China Asset Strategy Lead

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Responsibilities

• Defines and execute China development strategy for assigned assets which contributes to sustainable, successful growth of AbbVie pharma business.
• Ensures that the individual development asset add significant value to China pharma, through effective, rapid and broad development of pipeline assets, with adequate consideration of market potential and commercialization aspects.
• Ensures optimal performance of China Product Team (ChPT) by leading, driving and coordinating all development activities for China
• Foster continuous improvement mindset as one team from learnings throughout asset lifecycle

Role

Develop an integrated development strategy for China.

• Creates the most competitive strategy based on regulatory requirements and commercial needs.
• Brings new products to the market through fastest and cost-effective approach。
• Provides inputs to global Asset Strategy Team (AST) ensuring China development strategy is integrated into the global development strategy.
• Ensures alignment on the program development strategies within ChPT and with relevant stakeholders including China commercial, JAPAC, Intercon and AST.
• Represents ChPT at ASTs and the appropriate decision bodies in China.

Lead the China Product Team

• Sets challenging individual asset-related objectives for and together with the team members to be considered in team member’s objective setting.
• Maintains motivation within the team: Foster ‘trust and transparency’ within the team in order to optimize team functioning.
• For asset-related activities, provides regular feedback to team member concerning their contribution to the team performance to target objectives.

Accountable for advancing assets with speed, quality and good control in budget.  

• Defines and plans development timelines and milestones in alignment with ChPT members, key stakeholders in China, JAPAC, Intercon and AST
• Drives and steers the implementation of the asset strategy in China, by leading ChPTs and cooperating with ASTs.
• Proactively develops proposals to manage/mitigate/resolve risks for a project in China.
• Holds ChPT members responsible for committed timelines and budgets in China.

Other key attributes

• Build strong connections with the global Asset Strategy Leadership group.
• Be a key contributor to China portfolio strategy.
• Contribute to align China strategy with cross affiliate stakeholder management.
• Lead AbbVie-wide initiatives to build leadership capability and enhance team performance, directing activities with appropriate internal stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree required in life science area; Advanced degree highly preferred (e.g. PhD, MBA).
• Relevant experience in drug development (minimum of 5 years; 10+ years preferred) in a pharmaceutical/biotech setting. Experience in Oncology is preferred.
• Strong strategic thinking, collaboration, facilitative leadership, executive function, and problem-solving skills. Ability to assimilate new knowledge rapidly and apply that to asset strategy.
• Experience leading a team in a cross-functional environment. Ability to objectively exercise judgment and create pragmatic solutions to address complex cross-functional problems, and to be accountable for obtaining stakeholder advice to make informed decisions, in order to move a program forward in the face of uncertainty or incomplete data.
• Ability to lead and motivate team members from across functional areas; must be able to lead through influence and bring out the best in others. Ability to delegate appropriate accountability and decision making to supporting teams and functions.
• Ability and willingness to respectfully challenge team members and functions, and manage conflict, in order to assess fully all opportunities, options, risks, and mitigations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Chinese and English

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