Director, Immunology Commercial Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO)

About the role

The Director of Immunology Commercial Strategy - Corporate Business Strategy Office (CBSO) will help drive commercial & market innovation strategy and business operations projects across the Immunology business.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational Excellence
  • Led key commercial on-market strategic initiatives that lay the strategic foundation to maximize patient impact of in-line brands
  • Work with brand teams to lead the development of launch strategy for launch-ready products
  • Lead key strategic initiatives across Immunology that identifies longer-term growth (e.g., Strategy long-range planning, BD assessment, Roadmap and Brand planning)
• 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
• Minimum years of experience: 10+ with Bachelors, 8+ with Masters and 6+ with PhD/Doctorate
• 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
• Deep understanding and experience with Neuroscience and Eye Care products both inline and in development
• Demonstrated excellent communication and presentation skills across a variety of organization levels and disciplines, including senior executives

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills as well as demonstrated ability to learn new disease states
• Strong ability to communicate ideas & make the complex easy for others to understand
• Good financial acumen with an understanding of P&L drivers
• Self-starter, and proactively driving projects toward successful completion
• Works collaboratively and proactively, maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy
• Buils strong relationships with peers and cross functional partners outside of immediate team
• Exhibits strong emotional intelligence, diplomacy, maintenance of confidentiality, maturity, and organizational savvy
• Self-starter, learns fast, quickly grasps the essence of concepts, can change course rapidly where required, demonstrates intellectual curiosity
• Executes highly effective working team meetings with internal and external partners and is visibly inclusive and transparent
• Excellent command of MS PowerPoint and MS Excel
• Experience working with pre-launch, launch, &/or on-market commercial teams, preferred

Pay, Benefits & Schedule

This position is a hybrid opportunity requiring at minimum three (3) days onsite in the respective AbbVie office location.