Lead, Immunology Strategic Operations

AbbVie Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company in Montreal is seeking an experienced Immunology Strategic Operations (ISO) Lead. This critical role involves driving commercial operations, managing portfolio strategies, and leading strategic projects focused on Humira life-cycle management. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of experience in marketing within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, with strong financial acumen and the ability to work cross-functionally. Strong English fluency is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years marketing experience; experience in the relevant therapeutic area is considered an asset.
• Pharmaceutical sales experience, sales management experience is considered an asset.
• Strong financial acumen and knowledge of financial processes, market access, and regulatory environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of a portfolio strategic plan.
• Drive Humira profitability through various life-cycle management initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with Customer Excellence teams to develop and optimize programs.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in commerce, science or healthcare

Job description

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.

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Job Description

Joining AbbVie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients' lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.

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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, vision care, virology, women’s health, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

We have an opportunity for an Immunology Strategic Operations (ISO) Lead to join the Commercial Leadership team. The ISO Lead is responsible for 3 key areas of the Immunology business unit: Elevate commercial operations; drive portfolio strategy and cross-immunology initiatives and lead strategic projects and Humira life‑cycle management. In this critical and strategic role, the incumbent will be supported by a team, including a Sr. Manager, a Project Manager and Network Managers.

The ISO Lead is an integral member of the Immunology Leadership Team and works closely with Business Unit Heads and Functional Leads to deliver executional excellence.

The incumbent will be based in Montreal and will report to the Business Unit Director, Immunology.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy

• Support the development and execution of a portfolio strategic plan that leverages key insights from all therapeutic areas (TA) and drives AbbVie’s Immunology leadership.
• Develop and manage cross-functional initiatives and programs that support strategic imperatives.
• Ensure alignment of marketing initiatives across the business units.
• Collaborate closely with business unit teams to nurture a portfolio mindset and approach.
• Champion opportunities and key projects that involve more than one therapeutic area.
• Foster team spirit and exchanges among the Immunology marketing teams.
• Champion continuous improvement of sales force effectiveness across the Immunology portfolio.
• Cooperate with key functions on initiatives to upscale field teams' capabilities and competencies including competitive selling, coaching framework, and business insights while ensuring consistency across TA.

Strategic Projects and Humira Life‑Cycle Management

• Support the development of Immunology strategic roadmap.
• Drive various strategic workstreams to deliver on Immunology ambition and roadmap.
• Drive Humira profitability through various life‑cycle management initiatives.
• Coordinate finance planning process across TAs (LRP, PLN).
• Support leadership meetings and business reviews.

Commercial Operations

• Drive the development of strategic reports, scorecards and dashboards.
• Drive endorsement of standard metrics and dashboards across all levels of the Immunology division.
• Establish relevant and measurable KPIs/key metrics to track performance and drive meaningful insights.
• Work closely with global and local affiliates to align on standard KPIs and establish benchmarking and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with the Customer Excellence teams to develop and optimize programs, tools, dashboards, and processes for a flawless implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, science or health care. Related or equivalent field may also be considered.
• Relevant business experience with proven track record of success within biotech/pharmaceutical industry:
  • Minimum five years marketing experience; experience within relevant therapeutic area is considered an asset.
  • Pharmaceutical sales experience. Sales management experience considered an asset.
  • Additional commercial cross-functional experience considered an asset.
  • Experience in leading people and building high performance teams is considered an asset.
  • Successful launch experience is considered an asset.
• Strong financial acumen and knowledge of financial processes, market access, and the regulatory environment is required.
• Proven track record of taking in diverse data and perspectives in the development of insights-based strategies focused on doing what is right for the customer, the team, and the business.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Elevate organizational capabilities through coaching, sharing best practices, and raising the bar.
• Work in a high-performing matrix organization.
• Strong cross‑functional leadership skills and team player.
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced with multiple priorities that require strong decision‑making capabilities.
• Strategic thinking, analytical and data interpretation skills.
• At ease with current technology.

AbbVie strives to provide a French working environment for its employees in Quebec. Although as part of its francization program has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing the following requirement, advanced amount of knowledge of English / Fluency in English is an essential requirement for the position of Immunology Strategic Operations (ISO) Lead including, but not limited to, for the following reasons:

English speaking employees outside the province of Quebec.

English speaking clients outside the province of Quebec.

Anglophone region outside the province of Quebec.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

Additional Information

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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