Associate Director, Commercial Strategy and Operations

Role Summary

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, operational effectiveness, cross-functional collaboration, and development of business and operational reviews presented to senior Commercial and Executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead key commercial on-market strategic initiatives that capture additional value in the short term (12–24 months) across franchises as well as launch readiness for late-stage assets
• Lead strategic initiatives across U.S. Specialty that identify longer-term growth (e.g., Strategy LRP, BD assessment, Roadmap and Brand planning)
• Execute 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

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills as well as demonstrated ability to learn new disease states
• Strong ability to communicate ideas and make the complex easy for others to understand
• Good financial acumen with an understanding of P&L drivers
• Self-starter, proactively driving projects toward successful completion
• Experience with matrix-based teams and project management
• Collaborative, proactive, with strong planning, coordination, and project management skills; able to problem-solve and resolve conflict with diplomacy
• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functional partners outside of immediate team
• Exhibits emotional intelligence, diplomacy, confidentiality, maturity, and organizational savvy
• Rapid learner, conceptual thinker, adaptable to change, with intellectual curiosity
• Executes effective working team meetings with internal and external partners; inclusive and transparent
• Excellent command of MS PowerPoint and MS Excel
• Experience with pre-launch, launch, and/or on-market commercial teams preferred

Education

• BA/BS required; MBA or advanced degree preferred