Associate Director, International Market Access, Operations

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.

Reporting to the Head of Market Access Strategy and Transformation, the Market Access In Field Team (IFT) AD will take responsibility for developing Market Access IFT strategy to support affiliate teams, coordinating with cross functions the core deliverables to enhance our in field team support and ultimately payer engagement      

Abbvie’s Access In Field Team sees a variety of access stakeholders to communicate topics relating to our disease areas and the position / value of  brands.    Enhancing our IFTs has been identified by affiliates as a core strategy, and this role has been created to lead our global efforts.

This is a new role in the team and represents an opportunity for a talented individual to make a significant impact.  The IFT AD will have close collaboration with Area and affiliates, as well as partner functions including commercial excellence, and BTS.

Develop and execute Market Access In Field Team strategy - 20%                                                   

• Working with the Area Access Leaders and Market Access Directors (MADs) around the world, develop a clear Market Access in Field Team Strategy.
• Drive the implementation of in-Field team excellence to advance our payer engagement model in target markets.
• Partner with Commercial excellence teams on IFT excellence projects (e.g capabilities) so that market access is well represented.
• Orchestrate the cross functional workstreams needed to progress our in-field team plans (e.g systems, content, training)

Drive Execution of In Field Team Excellence - 30%

• Lead a community of MADs / Access IFT Leaders around the word to share experiences and best practices to advance our Payer engagement.
• Align payer segmentation approach with countries to inform communication planning and needs.
• Partner with Areas to define mechanisms for measuring progress.

Embed rigor in the use of internal IFT stakeholder platforms - 20%     

• Evaluate current system (CRM) utilization around the world and identify opportunities for enhancement. Align with MADs on vision and commitment to system utilization.
• Partner with the countries and BTS to ensure Access needs are incorporated into current and future CRM / account management systems

Define and develop compelling content - 30%

• Define specific Access IFT needs for content which could be developed by global, prior to affiliate localization.
• Lead change management initiative for content development
• Train and Coach VAT leads on Content Development requirements (audience, message, approval, systems)

• 8-10 Years Pharmaceutical Experience
• In Field Team experience as a manager / IFT member in a commercial or market access role
• Demonstrate high proficiency of the component parts of driving In Field Team excellence.
• Content development experience in a commercial or market access role , including utilization of Veeva for approval and dissemination.  Experience of using CRM systems (e.g Veeva)
• Excellent organizational/strong project management skills
• Must have positive attitude and build strong relationships with peers and cross functionally to enable higher performance.  Global / Area Experience preferred but not essential
• Acts consistently with our ethics, obligations, and the law

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• 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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