Oncology Market Access Lead — Payer Strategy & Launch

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Oncology Market Access Marketing Associate Director to lead payer-strategy activities and ensure patient access to the brand. The role integrates market access insights into cross-functional and financial strategic decisions and supports evidence-building for launch execution and sustained brand performance.

The position collaborates with Market Access, Brand, Finance, and external partners, leading cross-functional access forums, budget stewardship, and advisory boards to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required to enable this individual to demonstrate an appropriate level of business acumen, the ability to process scientific information and financial analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to understand clinical aspects of a pharmaceutical product and its application to marketing strategy and tactical execution.
• 5-7 years of marketing or market access experience required

Responsibilities

• Monitor the payer policy landscape and produce regular policy updates and communications in partnership with market access analytics teams.
• Track account activation and launch-readiness metrics; synthesize field insights; and provide regular reporting to commercial leadership and executive business reviews.
• Represent Market Access in cross-functional brand governance forums, including brand team meetings, annual strategy and planning, long-range planning, and latest best estimate forecasting, to ensure access realities inform strategic and financial decisions.
• Lead a recurring cross-functional access forum to proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve access challenges and opportunities.
• Support the development and finalization of channel-specific strategies, including community oncology and group purchasing organization (GPO) strategies, in partnership with brand and market access leadership.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to plan and execute advisory boards that generate insights for future brand and market access strategy.
• Manage budget stewardship and vendor or agency processes, including scope-of-work submissions and optimization of available funds.
• Partner with market access analytics and research teams to build evidence bases, including market research, that support future tactical execution.
• Support research and evaluation of conference and congress engagement opportunities to inform future brand presence and stakeholder-engagement strategy.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

AbbVie is seeking an Oncology Market Access Marketing Associate Director to lead payer-strategy activities and ensure patient access to the brand. The role integrates market access insights into cross-functional and financial strategic decisions and supports evidence-building for launch execution and sustained brand performance.

The position collaborates with Market Access, Brand, Finance, and external partners, leading cross-functional access forums, budget stewardship, and advisory boards to