Associate Director, Commercial Strategy and Operations

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

About The Position

The Associate Director will help drive commercial strategy and business operations projects across the U.S. Specialty and Therapeutic Operations business, that includes Primary Care, Anti-Infectives, Women’s Health, Gastrointestinal, Market Access, Patient Services, Digital Lab, Analytics, and Operations. Specific activities will include: Strategic Excellence Lead key commercial on-market strategic initiatives that capture additional value in short term (12-24 months) across franchises as well as launch readiness for late-stage assets Lead key strategic initiatives across U.S. Specialty that identifies longer-term growth (e.g., Strategy LRP, BD assessment, Roadmap and Brand planning) Operational Effectiveness Executing opportunities to drive operational effectiveness within and across business units with key cross-functional partners, e.g., Finance and HR Facilitate effective and collaborative cross-functional engagements to optimize AbbVie capabilities, e.g., with Integrated Brand Teams, Customer Experience, Medical, Compliance HEOR, Business Technology Solutions, etc. Lead development of business and operational reviews to senior Commercial and Executive leadership The Associate Director will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and develop strategic and operational opportunities. Hence, this position will foster positive working relationships and be highly collaborative with each franchise brand teams, Finance, Medical, R&D, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), 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, Strategy and Operations, and will support data analytical execution, creating strong narratives on insights and communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership.

Requirements

BA/BS required, MBA or advanced degree (PhD, MD) preferred
At least 3-5 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 primary 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
Experience working with pre-launch, launch, &/or on-market commercial teams, preferred.
Excellence Focused
Optimistic
Open and Authentic

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 capture additional value in short term (12-24 months) across franchises as well as launch readiness for late-stage assets
Lead key strategic initiatives across U.S. Specialty that identifies longer-term growth (e.g., Strategy LRP, BD assessment, Roadmap and Brand planning)
Executing opportunities to drive operational effectiveness within and across business units with key cross-functional partners, e.g., Finance and HR
Facilitate effective and collaborative cross-functional engagements to optimize AbbVie capabilities, e.g., with Integrated Brand Teams, Customer Experience, Medical, Compliance HEOR, Business Technology Solutions, etc.
Lead development of business and operational reviews to senior Commercial and Executive leadership