Business Technology Solutions Product Owners

• Available in-person, on-site at 2-3 days a
• week (travel can be considered)
• Must have relevant ABV experience (navigate
• across Business and BTS internal stakeholders, SLC, culture, etc.)
• Must be able to influence, direct and manage
• individuals and groups with no direct-reporting authority, including ABV
• employees
• Must have BRM and Tech competencies, to
• comfortably span across both
• Must be able to demonstrate end-to-end ownership
• and delivery in support of a distinct customer stakeholder
• function/group/Region (for example: Manage & oversee all Volume
• Forecasting needs/capabilities for INT’L Therapeutics)

Job

Description: Product Owner, Pipeline & Commercial Finance

Commercial

BTS

Our Business Technology Solutions

• (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation accelerating the future of
• medicine at AbbVie - and we do it together, asking bold questions and taking on
• tough challenges through deep, honest collaboration. In the role of Product
• Owner you will join a diverse, global team that invests in your customized
• career growth and uses technology and data to positively impact people’s lives.
• The Product Owner plays a crucial
• role in the technology product lifecycle leading the development and management
• of technology programs supporting AbbVie’s Commercial Finance & Planning
• groups across the commercial Therapeutic business areas of Immunology,
• Oncology, Neuroscience, Eye care, and Specialty. This role entails having both
• a strategic as well as tactical mindset with a deep understanding of all
• aspects of the System Product lifecycle for the respective business areas while
• managing the product business requirements from concept to production launch.
• In this role you’ll be responsible
• for:
• Overseeing a portfolio of
• technology products from ideation to operation, including securing
• cross-functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline.
• Proactively understand business
• strategies, educate business stakeholders on existing technology
• capabilities, and influence/develop capability roadmaps and investment.
• Identifying current and
• emerging unmet business needs and evaluating technology solutions to
• balance short-term and long-term objectives.
• Proposing, initiating, and
• leading programs that transform the focus Business function’s processes or
• technology capabilities.
• Project intake, scope
• clarification, epic and story grooming, estimating, generating cost and
• timeline plans, defining UAT and testing strategy, release management, and
• overseeing engineering decisions.
• Supervising a matrix team of
• Product Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Scrum Masters, Project
• Managers, Architects, Engineers, Testers to deliver technology products to
• the business.
• All BRM (business relationship
• management) activities, including serving as the single point of contact
• for initiatives in your portfolio.
• Making sure that as BTS we are
• consistent in applying our core capabilities to deliver technology
• solutions with speed, agility, and efficiency.
• Identifying re-use
• opportunities and proposing viable pilot and MVP solutions.
• Responsible for compliance with
• applicable AbbVie Policies and procedures.
• Managing an IT investment
• budget of $25K to $1M.

Experiences that are required for

this role:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years’
• experience; Master's Degree with 7 years’ experience; or PhD with 3 years’
• experience.

Experience developing and/or

• managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech
• stack.
• Excellent communication and
• interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask
• effective questions with the goal of creating a scalable and reusable
• business solution along with forming effective partnerships.
• Ability to interact with
• business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on
• technical language.
• Thorough understanding of and
• hands-on experience with SLC (Software Life Cycle) phases, including Build
• and Run aspects of a Technology Product.
• Demonstrable working knowledge
• of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies.
• 1-2 years of experience
• managing or coaching cross-functional resources – employees or contract
• resources.
• Ability to self-manage time and
• priorities.

Beneficial

• Understanding of or experience
• within the life sciences and bio pharmaceutical landscape, including role
• of manufacturers, providers, patients, payers, distributors and policy
• makers.
• Understanding of financial
• planning, forecasting and data management concepts and systems.
• Demonstrable interest in
• technology trends and application of technology to improve end user’s
• experience through innovation or disruption.

Experience in leading and

• managing Agile teams and/or projects.
• Hands on experience with JIRA,
• Confluence, ServiceNOW and Smart sheet.