Corporate Counsel, International MCO & MAP

AbbVie • Mettawa, IL

130d

About The Position

The Corporate Counsel position supports IMCO (International Marketing Commercial Operations) and IMAP (International Market Access and Pricing) by providing legal counsel and strategic advice on healthcare-related legal issues, including advertising, promotion, antitrust, market access, pricing, reimbursement, healthcare fraud, abuse, and anti-bribery, for both on-market and pipeline products. The primary focus is on international strategic priorities, and this role reports directly to the Senior Counsel for IMCO and IMAP.

Requirements

• J.D. required (United States) or Law degree from a relevant jurisdiction.
• Fluency in English.
• Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience (previous pharma experience and exposure to international or major markets outside of the US strongly preferred).
• Experience with country-specific or international Market Access/Managed Health Care matters is desirable.
• Experience in supporting senior business leaders.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills as well as a strong sense of agility, independent decision-making, and integrity, with proven ability to work effectively in diverse and cross-border teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the strategic and legal lead counsel for pharmaceutical brands and provide in-depth substantive advice to the Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, and Regulatory Affairs departments concerning a broad range of legal, regulatory, and compliance issues.
• Provide clear advice to business clients and senior legal management on core international and key markets' laws and regulations, focusing on areas of promotion, patient support, payer access, go-to-market strategies, labeling, and scientific exchange.
• Identify and anticipate risks and opportunities and devise appropriate business-oriented solutions to maximize market access and brand strategies internationally.
• Act as a subject matter expert on assigned Therapeutic Areas, brands, and projects for international affiliates' legal teams and educate, inform, or guide the team as appropriate, while staying connected across the organization.
• Keep abreast of changes in laws and develop knowledge of AbbVie's business and supported client areas, as well as the market access environment of AbbVie's international key markets.
• Where key strategic or unanticipated issues arise impacting more than one affiliate, lead the coordination across affiliates and other attorneys to successfully resolve them.
• Resolve routine to highly complex legal matters in practice areas without supervision using negotiation skills and legal expertise; guide and coordinate legal support to affiliate lawyers where required on assigned projects.
• Execute core job responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Identify complex to highly complex legal issues related to assigned significant strategic matters; propose solutions and align on business and legal high-risk matters with maturity to challenge, enable, or escalate as needed.
• To the extent that complex problems or specific technical expertise are required, select and direct the work of outside counsel, define project objectives, and manage the project and budget.
• Work cross-functionally and find solutions for business clients consistent with the law, policies/procedures, and AbbVie's Code of Conduct.

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick).
• Medical/dental/vision insurance.
• 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Participation in short-term incentive programs.
• Participation in long-term incentive programs.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree