Associate Director, Price Forecasting CoE

Posted 16 Days Ago
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Mettawa, IL, USA
Hybrid
142K-269K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Leads the Price Forecasting Center of Excellence, focusing on gross-to-net forecasting, forecasting system transformation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities. Translates business requirements into technical specifications, defines reporting and dashboard needs, supports testing and validation, resolves model and data issues, coordinates parallel testing and go-live activities, and delivers training. Partners across pricing, finance, accounting, market access, commercial, and technology teams to improve forecasting accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making.
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About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Associate Director of Price Forecasting Center of Excellence (CoE) will serve as a strategic leader within Pricing, driving the future of price forecasting through forecasting system transformation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled forecasting capabilities. This individual will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all Gross to Net forecasting for the upcoming GTN System implementation. This role combines deep Gross-to-Net (GTN) forecasting expertise with business process innovation, user-centered design, and change management to enhance forecasting accuracy, efficiency, and business decision-making.

Responsibilities:

  • Partners with Price Forecasting and Technology teams to document and translate business functional requirements into technical specifications, ensuring platform functionality is developed and updated appropriately as business needs evolve.
  • Lead key stakeholder alignment to define and maintain the framework for the platform, determining the appropriate output views, report structures, and dashboard components needed to support GTN forecasting cycles, centralized reporting, executive dashboards, and forecasting KPIs, ensuring leadership has the right information in the right format.
  • Support user acceptance testing (UAT), pilot programs, and system validation activities for Future Forecasting Tool.
  • Serve as the first point of escalation for model questions, data discrepancies, and functional issues, identify problems and enhancements, coordinate resolution with technical teams, and communicate impact and timelines to business stakeholders.
  • Serve as conduit between the Revenue & Pricing Systems COE, Price Forecasting COE, GTN Solutions Owners, Advisors and Price Forecasters with all Parallel Testing and Go-Live activities and training.
  • Coordinate with the GTN System Team to ensure data feeding into the forecasting platform is accurate, timely, and structured correctly, serving as the business-side voice on data requirements and flagging quality issues that affect model outputs.
  • Incumbent is expected to successfully perform all responsibilities with a high degree of self-motivation and autonomy

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field (required). Advanced degree (MBA, CPA, or equivalent) preferred.
  • 8+ years’ experience in pricing, finance, analytics, or a related function within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
  • Demonstrated experience in pricing data management, modeling, and analytics; proficiency in pricing systems and financial forecasting platforms.
  • Strong project leadership skills with an ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and deliver training to diverse audiences.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; proven ability to partner across multiple departments (Finance, Accounting, Market Access, Commercial).
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, data visualization tools, and automated accounting systems.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving aptitude; capable of handling complex processes and improving operational efficiency.

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 Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s 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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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
  • Advanced degree, MBA, CPA, or equivalent
  • 8 or more years of experience in pricing, finance, analytics, or a related function within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
  • Experience in pricing data management, modeling, and analytics
  • Proficiency in pricing systems and financial forecasting platforms
  • Strong project leadership skills and ability to drive cross-functional initiatives
  • Experience delivering training to diverse audiences
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to partner across Finance, Accounting, Market Access, and Commercial departments
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, data visualization tools, and automated accounting systems
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to handle complex processes and improve operational efficiency

AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.

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The Company
HQ: North Chicago, IL
56,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.

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