Director, Business Evolution Strategic Development

Role Summary

Director, Business Evolution Strategic Development at AbbVie. Drive strategic development and assessment of go-to-market models with a 2–10-year horizon, leading cross-functional workstreams to optimization of innovative strategies in a changing external environment. Bring an enterprise mindset with deep understanding of US healthcare stakeholders and effectively orchestrate internal and external partners to address disruptions and opportunities.

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. Leverage experience to provide overarching direction for future go-to-market models, strategies, plans and resource investment for AbbVie stakeholders. Encompass an enterprise mindset and perspective in all strategies.
• Action and Accountability: Establish definitive expertise within AbbVie and consistently triangulate market dynamics, healthcare stakeholder needs, and business priorities to determine best, market-advantaged elements and/or opportunities to shape external environment or AbbVie business practices to best succeed over the LRP.
• Leadership and Influence: Influence and persuade across multiple external and internal constituents. Lead and develop direct, indirect and cross-functional teams.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Work effectively with internal stakeholders, external market experts and support partners to assimilate leading insights, strategy development and cross-functional execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Advanced Degree/Masters in related healthcare field desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years of Pharmaceutical Market Access, Healthcare or Policy experience
• Five or more years of leadership experience including deep operational knowledge of healthcare stakeholders and key functions (e.g. Payers, Employers, Employee Benefits Consultants, Pharmacies)
• Deep knowledge of the current and emerging US access, reimbursement, and pricing landscape for pharmaceutical products (both Pharmacy and Medical reimbursement)
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and strategic execution skills
• Proven performance in a cross-functional matrix environment with ability to lead, influence and align stakeholders
• Proven ability to operate with independence to structure and drive complex project plans to address a wide range of problems in situations of ambiguity
• Strong analytical skills. Recognized ability to evaluate complex issues from multiple perspectives to ensure that balanced risk assessments and strategic recommendations
• Excellent communication skills, and ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across company functions
• Optimistic, inquisitive, and able to drive results independently