Associate Director, Neuroscience Commercial Strategy – Corporate Business Strategy Office

About the role

The Associate Director of Neuroscience Commercial Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO) will help drive commercial & market innovation strategy and business operations projects across the Neuroscience business, which includes Psychiatry, Migraine, Parkinson’s Disease, and BOTOX Therapeutics.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Director and VP-level stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and solve mission-critical business challenges to advance the Neuroscience franchise through structured problem-solving and data-driven insights
• Drive key commercial on-market strategic initiatives to maximize patient impact and growth of in-line brands
• Work with brand teams to lead the development of launch strategy for launch-ready products
• Execute opportunities to drive operational effectiveness within and across business units with key cross-functional partners, e.g., Finance and HR
• Lead development of business and operational reviews to senior Commercial and Executive leadership

Qualifications

• Education and experience: BA/BS required; MBA or advanced degree (PhD, MD) preferred
• At least 5-7 years of professional industry experience with a successful track record in management consulting (at least 2+ years), pipeline management, or pharmaceutical marketing with strong analytical and strategic marketing skills
• Previous experience in pharma R&D, Corporate Strategy, Brand Management, and/or Marketing
• Understanding and experience with Neuroscience products both inline and in development preferred
• Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills across a variety of organization levels and disciplines, including senior executives

Essential Skills, Experience, And Competencies

• Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills as well as demonstrated ability to learn new disease states
• Highly collaborative, genuinely enjoys working hand-in-hand with the businesses to develop solutions that advance AbbVie’s overall mission
• Maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy
• Self-starter and proactively driving projects toward successful completion
• Learns fast, can quickly grasp the essence of concepts, and change course rapidly where required
• Demonstrated ability to engage senior leadership to drive alignment on a strategic vision and facilitate decision making on critical issues
• Experience managing large projects within a complex matrixed pharmaceutical organization, either as an external consultant or an internal cross-functional lead

Leadership Skills

• Excellence Focused
• Optimistic
• Open and Authentic