Asset Strategy Leader, R&D Aesthetics

Company Description

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

The Asset Strategy Leader is an experienced and established leader with the ability to influence across multiple functions and levels within Abbvie who serves as the matrix leader with overall accountability for an asset from discovery to end of life cycle. He / she guides and directs the creation and execution of a comprehensive asset strategy and phase appropriate brand strategies for one or multiple asset(s).

This responsibility requires consideration and integration of all functional activities relevant to the successful development, registration, manufacture and commercialization, of the asset throughout its lifecycle with specific emphasis on ensuring an integrated strategy across these elements. Serving as the primary face of the asset at Abb Vie, the Asset Strategy Leader works with governance, functional leaders, and other cross‑functional groups and external development partners, to advance and optimize the value of the asset consistent with its prioritization in the overall portfolio.

This is not an entry point to a leadership position, but will require someone with a broad exposure to all the activities involved in successfully developing and launching assets and brands (Development, Discovery, Development Sciences, Operations, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Safety, Project Management, Medical Affairs, etc., and substantial cross‑functional interaction during your career) to draw upon past experiences that will provide the best outcomes for the progress, registration, reimbursement and life cycle of one or more assets or brands.

The position will require broad leadership skills with enterprise level thinking.

This position is based onsite in Irvine, CA or in North Chicago, IL.

• Chairs an Asset Strategy Team (AST). In this capacity, serves as the enterprise leader who is the project’s primary point of contact for Pipeline Governance and senior management.
• Has a broad vision for the asset and leads the effort to create, articulate and gain endorsement of an integrated cross‑functional Global Asset Strategy and Brand Strategy for all aspects of product development, commercialization and lifecycle management and ensures timely, multidirectional and comprehensive interactions with Pipeline Governance within the Pipeline Operating Model, including close liaison with the key governance bodies of Aesthetics Device Governance Board, Tri‑Function Review and other ad hoc governance requests within Abbvie.
• Ability to put asset recommendations in context of Abbvie’s enterprise objectives.
• Maintains primary responsibility for the ensuing deliverables, including a functionally aligned Global Asset Strategy and Product Development Plan (PDP). Reviews and analyzes emerging data objectively to drive team toward recommendations that highlight opportunities, address potential risks and proactively provide appropriate mitigations.
• Builds strong, collaborative peer‑to‑peer relationships with governance team members and executives to enable optimal timely, multi‑directional, and comprehensive interactions with PCM Governance at pre‑specified milestones and as program issues or opportunities arise.
• Has a deep understanding of the role and value of each function on the team, to know how to solicit timely input. Collaborates with AST functions to ensure program is appropriately resourced and stays within allocated budget and champions requests for incremental resources when appropriate. Works continually with supporting teams to ensure that strategy and executed plans are consistent with the Target Product Profile (TPP), Asset Plan and PDP, tracking…