Director I / II, Psychiatry (Neuroscience) Pipeline Commercialization Strategy (PCS)

Director I / II, Psychiatry Pcs

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.

Candidates will be hired at a grade level that aligns with their experience. This position may be based in either Illinois or New Jersey, at our Mettawa, IL or Florham Park, NJ office locations. The Director I / II, Psychiatry Pcs is responsible for commercial development of multiple psychiatry agents and indications in various stages of preclinical and clinical development, with focus on interventional psychiatric agents. 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
• Lead discussions with key opinion leaders to garner insights in the development and commercialization of assets
• 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

BA / BS required; MBA or PhD preferred. At least 10 years of pharmaceutical pipeline experience marketing experience with an on-market product also preferred. Psychiatry-focused experience strongly preferred; an ideal candidate will have experience with treatment resistant depression (TRD) agents, especially with interventional psychiatry agents within depression. 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 and to senior leadership. A successful track record of ascending responsibility. Executes highly effective working team meetings with internal and external partners and is visibly inclusive and transparent. Works collaboratively and proactively, maintains high degree of planning, coordination & project management skills, demonstrated ability to problem solve & resolve conflict with diplomacy. Self-starter, learns fast, quickly grasps the essence of concepts, can change course rapidly where required, demonstrates intellectual curiosity. Open to suggestion & experimentation for improvement, embraces ideas from others, encourages innovation but matches innovation to reality. Exhibits strong emotional intelligence, diplomacy, maintenance of confidentiality, maturity, and organizational savvy.

Leadership Skills

For this role, we're looking for a leader who is : Excellence Focused; Optimistic; Open and Authentic; Innovative

Additional Information

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.

Salary : $177,000 - $336,000