Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Advertising & Promotion - Oncology

AbbVie Inc.; Mettawa (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. seeks an Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs US Advertising and Promotion-Oncology to set strategy and lead cross-functional teams across Medical, Marketing, Regulatory and Legal to advance oncology advertising programs.

The role requires a solid regulatory background in advertising and promotion, experience in a complex matrix environment, and proven leadership with budget oversight. This hybrid role involves collaboration across locations including Mettawa, IL and other AbbVie

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science required; advanced degrees preferred.
• Solid understanding of regulatory advertising and promotion regulations.
• Experience in a complex, matrix environment and in management roles.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written; oncology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy and lead cross-functional therapeutic teams and multidivisional initiatives.
• Maintain productivity metrics to project current and future needs.
• Align with Medical, Marketing, Regulatory, Legal and Public Affairs counterparts.
• Assist in departmental budget management and communicate needs.
• Analyze issues/trends to identify cross-organization opportunities.
• Operate independently with escalation when needed; manage day-to-day operations.
• Encourage innovation and mentor staff; recognize performance and promotion potential.
• Develop processes and deliver strategic presentations for senior management.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Regulatory advertising

Communication skills

Budget management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

Master's degree preferred

PharmD preferred

Job description

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, Xand YouTube.

Job Description

The Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs US Advertising and Promotion-Oncology is responsible for setting strategy and leading cross-functional, multidisciplinary, therapeutic teams, and executes multidivisional initiatives. The Associate Director envisions the future by using global marketplace, technology and business knowledge, collects and analyzes issues and trends that affect the business. This individual identifies and acts upon cross-organization or cross-business opportunities and possesses and leverages broad industry knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Make decisions and plans for operations (workflow, assignments, staff development) within area of responsibility with minimal direction. Sets strategy and leads cross-functional/multidisciplinary therapeutic teams and multidivisional initiatives.
• Maintains and evaluates productivity metrics to project current and future business needs
• Aligns and maintains effective communication channels with key Medical, Marketing, Regulatory, Legal and Public Affairs counterparts. Identifies areas of improvement in process/policy, develops recommendations/plan, and leads initiatives.
• Assists in the management of the departmental budget, identifies and communicates budgetary needs to Operations and Finance, and identifies and projects current and future expenditures and business needs.
• Collects and analyzes issues/trends that affect business to identify and act on cross-organization or cross business opportunities. Effective use of knowledge of global marketplace, technology and business levels.
• Operates independently, with recognition of when to consult departmental senior concerning risks. In absence of Director, is responsible for day-to-day operations. Responsible for departmental initiatives, which have significant impact on both internal and external customers.
• Encourages innovation and holds employees accountable for delivering on their goals;recognizes,mentors,rewards and recommends promotion for staff members based on their performance, results, and development.
• Exhibits solid understanding of regulations, and guidance of regulatory authorities, political and legal climate and industry practices related to advertising and promotions to assist in meeting organizational goals. Possesses and leveragesbroadindustry knowledge
• Develops and implements complex processes and projects and develops and delivers strategic presentations for senior management
• Identifies areas of improvement inprocess, policy, develops recommendations/plan and leads initiatives
• This role will work a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office, 2 days remotely) from our Mettawa, IL;South San Francisco, CA;Florham Park, NJ or Irvine, CA AbbVie headquarters

Significant Work Activities:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in science (biology, chemistry, microbiology, immunology, medical technology, pharmacy, pharmacology), is required.Master’s, Ph.D or Pharm D preferred.
• You should also possess:
  • Associate Director: 8+ years of pharmaceutical experience with a Bachelor's, 5+ years with a Pharm D plus relevant ad promo experience. Oncology experience is preferred.
• The candidate must have a solid understanding of regulatory advertising and promotion regulations, having had direct responsibility in this area.
• Experience working in a complex and matrix environment
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Experience in management capacity preferred

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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