Senior Group Account Lead, Pharma Ad Campaigns

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Ad Agency Group Account Supervisor to lead cross-functional teams, shaping US and global healthcare campaigns. You will manage a budget over $1M and partner with internal brand teams and external agencies to align strategy and execution.

The role requires pharma marketing expertise, strategic vision, and strong leadership to deliver impactful brand programs across multiple markets.

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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Marketing Directors and 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.

Skills

Ad agency leadership

Pharmaceutical marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Marketing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Veeva

Workfront

MavenLink

Job description

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Ad Agency Group Account Supervisor to lead cross-functional teams, shaping US and global healthcare campaigns. You will manage a budget over $1M and partner with internal brand teams and external agencies to align strategy and execution.

The role requires pharma marketing expertise, strategic vision, and strong leadership to deliver impactful brand programs across multiple markets.