Associate Director, Business Analytics

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

About The Position

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok . The Associate Director, Marketing Analytics, will develop and deploy analytic solutions based on business needs across the Oncology Franchise to pull through brand strategy and tactics at a national and sub-national level. This position’s primary objectives: Lead the US Oncology Analytics team to ensure successful execution of the analytical plan, derive findings and implications from physician and patient analytics to strengthen commercial understanding of subnational dynamics and performance, and use analytic insights to identify actionable opportunities to enhance performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required, with a concentration in marketing/sales/quantitative analysis preferred.
Advanced degree preferred.
10-15 years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis of sales and marketing information is required, including use of this information in the development of business plans and strategies.
Experience within in the Pharma/BioTech industry is required.
Strong analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, and creativity in problem solving.
Experience with current methods Analytics/Machine Learning.
Advanced experience with 3rd party pharmaceutical data sources like IQVIA/SHS Sales Data (APLD, DDD, Xponent, NSP, NPA), and Specialty pharmacy data and one or multiple analytic domains (promo optimization, digital, launch support, etc) is a plus
Deep hands-on expertise in current analytical methods & tools (including machine learning)
Advanced communication and influencing skills
Advanced agility, project management and prioritization skills
Advanced vendor management skills
Proven ability to collaborate effectively and to influence in a matrixed organization
High motivation, strong work-ethic and positive attitude while working under tight timelines

Nice To Haves

1-2 years people leadership experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Closely involved with financial planning process, responsible for input into financial planning process & key conduit to Forecasting for all monthly estimates, annual plan and long-range plan deliverables
Understand sub-national drivers of cross-brand performance, providing more granularity to performance dynamics across distribution channels and customers
Leverage innovative, sophisticated analytic models that address critical issues but also meet key business criteria (e.g. cost, risk, business impact) and key technical criteria (e.g. reliability, validity, and predictability)
Effectively work with cross-functional partners to deliver integrated analytics reflecting the diverse contributions across the functions
Lead contract support, and external suppliers to increase and enhance the use of advanced modeling and analytic methods and produce results that fully leverage available data and analytics
Develop fact-based promotional investment strategies and guide investment decisions from marketing mix/business optimization and other analysis to optimize performance, influence business growth & inform the annual financial forecasting and brand planning process
Develop near-term KPIs and longer-term ROI measurements that will inform recommendations to optimize personal and non-personal promotional channels