Associate Director, Field Operations Speaker Programs

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The Associate Director is a strategic leadership role which applies consulting, analytic, and communication skills to partner with Marketing Director level stakeholders in the design and ongoing implementation of P2P education.  The Associate Director is responsible for providing thought leadership and strategic direction on innovative solutions for the AbbVie US Field and Sales Teams that integrate our understanding of opportunities among key external stakeholders (HCPs, Accounts, Patients, Speaker Programs and Samples).  This position influences cross-functional teams to create operational excellence and support field program execution.

The position is a part of the Field Planning & Analytics Team which drives field force effectiveness by optimizing our sales force size and structure, ensuring our IC designs are driving the right behavior, and ensuring our call plans, field tools and operations provide our field teams with what they need to drive the business in their markets.  This position reports into the Director of Field Programming & Help Desk and will lead a team of people leaders to drive best in-class Peer-to-Peer education.

This is a hybrid position and requires the ability to commute to our Florham Park, NJ office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

Strategic Ownership

• Co-creates strategy and pulls through objectives for Speaker Programs: Strategic enterprise vision for Peer-to-Peer speaker program operations.
• Ownership and strategic thought partnership of capability/function to deliver innovative strategy and solutions for: programming, analytics/reporting, and new technology.
• Drive multiple complex projects, balancing between short-term and long-term objectives and managing the projects within budget and timelines. Leverage data, analytics, leadership skills and strong strategic mind-set to optimize Speaker Program Operations.
• Stay current on trends and new developments in industry and enterprise solutions; serve as thought leader.
• Lead team on working with cross functional peers to understand and leverage best practices.
• Partner with Head/Director level stakeholders on a regular basis to understand strategic and tactical issues, review research plans, and negotiate priorities. Provide teams with benchmarking reports and competitive intelligence across different AbbVie disease states.
• Effectively lead end to end vendor partnerships across the enterprise.  

Leadership

• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Managers.
• Accountable for accuracy and timeliness of project execution as well as clarity of communication to team.
• Act as coach, seeking ways to develop their team, addressing their needs and goals; prioritize for the team and remove barriers for my team to achieve goals/advance initiatives.
• Stay current on latest innovations in therapeutic area and capability.
• Responsible for budget management and vendor/program management.
• Seeks ways to embrace constant innovation, incremental or radical; engage with cross-functional counterparts to improve identification of innovative solutions.
• Accountable for connection with other ADs on how capabilities/projects interact with others – on own team, across capabilities and COE/Verticals.
• Hold team accountable for implementing new technologies, initiatives, innovations and roadmap of the future.

• BA, BS degree is required.
• Minimum 8 years analytical experience and/or commercial operations experience required. Problem-solving orientation; ability to work independently.
• Experience working with leadership to solve problems and identify/sell/implement solutions.
• Must exhibit proficiency commensurate with grade in the following competencies: strategic thinking, problem-solving, innovation, collaborative partnerships across functions, analytical capabilities, leadership, drive for results, and communication for greater team effectiveness.
• Knowledgeable of a variety of PC programs (including, but not limited to Excel, SPSS Modeler, SAS, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI), database querying and analytical skills such as regression, clustering, machine learning and other advanced statistical skills.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and strong communication skills resulting in the ability to anticipate customer and business needs and address questions or issues.
• Demonstrates an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple, yet compelling fashion.
• Learns, fast, grasps the “essence” and can change the course quickly where indicated Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo; Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.
• Ability to develop in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical industry data and therapeutic area to resolve business problems more efficiently and effectively

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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​

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. ​

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