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Associate Director, Consumer Marketing - Immunology

Allergan, Lincoln, NE, United States


Company Description 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.

Job Description The Associate Director of Consumer Marketing will actively contribute to the design, development, and implementation of brand strategies and tactical initiatives that support Rinvoq’s Rheumatoid Arthritis and Giant Cell Arteritis consumer commercial objectives. The Associate Director will partner with key cross functional partners (marketing analytics and business intelligence, CI, PA, medical affairs, medical and regulatory review, OEC, and legal) to identify and use insights and the patient journey to develop stakeholder specific messaging across multiple channels. This individual will also lead work with our strategic agency of record, and extended agency network. The Associate Director serves as the patient, brand, and product subject matter expert for consumer marketing within the Rheumatology organization.

The Associate Director works closely with multiple commercial operations teams to ensure success in the development of strategy, creative, and execution plans including tactics, value propositions, positioning, segmentation, strategy and omni channel strategy, creative development, media planning, and measurement/analytics performance and optimizations. Internally, the Associate Director fosters positive working relationships, is responsible for directly leading at least one marketing manager and is highly collaborative with the Integrated Brand Team. Externally, the Associate Director works with various agency partners to successfully lead consumer strategy and execution. The Associate Director must demonstrate the ability to lead without authority while building a collaborative, integrated commercial brand team.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Lead the continued evolution of the consumer strategic and tactical plan development for the Rinvoq RA and GCA indications

Collaborate with external agencies, internal partners, and leadership to build, manage, and execute marketing and robust media plans to achieve business objectives and goals

Manage strategy and project development of DTC advertising for brand awareness, acquisition, and conversion initiatives through a variety of channels which may include CRM, in-office, print, SEM, Digital Media, Mobile, and Video including broadcast TV

Work with internal cross functional groups (Public Affairs, Professional Marketing, Legal, Regulatory, Medical and Project Management) and external groups (Ad Agency, Digital and Media Agency, Database agency) to ensure integration and consistency of consumer business strategies and regulatory compliance of promotional material

Provide leadership, direction, and development for direct reports

Understand trends in the marketplace impacting Consumer Marketing using data driven strategic insights to apply on an on-going basis

Lead competitive assessment and implications that are relevant for specific indications and our patients

Evaluate the effectiveness of campaign strategies through campaign measurement and metrics development to ensure positive return on investment and achieve brand objectives

Develop content for and present to executive leadership

Help patients better manage their conditions through improved patient experiences

Grow brand/product penetration, share, awareness and requests

Effectively track and manage the marketing budget

Consistently execute multiple marketing projects in a timely manner

Qualifications

BA/BS Required, MBA Preferred

8+ years of marketing experience with heavy experience in media, including digital marketing, with the ideal candidate having broadcast and media planning leadership experience

Competency in core marketing capabilities such as creative development, positioning, optimization across the marketing mix

Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, including timeline and budget management

Ability to understand medical/clinical aspects of a pharmaceutical product and its application to marketing strategy and tactical execution

Success working in a matrixed organization to drive alignment to brand objectives

Experience leading or supporting strategic and tactical planning

Excellent communication (oral, written, and presentation) and people skills

Familiarity with field travel and participating in local market and patient immersions, pulling insights through to execution

Experience working with and managing multiple external agencies including advertising, digital, database agencies and internal cross functional partners.

Understanding of social media platforms and their application

Ability to influence senior management

Balance of analytical capability and creative vision

Strong planning and organization skills, diligence, execution, and follow-through

Demonstrated history of high performance

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 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 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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