AbbVie

Director, U.S. Therapeutic Area Strategies, Neuroscience

AbbVie • $166K — $200K *
North Chicago, IL 60064In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Ten or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or public policy, with a focus on coalition building and advocacy.
  • Advanced understanding of government affairs, policy development, and access and reimbursement issues within healthcare.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and engage with high-profile stakeholders effectively.
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills with persuasive communication abilities.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Support Business Units by shaping government policies to enhance patient access and reimbursement for therapeutic brands.
  • Act as a liaison between Government Affairs and therapeutic Business Units to align public policy goals with commercial strategies.
  • Build and maintain relationships with third-party organizations, driving policy advocacy strategies for long-term partnerships.
  • Design and implement comprehensive government affairs strategies in collaboration with brand teams throughout product life cycles.
  • Identify external trends impacting therapeutic areas and develop plans to address these concerns for the brand teams.
  • Ensure global alignment of strategies by collaborating with internal stakeholders and Global TAS team members.
  • Manage consultants and budget effectively to resource public policy advocacy initiatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and 401(k) contributions.
  • Eligibility for long-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director of U.S. Therapeutic Area Strategies (TAS) is responsible for devising and implementing comprehensive government affairs (GA) strategies that drive therapeutic area specific policy initiatives to remove barriers to access and promote above brand policy solutions that support AbbVie's business objectives. The position will serve as the liaison between the U.S. GA and the U.S. therapeutic BUs sharing business developments, risks and opportunities with U.S. GA colleagues and providing legislative intelligence and insights to the brand teams. In this capacity, the role will 1) identify opportunities to advance GA strategies to support TA or above brand objectives, 2) ensure GA colleagues are aware of critical business drivers, challenges and developments related to the therapeutic portfolios in the U.S., 3) build and sustain advocacy partnerships that help advance our therapeutic areas policy solutions

Responsibilities

  • Support Business Units in creating a more favorable public policy environment for AbbVie's business activities by shaping government policies in order to positively affect patient access and reimbursement among government and commercial players for therapeutic brands in the U.S.
  • Serve as a resource and connector for U.S. Government Affairs function to the therapeutic Business Units by ensuring close alignment and understanding of commercial and pipeline priorities with public policy goals and focus on advancing access opportunities and addressing access challenges in the U.S.
  • Establish, develop and maintain relationships with third party organizations. Drive aligned policy advocacy strategies with third party organizations and seek to achieve productive long-term working relationships with partners. Undertake regular and rigorous product/therapeutic area-oriented assessment of government affairs and policy environment to develop, review and update engagement plans with external stakeholders.
  • Serve as the Government Affairs designated partner for the US brand teams in the therapeutic business units. Support and align with brand teams for brand planning, strategy development and capacity building across a product's life cycle. Mobilize appropriate policy, public affairs and government affairs resources to ensure implementation of comprehensive government affairs strategies.
  • Develop and drive GA launch readiness approach in collaboration with U.S. Government Affairs and other core functions. Align with U.S. Federal and State Government Affairs teams and Global Policy and Alliance Access Strategies team to provide on-going advice and guidance to the therapeutic Business Units on policy and political developments that directly impact the therapeutic Business Units brands or above brand issues.
  • Anticipate trends in external environment that will impact the therapeutic Business Units and develop plans to address areas of concern. Provide strategic counsel to U.S. brand teams while also ensuring alignment with corporate policy positions.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure global alignment of strategies. Align with Global TAS team members to inform and support early brand strategy development and engagement efforts for pipeline products.
  • Manage consultants and budget to effectively resource public policy advocacy strategies.


Qualifications
  • Ten or more years of relevant experience in either the pharmaceutical industry, another health care sector, or in public policy role. Ability to integrate political, policy and government affairs expertise to develop effective strategies and implementation plans. Experience in Government or campaigns including designing and leading coalitions required.
  • Advanced knowledge and understanding in the core areas of government affairs and policy (Stakeholder and Alliance Development, Government Relations, Political/Campaign experience, Access and Reimbursement Public Policy and Economic Analysis) to maximize colleague contributions. Knowledge of relevant therapeutic areas and affiliated advocacy community.
  • Ability to lead and contribute to cross-functional teams. Well-honed political acumen and impeccable integrity while having the executive presence necessary to deal effectively with high-profile stakeholders such as company executives and a variety of external constituencies including governments and leadership of third party organizations.
  • Candidate must possess strong analytical, critical thinking and interpersonal skills, the ability to speak and write persuasively and with clarity, strong organizational skills, flexibility and adaptability to changing requirements, resourcefulness and creativity, strong attention to detail, a proven track record of being able to work under deadlines and an ability to work collaboratively in a fluid organizational environment.
  • Must be an individual who works well in a team environment and enjoys working in a collegial, yet highly demanding culture. Must be able to work collaboratively with business leaders and other internal stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field such as health care administration, political science, public administration or policy preferred. Advance degree preferred.
  • Domestic travel (30 percent) required.


Additional Information

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 long-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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AbbVie develops pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They provide products and services to therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and gastroenterology.

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Learn more about AbbVie
Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
NASDAQ
ABBV
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