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.
Job Description
Field-based scientific leader who is accountable for oversight of all US medical affairs activity at Priority National Accounts. Leads a team comprised of Senior / Medical Outcomes and Scientific Liaisons (Sr MOSLs) who provide clinical expertise and experience / knowledge of managed care, health policy, and health economics/outcomes research to support AbbVie’s scientific strategy across the entire product portfolio and relevant therapeutic areas. The NFD combines management capability with a technical and scientific background and expertise in managed care, outcomes research, health economics, and healthcare landscape and policy.
The NFD is expected to gain executive insights with external priority Health Care Decision Makers and additional external stakeholders and assess strategic capabilities with MOSL Director and other senior internal AbbVie leadership to gain appropriate strategic advantage.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for engagement with key priority national accounts to support AbbVie’s scientific strategy across the entire product portfolio and relevant therapeutic areas with the largest impact organizations for AbbVie Assets.
- Serves as field voice in relevant therapeutic area GMAT, IBT and/or TEC as delegated by MOSL Director, Healthcare Solutions to provide field scientific support and insights gathered across the lifecycle of a product from the national/impactful organizations for AbbVie Assets.
- Proactively seeks and identifies advanced business and clinical knowledge of supported therapeutic areas, including current treatment strategies, current and pending competitors, and new therapeutic developments and overall healthcare landscape changes. Continually educates self and considers direct team and overall HCS Field advancement needs for MOSL Director consideration on US market issues / trends and product knowledge as it pertains to specific business interests & health care policy.
- Allocates Sr. MOSL resources in alignment with Healthcare Solutions Strategy in order to deliver results on business/clinical strategies, while protecting AbbVie from risk and is directly accountable across this key account segment.
- Accountable for compliance within the designated team. Maintains regulatory and compliance expertise at all times on internal and external regulatory practices.
- Responsible for communicating and tracking the alignment of individual Sr. MOSL activities and outcomes that support achievement of defined, aligned business objectives. Aligns customer relationships and capabilities of individual Sr. MOSL’s with the needs of Global Medical Affairs on an ongoing basis.
- Establishes a productive work environment by creating trust and respect within the group, and establishes self as a business partner. Facilitates an atmosphere of confidence and strength, and identifies opportunities to recognize and reward outstanding individual performance.
- Responsible for the dissemination of scientific information within all corporate, regulatory and compliance guidelines. Attends appropriate scientific and channel meetings to maintain expertise.
- Ensures allocation and integration of MOSL resources in support of overarching strategy and MOSL Director direction. Oversees Performance Management process, Growth Plans and Professional Development as well as Succession Planning for designated Sr MOSL team. Accountable for budget related to their area and projects as defined.
- Responsible for the clinical and business competency of field team in supported therapeutic areas including training and development. Ensures the competency of each Sr. MOSL as it relates to regulations, guidelines, and clinical/scientific information.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree required, preferably a M.D. D.O, Pharm.D. or Ph.D.
- Greater than or equal to 5 years of direct people management required.
- >=10 years industry, or equivalent, experience with demonstrated success in a managed care environment required. Preferably, would be an individual with multiple years of pharma mgmt and corp. experience. In addition to clinical and therapeutic expertise, a superior understanding of the business of healthcare policy and managed markets from the perspective of clinical, regulatory, commercial, and policy issues affecting the pharmaceutical and health insurance environments (preferred).
- Prior experience working with top national and regional payors
- Proficiency with regulatory policies, compliance procedures, clinical/ scientific information and ability to set standards for the team
- Travel is approximately 60%
- Mastery communication skills (verbal & written). Superior Active listening skills. Mastery Self-awareness and Insight Skills
- Advanced Ability to develop independent relationships with key access decision makers and influencers
· Mastery Negotiation, judgment and leadership skills.
· Solid team orientation
· Superior emotional intelligence
· Strong Inspirational leadership and motivational skills
· Superior Ability to engage in crucial conversations vertically and horizontally - Lifelong learner
· Advanced Technical expertise and business analysis skills
· Mastery Critical thinking skills
· Mastery innovative problem solving skills - Mastery Ability to manage and to lead multiple projects and timelines
- Self-motivated and solution oriented
- Mastery organizational and project management skills
- Flexibility/adaptability
- Previous core budgetary management Responsibilities
- Previous development / leading a field medical team
Key Stakeholders
The National Field Director is fully accountable for execution and results for priority National Accounts, US clinical and business objectives for relevant therapeutic area(s), compound(s) and/or indication(s), as well as a designated field MOSL team(s).
Additional Information
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.
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.
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