Director, U.S. Market Access Pipeline, Neuroscience and EyeCare

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The U.S. healthcare system is complex and evolving.   For AbbVie to lead the industry in this environment, it is vital that our US Market Access (USMAx) Strategy and Pipeline Team thoroughly comprehend the current and future state of the evolving U.S. healthcare space and market access channels. 

The Director, USMAx Pipeline, Neuroscience and Eyecare will lead the team responsible for U.S. market access strategy development for early pipeline priority assets within the broad AbbVie Neuroscience and Eyecare portfolio.  The Director USMAx Pipeline for Neuroscience and Eyecare will help integrate the understanding of the complex U.S. health system to integrate the needs and requirements of U.S. payers into early asset development.   The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of US private and public payer segments to bring the voice of U.S. payers to our early drug development process.   The candidate can think strategically and critically and build strong and trusting relationships for cross functional influence and is able to fully and properly represent US Market Access in pipeline governance and business development discussions. The Director will annually align with cross-functional colleagues in Pipeline Commercialization Strategy (PCS) and Commercial Leadership to determine USMAx project and deliverable prioritization for the AbbVie Neuroscience and Eyecare portfolio.  The role will ensure integration of their team within the AbbVie Pipeline Commercialization Model including their co-leadership of the Value and Access Teams (VATs) with International Market Access (IMAP) Colleagues. The Director will also participate within Asset Strategy Team discussions and provide leadership within other Pipeline Commercialization Model teams as needed. The ideal candidate should have a track record of building deep cross-functional stakeholder alignment, experience in U.S. payer marketing strategy development, and an understanding of the AbbVie Pipeline Commercialization Model. 

·        Lead USMAx Pipeline Strategy Team responsible for the creation of Integrated Asset Strategies, Disease Area Strategies and Early Integrated Value Propositions within the AbbVie Neuroscience and Eyecare Portfolio and collaborate with Teams across BUs, IMAP, Medical, R&D and others to ensure the value drivers of USMAx Decision Makers are incorporated into Pipeline Commercialization Strategies.

·        Inform Clinical Development Programs such that endpoints and evidence generation plans (i.e. clinical, economic and humanistic outcomes) are incorporated that will support optimized patient access.

·        Ensure Team resource needs are met and allocating budget and asset assignments across team to meet critical enterprise goals for Pipeline assets.

·        Develop talent by setting challenging but achievable goals, developing key capabilities and providing timely and effective feedback to grow strengths and close talent gaps.

·        Support the team as they inform early asset development especially through early Touchpoints of 1-7-5 focused on market access evidence requirements and market shaping opportunities.

·        Ensure that deep USMAx insights are embedded consistently in all Early Pipeline Touchpoints and that strategies to support optimal asset development and market shaping are initiated in a timely fashion until hand-off to Sr. Directors, MAx Marketing for launch preparation.

·        Engage with senior leaders on critical business development opportunities by driving assessment of  pricing and access strategies and coverage assumptions for Neuroscience and Eyecare business development opportunities

·        Provide TA leadership representing USMAx Pipeline as a single point of contact for BU Heads

·        Establish team as a critical partner to key internal stakeholders who drive early pipeline strategy including US Commercial Leadership, Asset Strategy Leadership, Pipeline Commercial Strategy Leadership, Medical Affairs/HEOR and International Market Access and Pricing.

·        R epresent USMAx Early Pipeline, Insert TA, at all governance including TASC, CSM, LMG, DRC, etc.

·        Contribute critical strategic thinking to inform access and pricing assumptions to create accurate, market driven LRP assumptions for Neuroscience and Eyecare pipeline assets

·        Work closely across USMAx Teams to stay close to channel customer dynamics and priorities

Significant Work Activities -Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

·        Proven ability to influence without authority and navigate complex organizational systems required .

·        Deep s ubject matter expertise relevant to commercial and government payers is required

·        People leadership experience and leading through organizational change preferred

·        8-12 years of US market access experience preferred

·        Experience in leading primary and secondary payer research projects to inform payer insights, value drivers and channel strategies

·        Knowledge of government contracting, acquisition trends and customer buying behaviors. ·

·        Experience in Pipeline development and/or Market Access launches

·        Strong strategic thinking and communications skills

·        Strong financial acumen

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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