AbbVie Posted October 29, 2026

Associate Director, International Marketing, Emerging and Mature Assets, Specialty

Mettawa, IL Full-time
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About this opportunity

Company Description

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  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

Reporting to the Virology, Emerging and Mature Assets General Manager, the Associate Director will take responsibility for developing the brand strategy & implementing tactical activities to meet overarching franchise goals in International markets. The role will lead strategy and execution across mature brands and emerging obesity assets, prioritizing high-impact support, affiliate alignment, and cross-functional coordination. Drive commercial planning, evidence generation, stakeholder engagement, competitive insight, and disciplined budget management to strengthen franchise performance and growth.

Responsibilities:

Mature Brands

Develop and execute strategy for selected mature brands, with a strong focus on prioritizing where support will have the greatest impact.

Continuously assess market dynamics, performance trends, and brand needs to identify the most effective opportunities to strengthen and grow franchise position.

Communicate clearly and concisely to build affiliate understanding, alignment, and buy-in on strategy, tactics, and support priorities.

Build strong, trusted relationships with external customers and key internal stakeholders to support brand success.

Gather and synthesize competitive intelligence and market insights from internal and external sources to guide decision-making and prioritization.

Manage the annual franchise budget with discipline, ensuring resources are allocated to the highest-priority brand and affiliate support needs.

Obesity Emerging Assets

Contribute to commercial planning, including creation and refinement of value propositions, potential positioning, early lifecycle planning, and associated revenue/cost forecasting.

Drive commercial evaluations of additional potential indications across multiple potential patient populations and sub-populations for existing assets and Business Development opportunities, in close partnership with iMAP, BD and PCS teams.

Co-create and contribute to clinical and medical evidence generation plans in partnership with R&D.

Partner with PCS, Insights and market research teams to develop and validate value propositions through HCP and patient engagement.

Develop compelling presentations to convey strategies to broad sets of stakeholder audiences, including senior executives, cross-functional leadership teams, and cross-functional partners for understanding and gathering support for development plans of the obesity franchise.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required.

Proven marketing experience with increased proficiency in brand strategy development, execution and commercial planning.

Previous pharmaceutical brand experience in an affiliate is preferred.

Ability to multitask and prioritize, excellent time & organization management skills, attention to details.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team on various projects simultaneously.

Has positive attitude and build strong relationships with peers and cross functionally to enable higher performance.

Influences others, including those over whom they have no direct authority.

Demonstrates leadership & build close relations across various functions and affiliates to ensure buy-in & roll-out of the strategy/tactics.

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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Job details

Seniority
Associate Director
Function
Marketing
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mettawa, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Marketing role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 725 comparable Associate Director Marketing roles across 116 biopharma companies.

725Comparable roles tracked
670Currently active
116Companies hiring similar roles
56Countries represented

Salary context

139 of 725 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $141,500/yr – $268,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Analyst, Global R&D Study Forecasting · AbbVie $78,500/yr – $141,000/yr
Peer group range $109,750 – $245,000 (median $187,050)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 725 comparable roles

United States271
China89
India77
Japan43
Germany24
Taiwan18

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Seniority mix

725 of 725 peers have a known seniority level

Manager528
Associate Director140
Senior57

Therapeutic area mix

133 of 725 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology59
Neuroscience16
Rare Disease10
Cardiovascular / CVRM10
Vaccines & Infectious Disease8
Dermatology & Aesthetics7
Immunology7
Gastroenterology6
Respiratory6
Ophthalmology4

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