Group Account Supervisor

PowerToFly; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Ad Agency Group Account Supervisor to lead US and Global Healthcare Professional and Consumer marketing campaigns. You will define objectives, strategies and long-range plans, managing a team with budgets over $1 million and aligning cross-functional stakeholders to deliver compelling brand messages.

The role requires deep pharmaceutical knowledge, leadership experience, and strong analytical and communication skills to drive campaigns end-to-end across global footprints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing.
• 15-20 years of ad agency account leadership experience.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience required.
• People leadership experience with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Strategic mindset balancing immediate needs with long-term vision.
• Proven track record of launching pharmaceutical products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Marketing Directors to build, manage, and execute marketing plans.
• Lead the definition and creation of marketing strategies, objectives, messaging and tactics.
• Oversee end-to-end development processes from inception to retirement.
• Work with brand marketing, agency partners, and cross-functional teams to align value propositions with the brand story.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners in a matrixed environment.
• Maintain expert understanding of Agency Workflow Process and approvals.
• Demonstrate critical creative thinking and problem-solving.
• Troubleshoot roadblocks and drive forward new initiatives.
• Unify team focus to inspire collaboration.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Project management

Pharmaceutical marketing

Marketing strategy

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Veeva

Workfront

MavenLink

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

The AbbVie Ad Agency Group Account Supervisor is a key cross-functional member of the franchise facing team responsible for leading the development of US and Global Healthcare Professional and Consumer marketing campaigns and tactics. This role has responsibility for defining the objectives, strategies and long-range plans for creating engaging programs that deliver brand messages to their target audiences. This role leads a high-performing team of account supervisors, project managers and traffic managers with budget responsibility in excess of $1 million. Role reports to the Associate Director Account Group.

As a member of the Theapeutics Analytics & Operations (TA&O) organization supporting our brand franchises, the Group Account Supervisor is the subject matter expert, evangelist and marketing point of contact for assigned AbbVie brands and is responsible for leading and partnering with multiple internal brand teams, cross functional team members and external agency partners to align on campaign scope and deliverables. This role manages both the strategic and tactical execution of a campaign through its entire life cycle to ensure maximum brand impact.

This role is also accountable for bringing expertise and leadership support to advance the AbbVie Ad Agency’s continually growing US and Global footprint. Specifically, developing and maintaining brand team relationships, providing analysis of market dynamics and key lessons learned, reviewing competitor promotional moves, identifying key areas for improvement, annual forecast planning and monthly spend reconciliation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Marketing Directors and other key stakeholders to build, manage, and execute marketing communication plans to achieve business objectives and goals.
• Lead the definition and creation of marketing strategies, objectives, messaging and tactics.
• Manage the tactical development business processes and marketing driven input from inception to delivery, growth, and eventual retirement.
• Work closely with brand marketing, agency partners, and other cross functional team members to ensure that value propositions, messaging and marketing activities align to the brand story.
• Collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment with Brand Marketing, Market Research, Analytics, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), Medical/Regulatory/Legal, External Agencies and other integrated business partners.
• Maintain an “expert level” understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.
• Demonstrate critical creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Troubleshoot roadblocks and identify creative and compliant solutions to facilitate forward motion of new initiatives.
• Establish a unified focus and purpose to inspire others to work together as a team.

Competencies:

• Ability to lead independent initiatives without day-to-day supervision.
• Able to prioritize and gracefully manage competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
• Collaborative nature and ability to influence and guide cross-functional stakeholders.
• Exceptional functional knowledge of and expertise in the pharmaceutical market.
• Acumen for leading multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Inquisitive, strong analytical/creative skills, including the ability to infer and apply learnings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and follow-through on execution.
• Ability to relate well to others, active listening skills, and exhibiting patience.
• Strong project management abilities and critical work tool experience, including Microsoft Office Suite, Veeva, Workfront and MavenLink.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing.
• 15-20 years of ad agency account leadership experience managing several brands
• Pharmaceutical industry experience required.
• People leadership experience, including managing cross-functional teams and/or external partners through large projects or initiatives.
• A strategic mindset that can balance immediate requirements with a long-term vision.
• Demonstrated progressively increasing responsibility in leading large, complex, marketing campaigns .
• Proven track record of managing successful pharmaceutical product launches.
• Outstanding communicator and comfortable interacting with a diverse group of marketing and creative individuals.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to be effective managing through a highly matrixed organization.

Additional Information

• 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 thisposting 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 anduntil paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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What AbbVie Has to Offer

Our work can—and does—have a tangible, lasting impact on millions of people. But it’s not just the results that matter. How we achieve them matters, too. Leading with purpose, we work to build a more sustainable future for generations to come. We do that by putting our expertise, resources and talent to work to make a real difference for patients, communities and our world.