Patient Engagement Manager

Allergan; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Patient Engagement Manager to serve as the operational hub of the Patient Engagement platform team. The role drives day-to-day execution, coordinates across vendors and internal partners, and ensures the patient engagement ecosystem runs with quality and alignment to the strategy.

You will manage platform release cycles, build an informed roadmap, support migrations, and mentor analysts while ensuring regulatory and cross-functional controls.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years of professional experience in pharma, patient services, or healthcare operations; 2+ years in platform or program management
• Experience managing vendor relationships and program timelines in a regulated environment
• Familiarity with patient services functions (hub operations, access & reimbursement, specialty pharmacy, nursing services)
• Strong communication and organizational skills with ability to align multiple stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Platform Operations & Roadmap Execution: manage end-to-end platform release cycles and timelines
• Vendor & Partner Management: coordinate vendor performance and prepare QBR materials
• Business Process & Telephony Collaboration: align cross-platform priorities and resolve integration dependencies
• Cross-Functional Coordination: align BTS, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Access & Reimbursement and Patient Engagement stakeholders
• Quality & Risk Management: lead UAT strategy and drive risk mitigation
• Team Leadership: mentor Patient Engagement Analysts and manage workloads

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Organizational skills

PMP certification

Education

B.A./B.S. in Business, Communications, Marketing, or related field

Tools

Salesforce Health Cloud

Life Sciences Cloud

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, X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Patient Engagement Manager is the operational hub of the Patient Engagement platform team. This role owns the day-to-day execution of platform programs, drives cross-functional coordination across vendors and internal partners, and ensures the patient engagement ecosystem runs with quality, predictability, and alignment to the broader strategy. Success means the program runs without escalation, the roadmap reflects the right priorities, and both vendor partners and internal stakeholders trust this person to deliver.

Responsibilities

Platform Operations & Roadmap Execution

• Manage end-to-end platform release cycles, project timelines, and program deliverables across patient engagement systems
• Synthesize business feedback, analytics, and stakeholder input into a prioritized enhancement roadmap
• Support the platform migration from external vendor to internal AbbVie-hosted environment — coordinating workstreams, tracking milestones, and managing business readiness activities
• Continuously identify and recommend optimization opportunities that improve the patient experience and drive operational efficiency

Vendor & Partner Management

• Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for strategic vendor partners;managing deliverables, escalating issues, and tracking performance against SLAs
• Coordinate and prepare QBR materials that give senior leadership clear visibility into performance, risks, and roadmap progress
• Support contract and budget tracking, flagging variances and managing scope changes in coordination with the Associate Director

Business Process & Telephony Collaboration

• Partner with the Telephony Platform Owner and operational teams to align cross-platform priorities, resolve integration dependencies, and ensure seamless patient and user experiences
• Participate in operational sessions and bring structured follow-through on action items and decisions

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Manage alignment across BTS, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Access & Reimbursement, and Patient Engagement stakeholders on platform priorities and timelines
• Translate complex technical requirements and platform interdependencies into clear business communications for cross-functional partners
• Support new product launches from a patient engagement platform perspective, ensuring system readiness and operational alignment

Quality & Risk Management

• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) strategy and execution across platform releases, ensuring quality and predictable delivery
• Proactively identify risks and develop mitigation plans; bring issues to leadership with clear context and recommended solutions
• Drive consistency in documentation, communication standards, and quality control practices across the team

Team Leadership

• Mentor and guide Patient Engagement Analyst(s); Prioritize team workloads and conduct impact assessments to ensure efforts deliver intended value

Qualifications

• B.A./B.S.in Business, Communications, Marketing, or related field
• 5+ yearsof professional experience in pharma, patient services, or healthcare operations;2+ yearsin platform or program management
• Experience managing vendor relationships and program timelines in a regulated environment
• Familiarity with patient services functions (hub operations, access & reimbursement, specialty pharmacy, nursing services)
• Working knowledge of Salesforce Health Cloud or Life Sciences Cloud preferred
• Familiarity with telephony platforms and cross-platform integration patterns a plus
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills;able to manage multiple workstreams and keep stakeholders aligned
• PMP certification or equivalent a plus
• Experience managing or mentoring team members preferred

Additional Information

• 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/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determine. The amount and availability of any bonus,commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employer 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.

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