Regional Marketing Manager, Gastroenterology - West

AbbVie; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie in the U.S. West region is seeking an Immunology Regional Marketing Manager to partner with cross‑functional teams and external experts to shape regional marketing strategy and execution.

You will develop and optimize national and regional initiatives aligned with brand plans. Based in the western U.S., the role calls for strong leadership, regulatory awareness, and the ability to travel up to 75% to engage stakeholders, physicians, and professional associations, advancing AbbVie's

Qualifications

• Mastery of verbal and non-verbal communication and presentation skills, live and virtual, to effectively engage internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Experience working in a collaborative working environment with integrated, cross-functional teams by understanding priorities, key responsibilities and influencing without direct authority to drive results.
• Ability to navigate a field and headquarter based matrix organization, to impact and/or drive decision making across functions to drive strategy and brand performance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting Pharmaceutical Products.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects compliantly and effectively through the promotional review process to deliver high-quality work in a timely fashion (meets deadlines). Ensures that regulatory guidelines and AbbVie processes are followed
• Manage strategy, execution and budgeting for national and regional conventions, External Expert consulting, advisory boards, and commercial peer-to-peer education programming.
• Continually applies knowledge and evaluates the effectiveness of key marketing tactics, making strategic recommendations to leadership on opportunities for brand optimization
• Ability to provide in-depth insights based on the brands key business questions to provide input on marketing strategy, resource optimization and tactic development that drives brand performance
• Lead partnerships with field leadership in assigned geography to optimize pull-through of marketing strategies
• Responsible for understanding a geographical area’s market drivers, competitive landscape, provider dynamics and competitive intelligence across the assigned geography
• Coordinate the direction and deliverables of multiple external vendors and internal departments including Agency Partners, Marketing functions, Market Research, Legal, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Office of Ethics and Compliance, and IT

Skills

Verbal presentation

Cross-functional teamwork

Matrix organization navigation

Fast-paced environment

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job 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.

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 Immunology Regional Marketing Manager (RMM) will work closely with multiple AbbVie cross-functional teams to ensure collaboration, alignment, and successful development of area marketing strategy and execution. This field-based marketing role will be responsible for the development and optimization of national and regional marketing initiatives, ensuring alignment with Annual Strategic Brand Plans. The RMM will act as the face of the AbbVie Marketing team with our External Experts, developing, implementing, and maintaining interactions for the purpose of insight generation within assigned geographies. Additionally, the RMM works within a team-based environment to optimize brand performance across AbbVie Immunology. Talent will be hired at a level commensurate with experience. This person will ideally reside in the west and cover areas such, but not limited to: California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Marketing

• Lead projects compliantly and effectively through the promotional review process to deliver high-quality work in a timely fashion (meets deadlines). Ensures that regulatory guidelines and AbbVie processes are followed
• Manage strategy, execution and budgeting for national and regional conventions, External Expert consulting, advisory boards, and commercial peer-to-peer education programming.
• Continually applies knowledge and evaluates the effectiveness of key marketing tactics, making strategic recommendations to leadership on opportunities for brand optimization
• Ability to provide in-depth insights based on the brands key business questions to provide input on marketing strategy, resource optimization and tactic development that drives brand performance
• Lead partnerships with field leadership in assigned geography to optimize pull-through of marketing strategies
• Responsible for understanding a geographical area’s market drivers, competitive landscape, provider dynamics and competitive intelligence across the assigned geography
• Coordinate the direction and deliverables of multiple external vendors and internal departments including Agency Partners, Marketing functions, Market Research, Legal, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Office of Ethics and Compliance, and IT

Thought Leader Engagement

• Identify, build, and strengthen commercial relationships with External Experts, emerging leaders, and relevant patient and professional associations within assigned geography
• Develop regional engagement plans for External Experts and ensure consistent tactical execution throughout the year to drive key marketing engagement
• Demonstrate In-depth understanding of external and internal drivers across multiple external stakeholder groups and appropriately connecting AbbVie’s Integrated Brand Teams on opportunities for collaboration based on aligned objectives, in compliance with industry standards

Qualifications

Key Skills

• Mastery of verbal and non-verbal communication and presentation skills, live and virtual, to effectively engage internal leadership and external stakeholders
• Experience working in a collaborative working environment with integrated, cross-functional teams by understanding priorities, key responsibilities and influencing without direct authority to drive results
• Ability to navigate a field and headquarter based matrix organization, to impact and/or drive decision making across functions to drive strategy and brand performance
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting Pharmaceutical Products

Significant Work Activities -Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Previous experience in sales, sales management, or marketing with at least 2 years of experience in Immunology (preferred)
• Previous Gastroenterology experience highly preferred
• Travel up to 75% of the time including evenings and weekends
• Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.

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/vision insurance 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 determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee 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.

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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