Associate Director, Neuroscience Commercial Strategy – Corporate Business Strategy Office

AbbVie•Florham Park, NJ

15d•$141,500 - $268,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director of Neuroscience Commercial Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO) will help drive commercial & market innovation strategy and business operations projects across the Neuroscience business, which includes Psychiatry, Migraine, Parkinson’s Disease, and BOTOX Therapeutics. This position reports to the Director, Neuroscience Commercial Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office 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
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
Highly collaborative, genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand with the businesses to develop solutions that advance AbbVie’s overall mission.
Maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy.
Self-starter and proactively driving projects toward successful completion
Learns fast, can quickly grasp the essence of concepts, and change course rapidly where required
Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree (PhD, MD) preferred
Understanding and experience with Neuroscience products both inline and in development preferred.
Experience working with pre-launch, launch, &/or on-market commercial teams, preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with Director and VP-level stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and solve mission-critical business challenges to advance the Neuroscience franchise through structured problem-solving and data-driven insights
Drive key commercial on-market strategic initiatives to maximize patient impact and growth of in-line brands
Work with brand teams to lead the development of launch strategy for launch-ready products
Execute opportunities to drive operational effectiveness within and across business units with key cross-functional partners, e.g., Finance and HR
Lead development of business and operational reviews to senior Commercial and Executive leadership
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.
Identify/scope key strategic initiatives
Lead project execution end to end
Influence without authority, while building a collaborative and integrated approach across the organization
Support data analytical execution, creating strong narratives on insights and communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership.