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Company Description

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 (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

Job Description

The Associate Director will be responsible for driving the execution of the global brand strategy for AbbVie’s marketed Parkinson’s disease (PD) assets. This role focuses on translating strategic direction into actionable plans and delivering high-quality implementation across global markets. Working closely with cross-functional partners, the Associate Director will lead the coordination of tactical activities that support brand objectives, enhance the patient experience, and align with evolving standards of care.

Key responsibilities include leading sub-teams to ensure stakeholder alignment, managing timelines, and overseeing the planning and execution of key initiatives. The Associate Director will also support lifecycle management efforts and contribute to the operational planning of pipeline PD assets, ensuring seamless integration with broader strategic goals.

This role requires strong project management skills, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on delivering results with precision and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Operational Insights: Manage detailed project plans and brand budgets, ensuring alignment with financial targets. Provide input into forecasting processes and pricing assumptions to support informed decision-making and accurate planning.

• Brand Execution Across Key Markets: Drive the development and rollout of foundational brand tactics—including key messaging, core promotional materials, and global communication plans—to ensure timely country-level adoption and execution.

• Global Brand Project Leadership: Lead or co-lead execution of brand initiatives supporting lifecycle management efforts, coordinating across global functions to ensure readiness for evolving patient needs and treatment paradigms.

• Patient Support Program Coordination: Lead global brand council discussions related to co-creation of patient support tools and services, ensuring stakeholder input is integrated and deliverables are executed effectively.

• Pipeline Asset Launch Readiness: Partner closely with the Pipeline Commercialization Strategy team to operationalize pre-launch activities for Parkinson’s pipeline assets.

• Patient Activation Initiatives: Co-lead tactical execution of global patient activation programs, coordinating across markets to ensure consistency, scalability, and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, marketing, or a related field required; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred.

• Deep experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, including brand execution, customer-facing roles, and cross-functional team leadership.

• Hands-on experience with sales and marketing operations, including use of systems like Veeva Vault and navigation of the Medical, Legal, OEC and Regulatory (MLOR) review process.

• Strong project management capabilities, with a proven ability to apply structured methodologies to drive execution across complex initiatives.

• Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing in a fast-paced, global environment and demonstrates excellent time management and attention to detail.

• Proven ability to influence across functions and geographies, including stakeholders without direct reporting lines.

• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, with a positive, proactive attitude and commitment to building effective cross-functional partnerships.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas into clear, actionable communications.

• Sound understanding of finance systems and terminology; comfortable contributing to budget planning and financial discussions.

• Operates with a high degree of independence, professionalism, and integrity, acts in alignment with AbbVie’s ethics and compliance standards.

Additional Information

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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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Salary: $137,500 - $261,000