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About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn, Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Competitive & Strategic Insights (CSI) Director drives insights at a global level (with a US focus) for pre-clinical to early clinical Immunology assets, providing an objective view of the competitive landscape and emerging trends. This individual will be a strategic partner to the asset strategy teams and influence the overall development of the assets or key mechanisms of interest.

Responsibilities include informing the clinical target product profile, supporting go/no go decisions, tracking safety & efficacy data of competitors, assessing evolution of the standard of care, understanding clinical timelines and competitor status. The CSI team supports key governance decisions at asset milestones and partners with BD and S&E. The individual in this role will have high visibility and opportunities to influence key decisions to support AbbVie’ Immunology pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• Scientific expertise for ease in informing and aligning with clinical and discovery scientists as this role will include evaluation of early development targets, trends and assets
• Develop R&D CI and generate insights across key Immunology indications (Ovarian, Gastric & HNSCC) as well as emerging MOAs (next-gen-IO, CCR8, etc.)
• Rapidly develop functional expertise in new disease-areas and technologies as priorities shift
• Drive and execute the CI plan to embed research and clinical insights across the portfolio of assets; ensure the CI plan is supported by robust methodology and delivered in a timely manner
• Be an influential voice regarding R&D/BD CI within the organization; advise senior management on CI topics and implications for AbbVie
• Create strategic partnerships with internal CI beneficiaries and resources (R&D leadership, TASCs, ASTs, Global Medical Affairs, Discovery Research, Development, Search & Evaluation, Business Development & Acquisitions, PCS, IMABI and APEX)
• Communicate competitive intelligence in a timely and actionable manner, including implications, in a succinct manner
• Advance and coordinate standard CI deliverables (conference coverage, alerts, landscapes, etc.) across the CI team; ensure consistency and create synergies across AbbVie assets by maintaining the same framework for key deliverables
• Develop and maintain a repository of clinical knowledge for each area of interest that will become a reference set of documents (e.g., on SharePoint) to develop strategies
• Act as a CI expert, demonstrating awareness and understanding of appropriate CI applications and key internal and external data/information sources
• Bring innovative methodologies and approaches into the organization
• Build and maintain required CI tools and platforms to enable process efficiency, ease of access and content management
• Effectively deliver against competing priorities in time-sensitive environment
• Manage CI vendors, as necessary
• Operate Competitive Intelligence within AbbVie SOPs and CI policy and highest standard of professional conduct

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree health/life sciences required; Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD) in Life Sciences/Medicine is preferred
• 7-9 years of experience in Pharma/Biotech with 3-5+ years of experience CI or market research in Pharma/Biotech pipeline assets; Immunology clinical development/regulatory experience preferred
• Expertise with broad range of CI methodologies (preferred)
• Experience in US (required) and multiple regions (preferred)
• Superior analytical skills are required with an understanding of R&D
• Proficiency with global and regional CI vendors necessary to assess clinical status and end to end overall strategy of competitive assets required
• Strong oral, facilitation, and written communication skills; ability to distill complex information synthesized into concise and impactful messages and communications; PPT proficiency
• Ability to interact effectively with/present to all levels of the organization; Stakeholder management and executive presence
• Demonstrated ability to leverage and develop tech-enabled CI solutions

This opportunity is a hybrid role requiring at least three (3) days onsite in our North Chicago, IL offices. 

Additional Information

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 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.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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