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Associate Director of Operations jobs span supply chain, healthcare, logistics, and enterprise services, all fields where employers routinely sponsor H-1B visas for degree-qualified professionals. These roles typically qualify as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a directly related field, making them strong candidates for H-1B sponsorship.
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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, Incentive Compensation Operations (ICO) provides strategic leadership for the design and ongoing implementation of sales incentive compensation (IC) programs in partnership with Sales and Marketing. This role combines consulting, analytical, and communication skills to manage, harmonize, and optimize sales crediting—the process of aggregating raw customer-level sales data and applying AbbVie alignment and business rules to produce territory-level sales information. The Associate Director collaborates closely with therapeutic area (TA) leads, field leadership, vendors, and internal commercial teams to advance Incentive Compensation objectives.
The Analytics & Performance Analytics (APEX) function supports AbbVie’s U.S. organization through a team of researchers, analysts, data scientists, and strategists committed to being best-in-class in the biopharmaceutical industry. As strategic in-house counsel, we help ensure that decisions are informed by the insights we develop. We continually expand our capabilities and encourage team members to be authentic, creative, and candid. Our passionate, diverse, flexible, and inclusive culture welcomes the best ideas, wherever they originate. We bring intelligence, energy, individuality, and innovation to our work—and invite you to join us.
Responsibilities Include:
Leadership
- Lead, develop, and mentor ICO Managers to build expertise, support professional growth, and strengthen accountability.
- Model self-sufficiency and demonstrate how to build and sustain in-house expertise across the broader Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT) & APEX organization.
- Influence without formal authority by guiding, coaching, and training TA IC leads.
- Coach ICO Managers to strengthen technical skills, stakeholder communication, process improvement, and collaboration with business partners.
- Oversee day-to-day vendor relationships and ensure vendor-supported projects use appropriate methodologies and remain within budget and on schedule.
Sales Crediting Operations – Execution, Optimization, Innovation
- Lead sales crediting processes and business rules for aligned franchises, including data sources, market definitions, alignments, on-label specialty filtering, and the Best Address Process.
- Lead the monthly and quarterly Incentive Data Audit processes conducted by the ICO team.
- Partner with the ICO team and key stakeholders to design and implement continuous improvement and innovation initiatives for Incentive Data Audits, the Business Rules Management System, and other components of the sales crediting system.
- Conduct ad hoc audits to support specific franchises during periods of high workload.
- Standardize processes across therapeutic areas while accommodating TA-specific needs to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
Sales Crediting Philosophy & Analytics
- Guide Central Operations & Sales Incentives in maintaining a consistent, centralized sales crediting philosophy.
- Develop analyses and insights to inform overarching sales crediting, IC, and summit philosophies, particularly those affecting multiple franchises.
- Lead strategic, high-visibility initiatives to harmonize sales crediting philosophy and processes across company entities and franchises.
- Lead complex cross-functional projects involving the IC Team, Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT), Business Technology (BTS), Commercial Data Operations, Insights & Analytics Teams, and other partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) required.
- At least 8 years of analytical and/or commercial operations experience required, with a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work independently.
- Experience partnering with leadership to solve problems and identify, gain support for, and implement solutions.
- Proficiency appropriate to the role’s grade in strategic thinking, problem-solving, innovation, cross-functional collaboration, analytics, leadership, results orientation, and communication that strengthens team effectiveness.
- Experience using AbbVie data sources to retrieve healthcare professional (HCP) and patient data.
- Knowledge of programs such as Excel, Claude, PowerPoint, and Power BI; database querying skills; and analytical expertise in regression, clustering, machine learning, and other advanced statistical methods.
- Strong critical thinking and communication skills, with the ability to anticipate customer and business needs and address questions or issues.
- Ability to explain complex issues clearly, simply, and persuasively.
- Ability to learn quickly, grasp core issues, and adapt when needed. A commitment to raising standards, challenging the status quo, embracing others’ ideas, and turning innovation into practical solutions.
- Ability to develop in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical industry data and therapeutic areas to resolve business problems efficiently and effectively.
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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
Company Description
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, Incentive Compensation Operations (ICO) provides strategic leadership for the design and ongoing implementation of sales incentive compensation (IC) programs in partnership with Sales and Marketing. This role combines consulting, analytical, and communication skills to manage, harmonize, and optimize sales crediting—the process of aggregating raw customer-level sales data and applying AbbVie alignment and business rules to produce territory-level sales information. The Associate Director collaborates closely with therapeutic area (TA) leads, field leadership, vendors, and internal commercial teams to advance Incentive Compensation objectives.
The Analytics & Performance Analytics (APEX) function supports AbbVie’s U.S. organization through a team of researchers, analysts, data scientists, and strategists committed to being best-in-class in the biopharmaceutical industry. As strategic in-house counsel, we help ensure that decisions are informed by the insights we develop. We continually expand our capabilities and encourage team members to be authentic, creative, and candid. Our passionate, diverse, flexible, and inclusive culture welcomes the best ideas, wherever they originate. We bring intelligence, energy, individuality, and innovation to our work—and invite you to join us.
Responsibilities Include:
Leadership
- Lead, develop, and mentor ICO Managers to build expertise, support professional growth, and strengthen accountability.
- Model self-sufficiency and demonstrate how to build and sustain in-house expertise across the broader Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT) & APEX organization.
