Director, Medical Affairs - Cross-Medical Engagement Strategy and Execution

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

The Director, Cross Medical Engagement  provides strategic and executional leadership across the organization.   Develop long-term, integrated global Medical Engagement strategy in partnership with VP, Med Engagement and syndicated with TA VPs. The cross-Medical Engagement leader will effectively manage matrix of Med Engagement, TA, and cross-functional stakeholders along with technical/ strategic interdependencies of ongoing ME initiatives to drive progress in line with the long-term strategy and organizational roadmap.

• Act as strategic thought partner to provide recommendations based on insights collated from cross-functional teams within Med Engagement and across MA + HEOR


• Serve as proxy for VP, Med Engagement, representing MA + HEOR Med Engagement strategy, priorities, and capabilities with cross-functional partners


• Drive strategic initiatives that span multiple teams within Med Engagement, aligned to long-term strategic roadmap


• Own overall change management levers and story for medical engagement, integrating strategies across senior leaders and effectively problem solving any gaps/ roadblocks


• Lead financial planning for Med Engagement


• Lead change management and transformation efforts within Med Engagement, facilitating the adoption of new processes, technologies, or innovative initiatives to drive continuous improvement


• Improve operational efficiency by analyzing processes and identifying opportunities to streamline workflow, harness cross-team synergies, and minimize duplicative work


• Serves as thought partner to Med Eng leadership and point of contact for teams across the entire function


• Ensure a high performing Med Eng function through cross-functional prioritization of key initiatives, leadership of talent management initiatives to grow and retain key ME talent, proactive identification of training needs and upskilling opportunities


• Drive culture building initiatives to improve cross-team connectivity and establish a safe environment to allow for rapid cycle agile iteration of innovative ideas





 
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Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day),Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years industry experience in the Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, or other Healthcare related field


• Experience on cross-functional teams and initiatives 


• Preferred certification in Project Management and/or Lean Six Sigma


• Experience with managing a team with direct reports


• Proven ability to lead, manage, and motivate others in a complex, multi-functional matrix environment


• Broad understanding of the pharmaceutical business


• Project management/project planning experience on global projects


• Professional collaboration and leadership skills


• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills


• Ability to effectively present ideas and document complex medical/clinical concepts and processes in both written and oral communication





 
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