Strategic Oncology Market Access Director

AbbVie Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in San Francisco is seeking an Oncology Market Access Marketing Associate Director to lead payer-strategy activities and ensure patient access to the brand. This role integrates market access insights into cross-functional and financial decisions, supporting launch execution and sustained brand performance.

The successful candidate will bring 5–7 years of market access experience, oncology familiarity, and strong collaboration across Brand, Finance, and Medical teams to inform strategic

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
• Previous experience supporting HCP-administered assets.
• Knowledge of the Commercial and Medicare FFS aspects of the Medical Benefit and associated utilization management and reimbursement dynamics.
• Previous Oncology experience strongly preferred, but not required
• 3 years of US Market Access experience preferred
• Pre-launch activities and Market Access launch experience
• Demonstrated understanding of financial planning and analysis
• Master’s Degree

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

Market access

Marketing strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial acumen

HCP experience

Oncology knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

AbbVie in San Francisco is seeking an Oncology Market Access Marketing Associate Director to lead payer-strategy activities and ensure patient access to the brand. This role integrates market access insights into cross-functional and financial decisions, supporting launch execution and sustained brand performance.

The successful candidate will bring 5–7 years of market access experience, oncology familiarity, and strong collaboration across Brand, Finance, and Medical teams to inform strategic