Associate Director, US Market Access Training

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

The Associate Director has primary responsibility to partner with Leaders across AbbVie’s portfolio of businesses to help diagnose needs and develop solutions that support skill development across market access competencies to create a world class Market Access organization. This role is responsible for leading channel and product portfolio strategy for specific franchises and brands, ensuring brand strategy is effectively represented in all training programs and solutions. The role requires an elevated approach to adult learning; tailoring execution, and application to Associate Director & Director level field members. The position will rely on the ability to create, lead, and work within cross-functional teams made of participants from Market Access Leadership (Directors, GMs, VPs), Analytics & Business Insights, Performance Operations, Patient Services, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, Office of Ethics & Compliance, HEOR, Agency Relations, Business HR, and other internal/external partners.  Must be adept at cross-functional collaboration with ability to effectively communicate with all levels.   

This is a hybrid role and requires the ability to commute to our Mettawa, IL office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively across franchises to gain stakeholder input, align to the business strategies and deliver programs to elevate the effectiveness of US Commercial Market Access.
• Thinks strategically with the business planning skills necessary to diagnose needs, develop, direct, and influence commercial training and development strategies.
• Demonstrates exceptional stakeholder communication skills to develop partnerships across all areas, channels, and levels of the organization.
• Manages, models and builds strong and credible partnerships and networks, with AbbVie partners and industry experts.
• Lives AbbVie’s core values every day, with a focus on the patient as the North Star.
• Leads pipeline of inventive, enduring and innovative training experiences and approaches to skill development and knowledge acquisition.
• Leads World Class Onboarding initiatives for new hires in Market Access, requiring detailed project planning, effective relationship building with leaders across the organization, content co-creation with subject matter experts, program execution with facilitation of training sessions, and program modifications based on evaluations/program feedback.
• Has a passion for driving excellence with a focus on performance results that foster accountability within self, US Performance Operations, and stakeholders.
• Continually looks to evolve and elevate Market Access within the organization by integrating training and development industry leading best practices, key business trends, brand strategies, and marketplace drivers into development plans that drive competitive advantage to the organization.

• B.A./B.S. Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field required; MBA a plus
• 5+ years of Market Access experience preferred; specific experience in commercial training a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must demonstrate initiative, problem-solving capabilities, and strategic thinking skills
• Ability to collaborate and work well in a team environment, managing stakeholder relationships of VPs, GMs, and Directors.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• 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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