. 
• Establish Knowledge Management Capabilities. Lead the development embedment and ongoing enrichment of Knowledge Management processes and tools. 
• Lead Portfolio Planning & Prioritization. Manage the IT portfolio planning process ensuring proposed and active initiatives are evaluated against strategic priorities resource requirements dependencies capacity and business value. 
• Establish Delivery Governance & Standards. Develop and maintain consistent portfolio and project governance including planning standards stage gates status reporting risk and issue management and escalation processes. 
• Monitor Portfolio Performance. Provide visibility into portfolio health milestones dependencies risks resource constraints and delivery performance proactively identifying areas requiring leadership attention. 
• Enable Resource & Workforce Decisions. Translate demand and capacity gaps into recommendations for resource allocation hiring contractors external partners redeployment and employee development. 
• Lead Planning Reporting & Analytics. Develop dashboards forecasts KPIs and scenario analyses covering portfolio performance demand capacity utilization skills and resource gaps. 
• Facilitate IT Planning & Governance. Lead recurring portfolio demand and capacity reviews with IT leadership driving decisions and accountability related to priorities resources risks and delivery. 

Qualifications :

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Business Administration Operations Human Resources or related field with 9 years of experience; OR Masters Degree with 8 years of experience; OR PhD with 4 years of experience.
• Respective years of progressive experience in IT portfolio management PMO resource/workforce planning technology planning or related disciplines. 
• 3 years of people leadership team leadership or equivalent experience leading others through complex initiatives. 
• Experience with portfolio and project governance demand management resource planning or capacity planning. 
• Experience translating projects product and operational demand into resource and capability requirements. 
• Experience developing portfolio reporting and providing insights into technology leadership. 
• Demonstrated experience partnering across IT and with functions such as Finance Human Resources Procurement or business organizations. 
• Strong understanding of demand management capacity planning resource management and workforce planning concepts. 
• Strong analytical skills including forecasting capacity modeling scenario analysis and data-driven decision making. 
• Ability to design implement and continuously improve standardized processes and operating models. 
• Strong people leadership skills including coaching prioritizing team activities and establishing accountability. 
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive adoption of new processes without direct authority. 
• Strong communication and presentation skills including the ability to translate complex planning information into clear recommendations for leadership. 
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and experience with reporting visualization portfolio management resource management or workforce planning tools. 

Preferred: 

• Masters Degree in Business Administration Information Technology Finance Operations or a related discipline. 
• 9 years of experience in IT portfolio management PMO technology planning resource management or strategic workforce planning. 
• Experience establishing or significantly improving an IT PMO portfolio management or supply and demand planning capability. 
• Experience developing technology skills inventories capability frameworks or resource forecasting models. 
• Experience integrating portfolio planning with budgeting workforce planning hiring contractor utilization and annual planning. 
• Experience with Power BI Tableau or similar analytics and visualization tools. 
• PMP PgMP SAFe ITIL or other relevant project portfolio Agile or IT management certification. 

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 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 Companys 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 an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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