Associate Director, Commercial Immunology Strategy

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

1d•$141,500 - $268,500

About The Position

The 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.

Requirements

BA/BS required
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
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

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree (PhD, MD) preferred
Experience working with pre-launch, launch, &/or on-market commercial teams, preferred.

Responsibilities

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)
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.
Demonstrate the ability to lead without authority, while building a collaborative, integrated approach across the organization
Support data analytical execution, creating strong narratives on insights and communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership.