Brand Manager, Rheumatology

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Summary of Job Description:

Brand Manager for Marketing team. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and manage best-in-class marketing programs to ensure successful market share growth and product sales increase for short-term and long-term.
• Establish and maintain relationships with KOLs, relevant organizations and other key stakeholders to develop and implement our strategy
• Identify new opportunities and ways to better meet customers’ needs for short-term and long term
• Develop marketing strategy with various stakeholders (in English and Japanese)
• Support senior brand manager for product portfolios and product life cycle plans
• Manage to the promotional budget with the senior brand manager
• Work collaboratively with other functions (medical, sales and other marketing team etc.) within the company to facilitate implementation of commercial and medical programs for the products
• Communicate brand strategy to sales force clearly for flawless implementation
• Participate in global and Intercontinental regional conferences and congresses.

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• 3+ years of experience in marketing (sales experience and/or healthcare industry experiences are preferred)
• Effective communication (in Japanese and English): clear, concise, and persuasive
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong project management skills, multitasking skills
• Analytical ability and an innovative mindset
• Ability to work in matrix / cross-functional environment which includes influence to the people on no direct report line.
• Advanced written and spoken English (TOEIC 750+)
• Autonomy, independence and assertiveness; a polished professional presence is essential
• Good fit with the ways we work

All4OneAbbvie - Interpersonal Savvy
Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Decide Smart&Sure - Dealing With Ambiguity
Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty

Agile&Accountable - Managing Vision and Purpose
Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks beyond today; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations.

Clear&Courageous - Managerial Courage
Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Make Possibilities Real – Planning
Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.

Education/Experience Required:
University degree or above

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