Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company · 2 months ago
Asset Strategy Leader
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions. The Asset Strategy Leader will oversee the entire lifecycle of an asset from discovery to commercialization, leading cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and strategic direction.
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Responsibilities
Chairs an Asset Strategy Team (AST) and ensures alignment across the five core deliverable teams (Integrated Evidence, Value & Access, Brand , Label & Regulatory, and Product Presentation & Device) partnering effectively with the functional chairs of those subteams to ensure delivery of the asset. In this capacity, serves as the enterprise leader who is the asset’s primary point of contact for AbbVie’s Pipeline Commercialization Model (PCM) Governance bodies and senior management
Leads the effort to create, articulate, and gain endorsement of an integrated cross-functional strategy for all aspects of product development and commercialization, consistent with the overall strategy articulated by PCM Governance and the Therapeutic Area Strategy Council (TASC) and is able to direct teams to appropriately navigate complex emergent situations. Maintains primary responsibility for the ensuing deliverables, including a functionally aligned asset and brand strategy
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 significant program issues or opportunities arise
Reviews and analyzes emerging data objectively to lead or direct the Asset Strategy Team toward recommendations that highlight opportunities, address potential risks, and proactively provide appropriate mitigations
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 the asset is appropriately resourced and stays within allocated budget, and champions requests for incremental resources, when appropriate. Works continually with supporting teams to ensure that executed plans are consistent with all elements of the asset and brand strategy
Ensures that the AST continually validates the viability of the program from a scientific and commercial perspective. Develops clear, prospective Go/No-Go decision points and serves as a champion for the program, using objectivity and judgment to analyze, interpret, and present data to PCM Governance and senior management
Establishes close, ongoing ties, with all team members and supporting teams, to ensure appropriate empowerment, delegation, and alignment. Maintains a function-neutral position in prioritizing actions and making decisions, with an eye toward optimizing asset value in a timely and high-quality fashion. Coaches and mentors team members as appropriate. Enables the AST to focus on strategy and decision-making, and optimal communication of issues to supporting teams, team members, and functions
Represents the AST at interactions with external parties (e.g., Advisory Boards, regulatory interactions) when these engagements require broad cross-functional contributions. Exhibits executive presence and clear communication with all levels of management
Works with team members to maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the competitive environment in the field and to assess for potential impact on ongoing programs. Stays abreast of professional information, industry trends, and emerging technology through conferences, medical literature, and training to augment expertise in drug development and the pharmaceutical industry. Develops a comprehensive understanding of how AbbVie’s assets are positioned relative to competitor assets
Leads a single indication asset that is a significant revenue potential for AbbVie or a high-profile multiple indication asset
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree required; Advanced degree highly preferred (e.g. PhD, MBA)
Relevant experience (minimum of 5 years; 10+ years preferred) in a pharmaceutical/biotech setting with deep expertise in a relevant discipline associated with drug development and /or commercialization and ideally experienced in multiple areas of the industry, often with multiple therapy areas, phases of development and commercialization and/or both small molecule and biologic experience
Exemplary strategic thinking, collaboration, facilitative leadership, executive function, and problem-solving skills. Ability to assimilate new knowledge rapidly and apply that to asset strategy
Experience leading a team in a cross-functional environment, preferably with a global scope. Typically has led asset teams in AbbVie or other organizations
Ability to objectively exercise judgment and create pragmatic solutions to address complex cross-functional problems, and to be accountable for obtaining stakeholder advice to make informed decisions, in order to move a program forward in the face of uncertainty or incomplete data. Is able to stand alone or take unpopular decisions to ensure appropriate organizational decisions
Ability to lead and motivate team members from across functional areas; must be able to lead through influence and bring out the best in others. Ability to delegate appropriate accountability and decision-making to supporting teams and functions
Track record of strategic success leading assets or functions in complex matrix environments
Able to lead independently with minimal managerial oversight required
Ability and willingness to respectfully challenge team members and functions, and manage conflict, in order to assess fully all opportunities, options, risks, and mitigations
Excellent oral and written English communication skills with executive presence
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Long-term incentive programs
Company
Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products.
1001-5000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Nicole Mowad-Nassar
Senior Vice President, AbbVie and President, Global Allergan Aesthetics
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