Director, EEDI Business Lead- Commercial at AbbVie — North Chicago, IL

Purpose

This role leads the design and execution of Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EEDI) strategies for one of AbbVie's key functions. Reporting to the Director, Programs and Business Partnerships, this individual serves as a strategic driver and takes a hands-on approach — shaping the vision and rolling up their sleeves to make it real. The role partners closely with VP-level leaders, functional EEDI councils, Business HR (BHR), and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver measurable business and talent outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings a demonstrated track record of driving organizational impact at scale — someone who combines forward-thinking strategy with a bias for action, and who is equally comfortable setting direction and doing the work. This person operates with both a grounding in proven approaches and a commitment to evolving practices that serve our global, diverse organization.

Responsibilities

• Own EEDI functional strategy: Partner with the business to develop the EEDI strategy for assigned function. Lead strategy execution, including roadmap implementation, stakeholder management, communication plans, and achievement of clear measures of success.
• Lead and align EEDI councils: Direct the work of EEDI councils by establishing clear goals, aligned priorities, and effective operating models that connect directly to business and EEDI strategy. Facilitate council effectiveness with hands-on engagement through active leadership.
• Co-design and manage EEDI programs: Co-design, deliver, and manage EEDI programs that are intentionally inclusive and accessible to all employees. Take ownership of program outcomes, with accountability for adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Drive cross-functional alignment: Partner with EEDI leads, BHR and COEs to integrate EEDI principles into foundational people processes and to collaboratively advance new strategies and initiatives — ensuring consistency and coherence across the enterprise.
• Embed systemic change in talent processes: Apply change management methodologies to deliver year-over-year progress on key EEDI metrics and overall talent metrics. Ensure aligned and systemic changes across functions, sustained efforts over one-time initiatives.
• Serve as a strategic advisor: Advise BHR and COEs on practical, evidence-based ways to embed EEDI into all people and business processes. Provide thought leadership that shapes the HR practices and promotes equitable decision-making — with both global perspective and local sensitivity.
• Research and benchmark: Stay up to date on ongoing research and external benchmarking to inform best practices and to identify new opportunities for building a globally inclusive workforce.
• Translate data into action: Use AI, workforce data and analytics to identify talent opportunities, assess initiative effectiveness, and establish KPIs that demonstrate measurable business impact. Be a practitioner who understands data and interprets what it means.
• Uphold governance standards: Ensure consistent adherence to governance processes and guidelines across all EEDI programming and initiatives.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Advanced degree or EEDI Certification preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of related EEDI work experience; 5+ years of leadership or high-level consulting roles.
• Experience in translating external and internal trends into innovative practices.
• Proven track record of facilitating company-level initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
• A deep understanding of how to promote EEDI within a large, complex, multi-national organization.
• Experience in senior business partnering and advisory roles; ability to build collaborative, business-focused relationships with senior HR and business leaders.
• Strong consulting skills, project planning, management and review, with an ability to roll up sleeves to demonstrate initiative and results-orientation, with a focus on service.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills, and facilitation skills.
• A proactive, resourceful and self-motivated approach to their work.

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• 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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