Associate Director, US Max Pipeline

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AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

The U.S. healthcare system is complex and evolving. For AbbVie to lead the industry in this environment, it is vital that our US Market Access (USMAx) Strategy and Pipeline Team thoroughly comprehend the current and future state of the evolving U.S. healthcare space and market access channels.

The Associate Director, USMAx Pipeline, Oncology will help lead U.S. market access strategy development for early oncology pipeline priority assets and support overall portfolio strategy. This role will leverage clinical understanding, expertise of Evidence Based Medicine, alongside US health system knowledge, and competitive insights to shape pivotal clinical development programs for pre-launch compounds, bringing the voice of U.S. payers to our early drug development process.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Create an overall price, reimbursement and access (PRA) strategy for oncology assets aligned to the commercial strategy and overall AbbVie Oncology Strategy.
• Address reimbursement and pricing potential and inform early price position
• Strategically partner with PCS and IMAP to develop Early Integrated Value Proposition (EIVP) for key solid tumor assets.
• Co-Lead the Value and Access Teams (VATs) with International Market Access (IMAP) Colleagues and lead creation of US Integrated Access Strategies (IAS).
• Contribute to Disease Area Strategies and Early Integrated Value Propositions within the AbbVie Oncology Portfolio and collaborate with Teams across BUs, IMAP, Medical, HEOR, IRA, R&D and others to ensure the value drivers of USMAx Decision Makers are incorporated into Pipeline Commercialization Strategies.
• Work closely across USMAx Teams to stay close to channel customer dynamics and priorities, to support decision making.
• Proactively ensure reimbursement perspective is incorporated into early brand plans, disease area strategies and portfolio strategies throughout key clinical development milestones and strategic commercial decisions.
• Inform key asset milestone decisions by identifying access trade-offs (price, speed, population) and supporting teams in governance
• Maintain oncology US market access assigned budget.

Preferred Competencies:

• Strong leadership, intrapersonal, critical thinking, and analytical skills to work with a variety of groups in ensuring that the strategic direction for market access and pricing is in balance with the market as well as corporate goals
• Comfortable contributing to technical clinical and disease area discussions
• Knowledge of pricing policy & regulations and healthcare in key markets, preferably for medical benefit products
• Understanding of regulatory agency requirements or policies that govern market approval, and the impact on reimbursement decisions
• Strong presentation and writing skills

Leadership Competencies:

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance
• Learns fast, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly where indicated
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality

Qualifications:

• Strong learning and growth mindset to take on challenges without a formal blueprint in a rapidly evolving marketplace
• Effective leadership, intrapersonal, critical thinking, and analytical skills to ensure that the strategic direction for market access and pricing is in balance with Corporate and Employer customer needs as well as AbbVie corporate objectives
• Ability to triangulate quantitative inputs/outputs, comprehend the key drivers, and synthesize that into conclusions and contracting strategy
• Executive presence, communication skills, and ability to advocate for / defend positions
• Basic understanding of payer and reimbursement dynamics and key environmental risks for the Immunology portfolio
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt and make decisions with less than perfect information
• Demonstrated history of collaboration and team orientation, with experience accomplishing results through others and by influencing others 
• Demonstrated ability to align cross-functional stakeholders and influence without authority
• Positive, solutions-oriented attitude aligned with Market Access culture
• 5+ years of biopharmaceutical or Payer experience, Market Access / Immunology / Marketing experience preferred 
• Bachelor’s Degree required

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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