Associate Director, Benefits

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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Purpose

This role provides leadership for U.S. Benefits programs and vendors for AbbVie employees and retirees in 70+ countries. This includes the design, development, communication and administration of benefits programs, including retirement, health & welfare and Vitality/well-being programs. The benefits team as part of the global Total Rewards team seeks to deliver forward-thinking benefits globally that supports AbbVie's Talent Philosophy and Total Rewards Guiding Principles to attract and retain top talent, supports the diverse needs of employees through their life and career stages, and responds to the rapidly changing business and economic environment.

Responsibilities

• Leads vendor/program management strategy and oversight, including contracting, financial oversight, service levels, communications, and escalated issues.
• Leads strategy and priorities for benefit program management for AbbVie employees and retirees.  Determine opportunities to improve AbbVie benefit plans and employee and retiree experience through new or enhanced programs, processes, vendors and tools.  Support M&A initiatives.
• Leads health and welfare data analytics, setting strategy and direction around data use and analytics to support benefit recommendations, optimize vendor and program management and support the value of benefit programs.
• Manages overall department and fringe budgets, including financial trends, budgeting and LBE annual processes.  Partner with finance.
• Project manage implementation of new programs, including system changes, HRConnect support needs, portal content, communication plan, live events/ benefits fairs/ cafe table-sits, meeting room logistics, vendor coordination, etc.  Manage cross-functional implementation teams.
• Works with purchasing and external consultants for specific vendors and projects to ensure appropriate scope, fees and deliverables. Support all aspects of the annual renewals, including development of vendor renewals, new vendor selection, reports cards, etc.
• Develops and deliver presentations to employees, management, and externally on benefits as needed.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable company policies and procedures.
• Acts as liaison with AbbVie stakeholders including talent deployment, talent acquisition, legal, finance, treasury, accounting,  EH&S, and the business to ensure success of benefit programs.
• People leader for one to two benefit specialists.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (Masters preferred) in relevant subject area.
• People leader, 5+ years of leading a team and influencing in a matrix.
• Position requires 10+  years of retirement, health & welfare, and well-being experience. 
• Strong project management skills. Experience leading large, cross-functional projects or implementations.
• Strong critical thinking skills, consulting experience and a proven record of putting together complex strategic, operational or tactical recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to tell a story.
• Executive presence and ability to present to senior leaders. Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Disposition to work in a highly diverse environment with potential for cross-cultural and communication barriers.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Able to multi-task in a face paced environment.

Key Stakeholders 

Total Rewards, Business Human Resources, HRConnect, HR Communication, Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Legal, Consulting Partners

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​

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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. 

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