Regional Marketing Manager, Immunology/Gastro - Midwest Region

AbbVie; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking an Immunology Regional Marketing Manager to take charge of the marketing strategy and execution for their Immunology portfolio. The role involves working closely with cross-functional teams and External Experts to optimize brand performance and develop key marketing initiatives. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree and relevant experience, particularly in Immunology. Significant travel is required, up to 75%, alongside a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) participation

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in immunology sales or marketing preferred.
• Previous experience in Gastroenterology is a plus.
• Valid driver’s license with safe driving record.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the promotional review process to ensure quality.
• Manage national and regional marketing strategy and execution.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with External Experts.

Skills

Verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Collaborative working environment

Ability to navigate organization

Fast-paced environment adaptability

Knowledge of pharmaceutical regulations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

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.

Job Description

Talent will be hired at a level commensurate with experience. This role is field-based, and candidates should live within a reasonable distance from the primary city.

The geography includes the following locations:

• Illinois
• Colorado
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Wyoming
• South Dakota
• Iowa
• Nebraska

The Immunology Regional Marketing Manager (RMM) will work closely with multiple AbbVie cross-functional teams to ensure collaboration, alignment, and successful development of area marketing strategy and execution. This field-based marketing role will be responsible for the development and optimization of national and regional marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment with Annual Strategic Brand Plans.

The RMM will act as the face of the AbbVie Marketing team with our External Experts, developing, implementing, and maintaining interactions for the purpose of insight generation within assigned geographies. Additionally, the RMM works within a team-based environment to optimize brand performance across AbbVie Immunology.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Marketing

• Lead projects compliantly and effectively through the promotional review process to deliver high-quality work in a timely fashion (meets deadlines). Ensures that regulatory guidelines and AbbVie processes are followed.
• Manage strategy, execution and budgeting for national and regional conventions, External Expert consulting, advisory boards, and commercial peer-to-peer education programming.
• Continually applies knowledge and evaluates the effectiveness of key marketing tactics, making strategic recommendations to leadership on opportunities for brand optimization.
• Provide in-depth insights based on the brand's key business questions to inform marketing strategy, resource optimization and tactic development that drives brand performance.
• Lead partnerships with field leadership in assigned geography to optimize pull-through of marketing strategies.
• Responsible for understanding a geographical area’s market drivers, competitive landscape, provider dynamics and competitive intelligence across the assigned geography.
• Coordinate the direction and deliverables of multiple external vendors and internal departments including Agency Partners, Marketing functions, Market Research, Legal, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Office of Ethics and Compliance, and IT.

Thought Leader Engagement

• Identify, build, and strengthen commercial relationships with External Experts, emerging leaders, and relevant patient and professional associations within assigned geography.
• Develop regional engagement plans for External Experts and ensure consistent tactical execution throughout the year to drive key marketing engagement.
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of external and internal drivers across multiple external stakeholder groups and appropriately connect AbbVie’s Integrated Brand Teams on opportunities for collaboration based on aligned objectives, in compliance with industry standards.

Qualifications

Key Skills

• Mastery of verbal and non-verbal communication and presentation skills, live and virtual, to effectively engage internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Experience working in a collaborative working environment with integrated, cross-functional teams by understanding priorities, key responsibilities and influencing without direct authority to drive results.
• Ability to navigate a field and headquarter based matrix organization, to impact and/or drive decision making across functions to drive strategy and brand performance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting Pharmaceutical Products.

Significant Work Activities – Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Previous experience in sales, sales management, or marketing with at least 2 years of experience in Immunology (preferred).
• Previous Gastroenterology experience preferred.
• Travel up to 75% of the time including evenings and weekends.
• Valid driver’s license; ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.

Additional Information

AbbVie offers 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.

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.