Job Description

About AbbVie
AbbVies mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on peoples lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, womens health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

The Associate Director, Thought Leader Strategy, Hematology will report to the Director, Thought Leader Strategy, within the Strategic Marketing Team.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Agile and Accountable:

* Develop, implement and maintain accountability for interactions and feedback with regional oncology external experts (MD, APP, PharmD, Nurse)
* Ensure external expert perspectives are shared and considered consistently across leadership and the Integrated Brand Teams
* Manage planning and execution of marketing consultancy annual arrangements

Decide, Smart, and Sure:

* Drive accountability for the TLL performance
* Ensure speakers are trained, coached, and monitored continuously
* Engage in congress related engagement activities nationally, including supporting and measuring any ongoing TL strategies and tactics
* Ensures culture of compliance for the regional Thought Leader Strategy team

Make Possibilities Real:

* Must continually identify and develop TL's, to consistently build our TL base for the franchise and the brands.
* Developing and execution of national and regional advisory boards in collaboration with brand teams
* Partnering with brand marketing and Director, TLL's to develop, refine, execute and measurement of the AbbVie US Oncology External Expert Engagement strategy
* Create regional strategies with cross-functional partners

All for One AbbVie :

* Partner with internal cross functional partners including, and not limited to, sales, marketing, medical affairs, legal, compliance, and, managed care

Clear and Courageous:

* Must be able to build and foster collaboration with commercialization partners
* Participate as needed in cross-functional or other project teams and/or supporting the Marketing Team and overall franchise

Qualifications
Basic Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree required, masters degree preferred. Health care certification/qualification (e.g. APP, RN, RPh, other) is preferred
* Previous extensive hematology / oncology experience required with demonstrated experience in academic settings
* At least 5 years' previous direct experience with hematology thought leaders (physician and nurse) with demonstrated access to academic and key institutions
* Ability to provide at least 5 external expert recommendations
* Exceptional presentation, interpersonal, collaboration and data discussion skill sets
* Proven track record for consistently meeting or exceeding qualitative and /or quantitative goals
* Proven & thorough knowledge of commercial issues associated with highly competitive hematology / oncology therapeutic areas is preferred
* Business travel, by air or car, is regularly required
* Position can be remotely based. Needs to be able to work effectively while engaged in travel and deliver timely results

Preferred

* 10 or more years' work experience required in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, specifically in hematology and oncology
* A minimum of 2 years' previous field management experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 25 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.