Associate Director, Marketing Analytics

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director of Marketing Analytics for Rinvoq Vitiligo & Alopecia launches in the US. The role leads the Analytics team to translate physician and patient insights into actions that strengthen subnational performance and inform brand strategy.

The ideal candidate combines 8–10 years in pharma analytics with expertise in ML methods, IQVIA data, and cross-functional collaboration to drive investment decisions and forecast accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business/quantitative field; Master’s preferred.
• 8–10 years of quantitative sales/marketing analytics experience; pharma/biotech preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; knowledge of analytics/machine learning methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop promotional investment strategies and optimize marketing impact.
• Define KPIs and ROI metrics for channels and campaigns.
• Collaborate with finance for forecasting and annual/long-range planning.
• Analyze sub-national drivers of performance across channels and customers.
• Build and apply advanced analytical models with focus on reliability and validity.
• Lead and coach a diverse analytics team and drive business insights.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated analytics.
• Oversee contract support and external analytics suppliers.

Skills

Marketing Analytics

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Cross-functional Leadership

Communication & Influence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Statistics/Economics

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

IQVIA/SHS Data

Xponent

NPA

Job description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Associate Director, Marketing Analytics, will develop and deploy analytic solutions based on business needs for Dermatology Rinvoq new launch indications - Vitiligo & Alopecia. The individual will be responsible for pulling through brand strategy and tactics at a national and sub-national level.

This position’s primary objectives: Lead the US Rinvoq Vitiligo & Alopecia Analytics team to ensure successful execution of the analytical plan, derive findings and implications from physician and patient analytics to strengthen commercial understanding of subnational dynamics and performance, and use analytic insights to identify actionable opportunities to enhance performance.

Major Responsibilities

• Develop fact-based promotional investment strategies and guide investment decisions from marketing mix/business optimization and other analysis to optimize performance, influence business growth & inform the annual financial forecasting and brand planning process
• Develop near-term KPIs and longer-term ROI measurements that will inform recommendations to optimize personal and non-personal promotional channels
• Closely involved with financial planning process, responsible for input into financial planning process & key conduit to Forecasting for all monthly estimates, annual plan and long-range plan deliverables
• Understand sub-national drivers of cross-brand performance, providing more granularity to performance dynamics across distribution channels and customers
• Leverage innovative, sophisticated analytic models that address critical issues but also meet key business criteria (e.g. cost, risk, business impact) and key technical criteria (e.g. reliability, validity, and predictability)
• Build, coach, and maintain a high-performing and diverse team of analytical, quantitative, and business-minded individuals that collectively extract business insights that drives better business outcomes
• Effectively work with cross-functional partners to deliver integrated analytics reflecting the diverse contributions across the functions
• Lead contract support, and external suppliers to increase and enhance the use of advanced modeling and analytic methods and produce results that fully leverage available data and analytics

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Business Administration, Statistics, Economics) required, with a concentration in marketing/sales/quantitative analysis. Master’s Degree preferred.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis of sales and marketing information is required, including use of this information in the development of business plans and strategies. Experience within in the Pharma/BioTech industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, strong business acumen, and creativity in problem solving. Experience with current methods Analytics/Machine Learning.
• Advanced experience with 3rd party pharmaceutical data sources like IQVIA/SHS Sales Data (APLD, DDD, Xponent, NSP, NPA), and Specialty pharmacy data and one or multiple analytic domains (promo optimization, digital, launch support, etc)
• Deep hands-on expertise in current analytical methods & tools (including machine learning)
• Advanced communication and influencing skills
• Advanced agility, project management and prioritization skills
• Advanced vendor management skills
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively and to influence in a matrixed organization
• High motivation, strong work-ethic and positive attitude while working under tight timelines

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.

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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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.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:

https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html