Manager, Material Review and Promotion
AbbVie
August 21, 2026
On-site
Mettawa, IL
$109,500 - $208,500 USD yearly
Marketing
This role can be located in either Mettawa, IL or Florham Park, NJ.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate cross-functional review and approval of advertising, promotional, sales training, and promotional labeling materials (Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, Legal, Compliance, others).
- Lead management of cross-functional team members and advertising agencies; communicate material status; provide tactical support and project timeline oversight through the U.S. Commercial MRP.
- Serve as lead consultant/trainer on the MRP, supporting team members responsible for uploading and approving materials; ensure timely review by U.S. Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, and other stakeholders.
- Provide leadership: manage/develop project managers; create solutions/contingency plans; hold self/team accountable; mentor/coaches on MRP; provide MRP process training; evaluate/update processes to improve efficiency.
- Coordinate logistics for timely production, fulfillment, and shipment; provide guidance on agency/printer processes; lead innovative solutions to project hurdles.
- Manage the review process for promotional and non-promotional materials routed through MRP; perform “Final Sign-off” in Veeva; validate metadata/review tier; determine needed reviewers (legal/compliance, editorial quality check); ensure source files upload to Veeva for production vendors.
- Validate back-end approvals before routing to Regulatory Affairs for OPDP submission; oversee release for distribution; handle withdrawals (inform inventory vendors) and initiate updated package inserts and inventory updates.
- Project manage a team of 10–20 cross-functional members; schedule/manage formal concept reviews and live review meetings; run weekly prioritization with business owners; review Veeva dashboards.
- Communicate material status and metrics; identify impacted in-market materials and alert business owners; resolve bottlenecks with cross-functional partners.
Qualifications:
- Required: 8+ years project management (or equivalent); subject matter expert in material review process/policies/systems; strong expertise in Veeva; experience with print and digital formats.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s in Business Management/Science/Education/Communication (or related); pharmaceutical industry experience; marketing/communication or advertising agency experience; product launch experience; knowledge of campaign messaging; working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Veeva PromoMats; ability to learn/adapt to other software tools.
Benefits:
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) (eligible employees); eligible for long-term incentive programs.
Application instructions:
- Not provided in the job description body.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate cross-functional review and approval of advertising, promotional, sales training, and promotional labeling materials (Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, Legal, Compliance, others).
- Lead management of cross-functional team members and advertising agencies; communicate material status; provide tactical support and project timeline oversight through the U.S. Commercial MRP.
- Serve as lead consultant/trainer on the MRP, supporting team members responsible for uploading and approving materials; ensure timely review by U.S. Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, and other stakeholders.
- Provide leadership: manage/develop project managers; create solutions/contingency plans; hold self/team accountable; mentor/coaches on MRP; provide MRP process training; evaluate/update processes to improve efficiency.
- Coordinate logistics for timely production, fulfillment, and shipment; provide guidance on agency/printer processes; lead innovative solutions to project hurdles.
- Manage the review process for promotional and non-promotional materials routed through MRP; perform “Final Sign-off” in Veeva; validate metadata/review tier; determine needed reviewers (legal/compliance, editorial quality check); ensure source files upload to Veeva for production vendors.
- Validate back-end approvals before routing to Regulatory Affairs for OPDP submission; oversee release for distribution; handle withdrawals (inform inventory vendors) and initiate updated package inserts and inventory updates.
- Project manage a team of 10–20 cross-functional members; schedule/manage formal concept reviews and live review meetings; run weekly prioritization with business owners; review Veeva dashboards.
- Communicate material status and metrics; identify impacted in-market materials and alert business owners; resolve bottlenecks with cross-functional partners.
Qualifications:
- Required: 8+ years project management (or equivalent); subject matter expert in material review process/policies/systems; strong expertise in Veeva; experience with print and digital formats.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s in Business Management/Science/Education/Communication (or related); pharmaceutical industry experience; marketing/communication or advertising agency experience; product launch experience; knowledge of campaign messaging; working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Veeva PromoMats; ability to learn/adapt to other software tools.
Benefits:
- Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) (eligible employees); eligible for long-term incentive programs.
Application instructions:
- Not provided in the job description body.