Director, Medical Brand Standards - job 2 of 2

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 Director of Medical Brand Standards is responsible for building and leading the Medical Brand Standard capability within Medical Affairs + Health Impact (MHI) organization, including Medical Review, Scientific Platform, CFL (consistent with the FDA-required labeling), SIUU (scientific information on unapproved uses), and other key initiatives worldwide.

This individual will be responsible for collaborating with Therapeutic Area (TA) Scientific and Medical Directors worldwide (US 60% & International 40%), cross-functional teams (e.g., Medical Compliance Excellence, Commercial, Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC), Legal, Customer Excellence etc.) and senior leaders to develop, align and execute initiatives that advance internal medical capabilities enabling MHI TA performance, with particular attention paid to standards and governance across MHI.  

This individual will report to the Head of Strategic Planning within the Strategy & Innovation organization, and partner closely with Brand Excellence and Operational Standards in serving as an MHI Lead in advancing Brand Scientific/Medical Review Capabilities, adhering to the highest scientific standards.

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead Medical Review standards worldwide capability, partnering directly with TAs worldwide and across the portfolio to drive impact through innovative and compliant strategies and functional execution aligned to brand strategies.
• Develop and deliver Medical Review onboarding and ongoing training content in partnership with Leadership and Capabilities Development.  Maintain a network amongst Medical Reviewers for communication of evolving processes, best practices, CFL opportunities, etc.
• Serve as Medical Review Subject Matter Expert (SME) in enterprise medical/regulatory collaboration meetings to offer enterprise solutions to advancing compliant promotional resources.
• Work with Medical Compliance & OEC to address any Medical Review performance aps/monitoring trends or risks.
• Partner with Strategic Resourcing Alignment and MHI TA teams to continually evolve Medical Review resourcing model including collecting and distributing promotional review metrics dashboard to ensure teams are adequately sized relative to this core capability
• Lead MHI/AbbVie Scientific Platform process and guidance, including optimization and measurement of usage and connectivity to strategy and functional planning/tactics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across AbbVie, working closely with commercial, therapeutic areas (TA), regulatory, IT, content excellence and other departments to align strategies and initiatives. Foster collaboration and communication to ensure process agility and capability advancement while maintaining compliance. 
• Serve as a partner to MHI and cross-functional teams to ensure ongoing skill/process development and evolution to ensure future fit medical brand standards capability. 
• Stay updated on medical regulations and industry trends, keeping abreast of evolving medical regulations, guidelines, and industry trends. Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and share knowledge and insights with the team to propose new strategies and initiatives.
• Work cross functionally to collaborate where appropriate on internal MHI/Brand capabilities including but not limited to Medical Review, CFL, SIUU, C2, Scientific Platforms, etc.
• Serve as functional lead within MHI to drive core capabilities and institutional knowledge, ensuring scientific standards for medical review (in-function/non-promotional, and promotional content), CFL interpretation, and other key strategies/initiatives. 
• Serve as Medical Brand Standards SME/Lead in advancing US Digital Lab & International Omnichannel capabilities, including core claims and material review, in order to effectively scale across all MHI worldwide.    
• Build and maintain strong and trusted relationships with key senior leaders to advance Medical Review & CFL capabilities as an integral stakeholder and partner in supporting achievement of organizational goals.

• Advanced degree required (PharmD, DO, PhD, MD, MBA, master’s in science, RN, RPH, or related healthcare professional master’s degree).
• Minimum 12 years of combined Medical Affairs experience (may include a blend of commensurate commercial experience). Experience in transformation or organization change initiatives and cross- functional experience beneficial.
• Brand experience required, with demonstrated ability to translate business needs into strategically aligned functional plans. Experience with compliance and governance programs a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, articulate and negotiate projects and priorities across functions and leadership, without direct authority.
• Strong tactical execution and project management experience required. Record of successfully developing and implementing enterprise solutions/ capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, executive presence, and relationship building skills required. Customer experience focused, both internally and externally. Ability to Interact with and influence all levels of management and across teams to develop strategies and execute action plans that will achieve the objectives.
• Excellent implementation, self-management and organizational skills; able to manage workload, set personal and team priorities and adjust as needed; ability to execute or implement deliverables in a timely manner.
• Strong business acumen: ability to think strategically and translate a strategy to an innovative and implementable plan.
• Experience in leading in a matrixed environment, across multiple functions, as well as in a virtual setting.
• Strong problem-solving skills: ability to anticipate and recognize problems, diagnose root causes and take corrective action to prevent recurrence within the team.

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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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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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