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 DescriptionAre you a strategic relationship builder who thrives in complex healthcare environments? Do you enjoy connecting the dots across stakeholders, shaping tailored engagement plans, and creating meaningful impact for patients and business outcomes? We are looking for a Key Account Manager to act as a trusted partner for key accounts in western Switzerland (French speaking) and help drive successful access to AbbVie products.
In this role, you will serve as the main point of contact for key accounts, working closely with a broad network of internal and external stakeholders. You’ll develop customized account strategies, build strong relationships, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to ensure aligned, effective engagement across the account landscape.
What you’ll do:
- Develop tailored approaches and clear engagement plans for key accounts, with defined objectives and activities to optimize the use and funding of AbbVie products
- Act as the main AbbVie contact for non-clinician stakeholders, building trusted relationships and understanding their priorities, constraints, and decision-making processes
- Play an active role in brand teams and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to deliver on brand objectives
- Drive business growth by anticipating barriers to product usage and supporting provider formulary access to help achieve revenue targets
- Coordinate internal interactions, build consensus, resolve conflicts, and escalate issues where needed
- Monitor contracting and tendering activity across key accounts
- Build and manage relationships within the account ecosystem
- Lead multidisciplinary teams without formal authority, creating alignment and solving challenges within the in-field team
- Execute engagement plans and ensure consistent interaction across all in-field functions involved with the account
- Work with Market Access Value Proposition colleagues to provide stakeholders with tailored clinical, economic, and service-oriented information
- Track the execution and impact of account activities and measure performance regularly
- Negotiate, close, and sign deals, and support or lead the contracting and tendering process as needed
What you bring:
- A university degree in economics, law, marketing, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in a sales or commercial role within the healthcare environment
- Strong knowledge of the healthcare landscape, including provider and payer environments and healthcare funding flows
- Highly developed influencing skills, combined with sound political awareness and judgment
- A reputation for authenticity, integrity, and trustworthiness
- A strong understanding of cost pressure, containment, and provider needs
- Business-fluent English, and French, with German being an advantage
The ideal candidate will also be able to:
- Motivate, lead, and coordinate in-field teams without direct reporting lines
- Build strong, long-lasting strategic relationships with non-clinician stakeholders
- Turn strategy into practical, realistic engagement plans that support market access and align with brand strategy
- Communicate tailored value propositions effectively to diverse stakeholders
- Negotiate, close, and sign deals with confidence
This is a role for someone who enjoys strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and making an impact in a highly collaborative environment.
Additional InformationAbbVie 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
- University degree in economics, law, marketing, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in a sales or commercial role within the healthcare environment
- Strong knowledge of the healthcare landscape, including provider and payer environments and healthcare funding flows
- Highly developed influencing skills, political awareness, and judgment
- Reputation for authenticity, integrity, and trustworthiness
- Strong understanding of cost pressure, containment, and provider needs
- Business-fluent English and French
- German language skills
- Ability to motivate, lead, and coordinate in-field teams without direct reporting lines
- Ability to build strong strategic relationships with non-clinician stakeholders
- Ability to turn strategy into practical engagement plans aligned with market access and brand strategy
- Negotiation and deal-closing experience
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 — 401(k) contributions include a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% plus an additional annual company contribution tied to age and service. Company-paid life insurance and other financial protections further strengthen long-term security.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave programs include up to 12 weeks at 100% for parental leave and separate paid caregiver leave, with eligibility after six months where noted. Adoption and surrogacy reimbursements and family-building resources add further support.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage begins on day one with medical, dental, vision, mental health, and prescription benefits, and preventive care covered at 100%. Options such as HSAs/FSAs and coverage for spouses/domestic partners and children up to age 26 broaden accessibility.
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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.
