Associate Director, Trade Strategy & Marketing – Parkinson’s Disease

Illinois, USA (On-site)

$142K/yr – $269K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own Parkinson’s trade strategy and execution across specialty pharmacy, distribution, and patient onboarding with cross-functional launches and data-driven decision making to improve access and the patient journey.

  • Trade strategy and partnerships: shape channel value props and partner needs across pharmacies, wholesalers, and care teams.
  • Launch excellence: drive cross-functional readiness, account tools, and assets for successful launches and ongoing brand management.
  • Data driven optimization: synthesize pharmacy, hub, payer, and distribution data to remove friction and lift patient access and GTN outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Embrace the Trade Marketing Team culture by cultivating an inclusive community that encourages diversity, synchronicity, agility, transparency, and collective development.
  • Lead the development of AbbVie’s Parkinson’s trade strategy, with a focus on specialty pharmacy, distribution, patient onboarding, therapy initiation, adherence, and channel readiness for VYALEV and future pipeline assets.
  • Partner with specialty pharmacies, wholesalers, and other channel stakeholders to accelerate patient connectivity, support product access, facilitate purchasing and distribution, and improve visibility across key patient journey touchpoints.
  • Execute launch excellence in the Trade channel by preparing specialty pharmacy, distribution, account management through strong cross functional collaboration, program management, and marketing asset development to ensure successful launches and ongoing brand management within the Parkinson’s portfolio.
  • Identify and evaluate strategic channel partners that can enhance AbbVie’s ability to meet the evolving needs of Parkinson’s patients, caregivers, and HCPs.
  • Serve as the Trade lead in collaboration with Brand, Market Access, AbbVie Patient Services, Demand Planning, Customer Service, MABI, and Trade account teams to address access, onboarding, distribution, and product availability opportunities.
  • Lead the development, evolution, and execution of Parkinson’s-specific Trade value propositions throughout the brand lifecycle, ensuring alignment with brand strategy, market access priorities, patient services capabilities, and channel partner needs.
  • Represent Trade on Integrated Brand Teams and launch planning forums for VYALEV and Parkinson’s pipeline assets.
  • Facilitate Trade input into annual strategic planning, launch planning, and pipeline planning processes for the Parkinson’s portfolio.
  • Develop high-impact materials, account tools, and strategic resources for the pharmacy account team that support stakeholder engagement and deliver on functional brand strategic objectives.
  • Manage strategic agency partnerships supporting Trade strategy, launch readiness, channel partner engagement, and tactical execution across the Parkinson’s portfolio.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required.

Preferred

  • Experience with Market Access, specialty pharmacy, distribution, or contract negotiation
  • Pharmacy and wholesale channel experience
  • Launch planning or launch execution experience
  • Marketing experience
  • Knowledge of marketing concepts within the strategic planning process and ability to use market research, channel insights, and performance data to inform recommendations
  • Understanding of specialty pharmacy operations, patient onboarding, benefit verification, prior authorization, affordability support, and adherence-related services
  • Experience collaborating cross functionally to design and execute patient services with a care model ecosystem that is fit-for-purpose
  • Relationships or experience within specialty pharmacy, retail pharmacy, wholesaler, and distribution channels
  • Experience managing programs within the pharmacy and distribution channel
  • Experience measuring programs for impact through structured analytics, market research, business reviews, collection of field feedback, and utilization of day-to-day operations dashboards

Benefits

  • paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • long-term incentive programs
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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need. Learn more about us at www.abbvie.com and review our community guidelines at https://www.abbvie.com/social-media-community-guidelines.html.

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    Post IPO Equity • $250K

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