Director, Channel Strategy USMAx

Location: Mettawa

Company Description

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie'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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

Job Description

Abb Vie US Market Access is responsible for securing and enabling patient access to our portfolio of products across all payer and distribution channels including Commercial health plans, PBMs, Medicare, Medicaid, VA/DoD, Employer, Health System, Pharmacy, Wholesalers and Oncology GPO's. The USMA Strategy Group is a sub-function within USMA that is responsible to thoroughly comprehend the current and future state of the US Market Access environment through mastery of the evolving US Healthcare landscape and the Market Access Channels, collaborate with the Payer Strategy teams incorporate the environment and channel considerations in brand strategies, provide strategic guidance, and support the Payer Strategy brands leads and other members of USMAx to pull through strategic recommendations.

This includes analyzing market trends and government regulations, identifying payer channel impact and insights, and contributing recommendations for future strategies that yield profitable, broad market access across Abb Vie's portfolio of pharmaceuticals including both in-line promoted products as well as assets under pipeline development. In addition, The Group has responsibility for effectively transferring best-in-class knowledge to stakeholders both within and outside of Abbvie with the goal of distinguishing Abb Vie among healthcare organizations in its development of innovative Brand access solutions.

By embracing the complexities of the US Healthcare Model, the ambition is for Abb Vie to be sought as a respected partner in the transformation of healthcare to advance the care of patients and to out-perform our competitors in the pharmaceutical industry through strategically creating access for Abb Vie products and go-to-market strategies by channel.

PURPOSE OF

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Generate insights and effectively transfer knowledge related to environmental trends, policy, and channel dynamics. Leverage strategic mindset to lead and influence across the enterprise to ensure insights are built into company and brand strategies.

* Catalyze innovative access solutions across the Abb Vie organization including contribution to in-line and pipeline assets' access strategies. Effectively influence and align across multiple teams and levels of the organization including Executive Leadership, USMAx leadership, Payer Strategy, Pipeline Strategy, Brand Teams, and External Affairs to ensure Abb Vie's portfolio is positioned for optimal success across payer channels.

* Collaborate with the Payer Strategy, Pipeline, Trade, and Account teams to ensure that channel insights and deliverables are fit-for-purpose and actionable. Share accountability with cross functional partners to pull-through strategic recommendations.

* Partner with Payer Strategy teams on prioritized strategic projects of critical importance to the brand.

* Consult with Pipeline team and Business Development to inform licensing and acquisition work in light of channel dynamics and potential opportunity.

* Collaborate closely with USMAx leadership, Government Affairs, Public Affairs, the Business Evolution and Strategy Development organization, the IRA Center of Excellence, and other partners to ensure USMAx perspective is incorporated into corporate strategies. Participate with internal and external stakeholders to inform/influence policy externally.

* Effectively orchestrate project work across internal teams and external partners including agencies, consultants, customers, and Market Access Insights.

* Create customer connections in collaboration with Account Management Teams. Influence customer points of view…