Associate Director, Consumer Marketing - Tavapadon

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This position can be based in either our Mettawa, IL office or Florham Park, NJ office.

The Associate Director, Consumer marketing will play a critical role in the launch of a new therapy for Parkinson’s Disease and reports directly to the Head of Marketing. The Associate Director of Consumer Marketing will actively contribute to the design, development, and implementation of brand strategies and tactical initiatives that support tavapadon’s consumer commercial objectives. The Associate Director will partner with key cross functional partners (marketing analytics and business intelligence, medical affairs, medical and regulatory review, OEC, and legal) to identify and use insights and the patient journey to develop stakeholder specific messaging across multiple channels. This individual will also lead work with our strategic agency of record, and extended agency network. The Associate Director serves as the patient, brand, and product subject matter expert for consumer marketing within the organization.

The Associate Director works closely with multiple commercial operations teams to ensure success in the development of strategy, creative, and execution plans including tactics, value propositions, positioning, segmentation, strategy and omni channel strategy, creative development, media planning, and measurement/analytics performance and optimizations. Internally, the Associate Director fosters positive working relationships and is highly collaborative with the Integrated Brand Team. Externally, the Associate Director works with various agency partners to successfully lead consumer strategy and execution.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the consumer strategic and tactical plan for tavapadon
• Collaborate with external agencies, internal partners, and leadership to build, manage, and execute marketing plans to achieve business objectives and goals
• Manage strategy and project development of digital advertising for brand awareness, acquisition, and conversion initiatives through a variety of channels which may include CRM, direct marketing, in-office, print, SEM, Digital Media, Mobile, broadcast TV with strong emphasis in web-based communications
• Work with internal cross functional groups (Public Affairs, Professional Marketing, Legal, Regulatory, Medical and Project Management) and external groups (Ad Agency, Digital and Media Agency, Database agency) to ensure integration and consistency of consumer business strategies and regulatory compliance of promotional material
• Develop a strategic roadmap and implement new use cases involving new technological and operational capabilities delivered in partnership with the AbbVie Digital Lab organization
• Understand trends in the marketplace impacting Consumer Marketing using data driven strategic insights to apply on an on-going basis
• Lead competitive assessment and implications that are relevant for Parkinson’s and our patients
• Evaluate the effectiveness of campaign strategies through campaign measurement and metrics development to ensure positive return on investment and achieve brand objectives
• Help patients better manage their condition through improved patient experiences 
• Grow brand/product penetration, share and awareness
• Effectively track and manage the marketing budget
• Consistently execute multiple marketing projects in a timely manner

• BA/BS Required, MBA Preferred
• 8+ years of consumer marketing experience with heavy experience in media, including digital marketing, with the ideal candidate having broadcast and media planning leadership experience
• Competency in core marketing capabilities such as creative development, positioning, optimization across the marketing mix
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, including timeline and budget management
• Ability to understand medical/clinical aspects of a pharmaceutical product and its application to marketing strategy and tactical execution
• Success working in a matrixed organization to drive alignment to brand objectives
• Experience leading or supporting strategic and tactical planning
• Excellent communication (oral, written, and presentation) and people skills
• Familiarity with field travel and participating in local market and patient immersions, pulling insights through to execution
• Experience working with and managing multiple external agencies including advertising, digital, database agencies and internal cross functional partners.
• Understanding of social media platforms and their application
• Balance of analytical capability and creative vision
• Ability to influence senior management and work with all levels in a highly matrixed organization
• Strong planning and organization skills, diligence, execution, and follow-through
• Demonstrated history of high performance

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• 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 short-term incentive programs. ​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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