Director, Psychiatry Pipeline Commercialization Strategy

This role can be based in Illinois or New Jersey and will work out of our Mettawa, IL or Florham Park, NJ office locations.

The Director, Psychiatry PCS is responsible for commercial development of multiple psychiatry agents and indications in various stages of preclinical and clinical development. Primary responsibilities include leading: (1) identification of unmet patient need in multiple psychiatric conditions, (2) partnering with R&D stakeholders to address that unmet need through the AbbVie psychiatry pipeline, (3) forecasting and valuing multiple commercialization pathways, and (4) positioning/co-positioning pipeline products and creating initial brand stories and evidence plans.

Reporting to the Psychiatry PCS lead, the Director I/II will also co-lead the cross-functional Brand Strategy Team (BST), collaborating with multiple teams, including R&D, Finance, Market Access, and Market Research to drive both commercial planning and forecasting.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Lead commercial planning, including creation and refinement of value propositions, potential positioning, early lifecycle planning, and associated revenue/cost forecasting
• Lead commercial evaluations of additional potential indications across multiple potential patient populations and sub-populations
• Design and shape clinical and medical evidence generation plans in partnership with R&D
• Participate in cross-functional governance meetings, including go to Phase 2/3 milestones
• Partner with PCS Insights and market research teams to develop and validate value propositions through HCP and patient engagement
• Develop compelling presentations to convey strategies to broad sets of stakeholder audiences, including senior executives, cross-functional leadership teams, and cross-functional partners for understanding and support of development plans

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Cross-functional and/or similar experiences including field sales, finance, regulatory, research & development and other relevant business functions, like Managed Care, MABI.
• Demonstrate high proficiency of the whole and the component parts of the Marketing skills framework: Insights, Segmentation, Positioning, Value Proposition, Business Model Innovation, Creative Development, and Investment Optimization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BA/BS required; MBA or PhD preferred
• At least 10 years of pharmaceutical marketing experience with an on-market product, or a combination of product development and marketing experience
• Psychiatry-focused experience strongly preferred; an ideal candidate will have experience with treatment resistant depression (TRD) agents, interventional psychiatry agents, or schizophrenia agents
• Detailed understanding of the pharmaceutical product development process
• Experience in creating product or indication development plans in partnership with R&D
• Strong analytical and strategic marketing skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead without authority
• Strategic storyteller who can simplify complex concepts and communicate them cross-functionally
• A successful track record of ascending responsibility
• Executes highly effective working team meetings with internal and external partners and is visibly inclusive and transparent.

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

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.