Director, Oncology Payer Strategy

AbbVie; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a Scientific Director to provide medical and scientific input into medical market access strategies, payer insights, and health system guidelines. The role shapes evidence plans across cross-functional teams including commercial, HEOR, and medical affairs to support access decisions and brand strategy.

The position requires advanced clinical degrees, extensive experience in pharma market access and pharmacoeconomics, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Advanced Education PhD, PharmD, PA, NP highly preferred.
• Residency or additional post doctorate highly preferred.
• Typically 8 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of managed care required and pharmacoeconomic experience preferred.
• Knowledge of statistical methodology, regulatory requirements governing RWE and experience in development strategy and the design of RWE protocols.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads development of medical affairs payer/HCDM strategy for the assigned therapeutic area and assets, translating the clinical, economic, humanistic, and real-world evidence into a differentiated value narrative that shapes access strategy, brand and portfolio priorities, and enterprise decisions.
• Actively participates in cross functional brand, medical affairs and market access teams to provide medical, scientific, pharmaeconomic, and healthcare landscape input into portfolio and product strategies.
• Leads development and approval of medical affairs access/HCDM field and omnichannel materials.
• Leads and delivers training to the Medical Outcomes Science Liaison teams.
• Partners on the development of integrated evidence plan with Medical Affairs, HEOR to support scientific and business strategy aligned to Medical Affairs Evidence Gaps.
• Monitors scientific, health economic, access and healthcare policy trends through conferences and external engagement; provide inputs into portfolio, therapeutic area and brand strategies.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakes & influence without authority

Education

PhD

PharmD

PA/NP credentials

Residency/postdoc

Job description

AbbVie seeks a Scientific Director to provide medical and scientific input into medical market access strategies, payer insights, and health system guidelines. The role shapes evidence plans across cross-functional teams including commercial, HEOR, and medical affairs to support access decisions and brand strategy.

The position requires advanced clinical degrees, extensive experience in pharma market access and pharmacoeconomics, and excellent communication skills.