Director, Business Evolution Strategic Development

Role Summary

Director, Business Evolution Strategic Development. Drive strategic development and assessment of go-to-market models with a 2–10-year horizon. Lead cross-functional workstreams to optimize innovative strategies for AbbVie in a changing external environment, leveraging data, analytics, and a strategic mindset. Bring an enterprise mindset and understanding of US healthcare stakeholders including payers, pharmacies, employers, consultants, prescribers, patients, and distributors. Coordinate internal and external partners across functions such as Market Access, Analytics and Insights, Finance, Medical Affairs, and Health Economics Outcomes Research. Location options include North Chicago, Florham Park, NJ, or Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop proactive recommendations for go-to-market models and innovative business solutions to navigate the evolving healthcare landscape and AbbVie portfolio
• Identify opportunities to shape the future environment in line with AbbVie’s patient-focused goals, priorities and future pipeline
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive External Environment-related priorities
• Monitor, understand, and prioritize external trends of relevance to the enterprise, and help determine how AbbVie should prepare and/or respond
• In collaboration with relevant functions, drive internal and external stakeholder assessments to anticipate changes in the external environment, and to understand levers to improve outcomes
• Help communicate and execute strategies to address disruptors across AbbVie
• Gain insights through customer/stakeholder connections in collaboration with Account Management Teams

Skills

• Vision and Strategy: Set tone and priorities for scale and scope. Provide overarching direction for future go-to-market models, strategies, plans and resource investment with an enterprise mindset
• Action and Accountability: Triangulate market dynamics, stakeholder needs, and business priorities to determine best approaches to shape the external environment
• Leadership and Influence: Influence across external and internal stakeholders; lead and develop cross-functional teams
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Work effectively with internal stakeholders, external market experts, and support partners to synthesize insights and execute strategy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Advanced Degree/Master’s in related healthcare field desirable
• Minimum of 10 years of Pharmaceutical Market Access, Healthcare, or Policy experience
• Five or more years of leadership experience with deep operational knowledge of healthcare stakeholders (payers, employers, employee benefits consultants, pharmacies)
• Deep knowledge of current and emerging US access, reimbursement, and pricing landscape for pharmaceutical products
• Proven strategic thinking and execution; ability to lead in a cross-functional matrix
• Ability to operate independently to structure and drive complex plans in ambiguous situations
• Strong analytical skills with ability to evaluate issues from multiple perspectives
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships across functions
• Independent, proactive, and results-driven

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s preferred