Director, Specialty PCS – Obesity & Metabolics

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Job Description

The Specialty Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy (PCS) team leads the development of global commercialization strategies for Specialty assets in AbbVie’s pipeline and forward‑looking disease area strategies aligned to the portfolio strategy. Additionally, Specialty PCS partners with the on‑market Commercial teams to maximize our on‑market footprint through follow‑on indications and other development initiatives.

Key disease areas of focus in the Specialty pipeline include Obesity, Metabolics, Gastroenterology, and other areas of exploration. The focus for this role will include Obesity and Metabolics .

As the Director, Specialty PCS – Obesity & Metabolics, this role will lead the development and evolution of the global commercialization strategy for select assets in Specialty’s Obesity and Metabolics pipeline. The role will also drive the development of an initial go‑to‑market strategy within Obesity, partnering cross‑functionally to tap into AbbVie capabilities and expertise. Finally, this individual will support the development and evolution of disease area strategies, evaluation of new investment opportunities, and support of commercial due diligence activities as appropriate.

The Director, Specialty PCS will report to the Specialty Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy Lead, and will be based in our offices in Lake County, IL.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads global commercialization strategy across assigned pipeline assets:
  • Leads Brand Strategy Team (BST) to develop commercial strategies, Early Brand Plan, and forecast across pipeline assets, collaborating closely with cross‑functional partners in Market Access, Medical Affairs, MABI, Clin Dev, Marketing, etc.
  • Partners with US Specialty commercial leads, Asset Strategy Team (AST) and other key deliverable teams to develop commercialization strategies and provide commercial POV on key asset strategies and decisions with commercial implications, supporting development milestones and governance.
• Drive the development of an initial go‑to‑market (GTM) strategy within Obesity:
  • Gain and synthesize insights from current obesity space to map current patient transactional journey and unmet needs to potential GTM channels and options.
  • Partner cross‑functionally to tap into AbbVie capabilities and expertise to design and develop initial GTM obesity strategy, with consideration to early pilots.
• Assessment of prioritized disease areas and execution of Specialty Portfolio Pipeline strategy:
  • Leads the development of prioritized disease area strategies, to identify and define key areas of future potential opportunity.
  • Partners with Search and Evaluation and Business Development to pull‑through disease area strategies, identifying and exploring aligned opportunities and supporting commercial due diligence activities as appropriate.
• Specific to Disease Area Strategies:
  • Drives development of disease area strategies to understand the disease landscape, treatment paradigms, competitive landscape, and future outlook, with the ultimate goal of understanding how to successfully play/differentiate in a disease area.
  • Partners cross‑functionally to build internal and external innovation plan, with consideration to regulatory dynamics, portfolio dynamics, and AbbVie capabilities.
  • Partners with BD&A, S&E, and the cross‑functional team to execute aligned BD strategy, supporting commercial due diligence activities.
• Specific to development of Early Brand Plans:
  • Drives development of early brand plans; synthesizes product, brand, customer, consumer, and competitive information into asset plans.
  • Leads market analysis, identifies key market value drivers, growth opportunities, target product profiles, product positioning & revenue potential.
  • Drives prioritization of key leverage points in the treatment process and develops behavioral objectives for each stakeholder group.
  • Supports development of scientific platform that drives data generation in order to satisfy global and area requirements for target product label and claims.
  • Identifies critical success factors and solves gaps to enable launch success.
• Learns new disease states quickly, ensuring focus on the patient as the North Star, and rapidly acquires HCP and payer insights to inform unmet needs analysis and future market value drivers.
• Is a conduit between development and commercial teams, fostering information flow that optimizes disease area and asset opportunities.
• Builds strong relationships with internal and external partners, including external experts such as ID and PCPs.
• Leads internal processes accurately reflecting disease and asset opportunity and required support (LRP, Annual Plan, etc.).
• Is the commercial voice at disease area teams, asset strategy teams, asset development teams, and with organizational leadership.
• Leads global commercial team as Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy Director, effectively aligning markets' needs with asset opportunity.
• Develops global brand strategy for assets across geographies; initiates global geostrategy, partnering across clinical development, medical affairs, regulatory and AST.
• Leads touchpoint process, partnering across BST/VAT and with IMCO, to gain key area and affiliate feedback on commercialization and access strategies as well as development plan, leading into key development milestones such as Phase 3.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Pharma, biotech, or consultant firm experience required.
• 10+ years of experience with a successful track record in pharma commercial/marketing and/or pharma consulting.
• Previous director‑level commercial development, pipeline management, or commercial/marketing roles.

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA, Ph.D.).
• Experience in specialty.
• Experience working with external experts.
• Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills and demonstrated ability to learn new disease states.
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of P&L drivers; able to develop appropriate SG&A investment and top‑line sales forecasts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills across a variety of organization levels and disciplines, including senior executives.
• Experience with matrix‑based teams and project management.
• Excellent command of MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
• Self‑starter, proactively driving projects toward successful completion.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Builds strong relationships with peers and partners outside of team to enable higher performance; demonstrated collaboration and proactive work.
• Learns fast, grasps the essence, can change course quickly where indicated, and demonstrates intellectual curiosity.
• Possesses strong planning, coordination, project management skills, and an ability to solve problems and resolve conflict.
• Raises the bar, is a resilient leader, and is never satisfied with the status quo.
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation; leads through ambiguity, embraces ideas of others, and nurtures innovation.
• Demonstrates the ability to simplify complex information for others.
• Exhibits strong emotional intelligence, diplomacy, confidentiality, organizational savvy, and outstanding collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Executive presence; excellent written and verbal communication skills; excellent leadership/imfluencing skills; adept at managing internal stakeholders and external communications.
• Embraces AbbVie and the specialty culture of inclusion; visibly inclusive and transparent in all work products.

Additional Information

• 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.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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