AbbVie Posted September 2, 2026

Associate Director, Strategic Planning and Operations Aesthetics PCS

Irvine, CA Full-time
BD&L & Strategic Planning Dermatology & Aesthetics Associate Director
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit https://global.allerganaesthetics.com/ . Follow Allergan Aesthetics on LinkedIn.

Job Description

The Associate Director, Aesthetics PCS Strategic Planning and Operations reports to the VP of Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy and partners closely across the team. Key responsibilities include, serving as a trusted strategic advisor and counsel, overseeing strategic business initiatives, process improvement, planning and operational activities, and creating and maintaining cross-departmental relationships to enable organizational success.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted strategic advisor and operational partner to the PCS Vice President, helping shape priorities, manage complexity, problem solve strategies, and improve team effectiveness

Lead franchise planning processes, including long-range strategic and financial planning, quarterly portfolio planning, and launch readiness

Design and coordinate strategic planning sessions, team meetings, and cross-functional forums; prepare agendas, materials, action tracking, and decision logs to ensure clear accountability and follow-through

Partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive alignment on key processes, milestones and activities

Oversee critical cross-functional initiatives, processes, and special projects, ensuring progress against milestones, risk mitigation, and escalation of issues as needed

Monitor key milestones, risks, dependencies, and decisions across the franchise; establish transparent operating rhythms and reporting to support accountability and execution discipline

Stay abreast of new and evolving processes across the enterprise and new training opportunities for the team, representing the team’s needs and supporting participation as appropriate

Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required. Preferred MBA or Master’s Degree

5 years plus pharmaceutical or medical device industry experience is strongly preferred

Proven strategic capabilities, organization, and communication skills

Effective communication, organizational and leadership skills

Ability to work efficiently in a matrixed organization

Works well with cross-functional stakeholders and can own projects from idea phase to implementation, adapting and iterating as needed

Demonstrated relationship management, interpersonal skills, ability to motivate, lead, influence, and engage without direct authority.

Ability to effectively present ideas and document complex processes in both written and oral communication

Proven track record of anticipating and resolving problems while exhibiting judgement and a balanced, realistic understanding of issues

Able to manage multiple, simultaneous projects with moderate-high complexity, often under a tight deadline

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.​

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Job details

Seniority
Associate Director
Function
BD&L & Strategic Planning
Therapeutic area
Dermatology & Aesthetics
Location
Irvine, CA
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active BD&L & Strategic Planning role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 147 comparable Associate Director BD&L & Strategic Planning roles across 40 biopharma companies.

147Comparable roles tracked
126Currently active
40Companies hiring similar roles
28Countries represented

Salary context

43 of 147 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $141,500/yr – $268,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Inside Business Development Manager · AbbVie $27/hr – $48/hr (≈ $56,160–$99,840/yr)
Highest disclosed · Global Tech Sr Strategist · IQVIA $163,100/yr – $453,700/yr
Peer group range $78,000 – $308,400 (median $189,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 147 comparable roles

United States71
China13
India13
Japan6
Germany5
Switzerland4

+ 22 more countries

Seniority mix

147 of 147 peers have a known seniority level

Manager90
Associate Director46
Senior11

Therapeutic area mix

20 of 147 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology8
Dermatology & Aesthetics7
Immunology2
Cardiovascular / CVRM1
Neuroscience1
Gastroenterology1

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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