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 DescriptionThe Associate Director will help drive commercial strategy and business operations projects across the Immunology and Eye Care business, that includes Psychiatry, Migraine, Parkinson’s Disease, BOTOX Therapeutics and Eye Care. Specific activities will include:
Strategic Excellence
- Lead key commercial on-market strategic initiatives that lay the strategic foundation to maximize patient impact of in-line brands
- Working with brand teams to lead the development of launch strategy for launch-ready products
- Lead key strategic initiatives across Immunology that identifies longer-term growth (e.g., Strategy LRP, BD assessment, Roadmap and Brand planning)
This position will foster positive working relationships and be highly collaborative with each franchise brand teams, Finance, Medical, R&D, Market Access, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Analytics and Business Insights (MABI), Sales Training, Sales Force Effectiveness, Regulatory, Customer Experience, and other cross franchise teams to gain input into developing strategic and operational projects. The (Associate) Director must demonstrate the ability to lead without authority, while building a collaborative, integrated approach across the organization
This position reports to the Director, US Commercial Strategy, Operations and Planning (Immunology and Eye Care) and will support data analytical execution, creating strong narratives on insights and communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership.
QualificationsEducation and experience:
- BA/BS required, MBA or advanced degree (PhD, MD) preferred
- At least 5-7 years of professional industry experience with a successful track record in management consulting (at least 2+ years), pipeline management, or pharmaceutical marketing with strong analytical and strategic marketing skills.
- Previous experience in pharma R&D, Corporate Strategy, Brand Management, and/or Marketing
- Deep understanding and experience with Immunology and Eye Care products both inline and in development.
- Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills across a variety of organization levels and disciplines, including senior executives
Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies
- Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills as well as demonstrated ability to learn new disease states
- Strong ability to communicate ideas & make the complex easy for others to understand.
- Good financial acumen with an understanding of P&L drivers
- Self-starter, and proactively driving projects toward successful completion
- Experience with matrix-based teams and project management
- Works collaboratively and proactively, maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy.
- Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functional partners outside of immediate team.
- Exhibits strong emotional intelligence, diplomacy, maintenance of confidentiality, maturity, and organizational savvy.
- Self-starter, learns fast, quickly grasps the essence of concepts, can change course rapidly where required, demonstrates intellectual curiosity.
- Executes highly effective working team meetings with internal and external partners and is visibly inclusive and transparent.
- Excellent command of MS PowerPoint and MS Excel
- Experience working with pre-launch, launch, &/or on-market commercial teams, preferred.
Leadership Skills: For this role, we're looking for a leader who is:
- Excellence Focused; Optimistic; Open and Authentic
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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree required
- MBA or advanced degree such as PhD or MD
- 5–7 years of professional industry experience
- At least 2 years of management consulting experience, or experience in pipeline management or pharmaceutical marketing
- Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills
- Experience in pharma R&D, corporate strategy, brand management, and/or marketing
- Deep understanding of Immunology and Eye Care products, including in-line and development products
- Excellent communication and presentation skills across organizational levels and disciplines
- Understanding of P&L drivers and strong financial acumen
- Experience working with matrix-based teams and project management
- Strong planning, coordination, problem-solving, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills
- Excellent command of Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel
- Experience with pre-launch, launch, and/or on-market commercial teams
AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.
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What We Do
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.