- Influence without formal authority by guiding, coaching, and training TA IC leads.
- Coach ICO Managers to strengthen technical skills, stakeholder communication, process improvement, and collaboration with business partners.
- Oversee day-to-day vendor relationships and ensure vendor-supported projects use appropriate methodologies and remain within budget and on schedule.
Sales Crediting Operations – Execution, Optimization, Innovation
- Lead sales crediting processes and business rules for aligned franchises, including data sources, market definitions, alignments, on-label specialty filtering, and the Best Address Process.
- Lead the monthly and quarterly Incentive Data Audit processes conducted by the ICO team.
- Partner with the ICO team and key stakeholders to design and implement continuous improvement and innovation initiatives for Incentive Data Audits, the Business Rules Management System, and other components of the sales crediting system.
- Conduct ad hoc audits to support specific franchises during periods of high workload.
- Standardize processes across therapeutic areas while accommodating TA-specific needs to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
Sales Crediting Philosophy & Analytics
- Guide Central Operations & Sales Incentives in maintaining a consistent, centralized sales crediting philosophy.
- Develop analyses and insights to inform overarching sales crediting, IC, and summit philosophies, particularly those affecting multiple franchises.
- Lead strategic, high-visibility initiatives to harmonize sales crediting philosophy and processes across company entities and franchises.
- Lead complex cross-functional projects involving the IC Team, Field Planning & Analytics Team (FPAT), Business Technology (BTS), Commercial Data Operations, Insights & Analytics Teams, and other partners.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) required.
- At least 8 years of analytical and/or commercial operations experience required, with a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work independently.
- Experience partnering with leadership to solve problems and identify, gain support for, and implement solutions.
- Proficiency appropriate to the role’s grade in strategic thinking, problem-solving, innovation, cross-functional collaboration, analytics, leadership, results orientation, and communication that strengthens team effectiveness.
- Experience using AbbVie data sources to retrieve healthcare professional (HCP) and patient data.
- Knowledge of programs such as Excel, Claude, PowerPoint, and Power BI; database querying skills; and analytical expertise in regression, clustering, machine learning, and other advanced statistical methods.
- Strong critical thinking and communication skills, with the ability to anticipate customer and business needs and address questions or issues.
- Ability to explain complex issues clearly, simply, and persuasively.
- Ability to learn quickly, grasp core issues, and adapt when needed. A commitment to raising standards, challenging the status quo, embracing others’ ideas, and turning innovation into practical solutions.
- Ability to develop in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical industry data and therapeutic areas to resolve business problems efficiently and effectively.
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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Associate Director of Operations
Map your degree to the role
USCIS evaluates whether your specific degree field directly relates to operations management duties. Document how your coursework in business administration, industrial engineering, or supply chain management maps to the job's core responsibilities before applications go in.
Find sponsors through LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified H-1B LCA filings for operations director-level roles. Employers who've filed for comparable positions before already understand the sponsorship process, which dramatically shortens the internal approval timeline on your offer.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your specific role and worksite location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for your SOC code and metro area so you can negotiate an offer that passes DOL certification without delays.
Clarify multi-site scope early
Associate Directors of Operations often oversee multiple facilities. Each worksite your role requires physical presence at needs its own certified LCA. Raise this with your employer's immigration counsel before the I-129 is filed to avoid amendment petitions later.
Time your application around cap selection
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so confirm current mechanics directly with USCIS before your employer registers. If you're currently on OPT, your 60-day grace period after OPT expiration doesn't extend your work authorization, so coordinate filing timelines carefully.
Build a specialty occupation evidence file
O*NET lists the typical education and task profile for operations management roles. Pull that profile and cross-reference it with your job description to assemble a clear specialty occupation argument, especially if your title includes broad management duties that could appear generalist.
H-1B Visa Associate Director of Operations: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Associate Director of Operations role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, the role typically qualifies when the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business administration, industrial engineering, operations management, or supply chain management. The key is that the degree requirement must be specific to the field, not just any bachelor's degree. Employers should document in the job posting and I-129 petition why the role demands that disciplinary knowledge.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for operations director-level roles?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history, searchable by role type and location. Focusing on companies that have sponsored comparable positions before is more efficient than applying broadly, because those employers already have immigration counsel relationships and internal approval processes for H-1B petitions in place.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm promoted from Associate Director to a Senior Director role?
A material change in job duties, title, or worksite typically requires an amended I-129 petition before the change takes effect. USCIS treats a significant promotion as a new position if the SOC code, wage level, or core responsibilities shift meaningfully. Your employer's immigration counsel should assess whether an amendment is required before the promotion is formalized.
How long does H-1B sponsorship last for an Associate Director of Operations position?
H-1B status is initially granted for up to three years and can be extended for a maximum of six years total. Extensions beyond six years are possible only if a qualifying green card process is already underway, such as an approved I-140 petition or a PERM labor certification that has been pending for at least a year.
Can my employer include travel or multi-facility oversight duties in my H-1B LCA?
Each physical worksite where you perform H-1B duties on a regular and systematic basis requires its own certified LCA posted at that location. Short-term travel under certain DOL guidelines may be covered without additional LCAs, but if your role involves regular presence at multiple facilities, your employer should file separate LCA certifications for each location before you begin work there.