Associate Director, International Regulatory Affairs Advertising & Promotion
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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
The Associate Director, International Regulatory Affairs Advertising & Promotion safeguards products and practices to adhere to the highest quality and regulatory standards. The Associate Director will design and deliver optimized global regulatory strategies, plans and dossiers that align with AbbVie’s overall business strategy. This individual is responsible for the implementation of regulatory advertising and promotion strategies for marketed and development compounds in alignment with the overarching global regulatory strategy and global brand plan and leads the international regulatory strategy for the assigned marketed and development compounds. The Associate Director will interface with International Marketing, Global Legal and Office of Ethics and Compliance with regard to advertising and promotion strategies and tactics intended for use globally.
Responsibilities:
Reviews and evaluates the global industry environment (e.g., regulatory, legal, and political climate) and plans strategically for overall system of regulatory communications. Provides functional input on key initiatives impacting other areas. Leads the implementation of risk management strategies and risk management plans for global Regulatory advertising and promotion.
Provides global regulatory position, perspective, and expertise related to advertising and promotion to internal and external customers/business partners. Maintains current knowledge of global codes of practice, regulations and guidance’s that impact pharmaceutical advertising and promotion. Has direct international (ex-US) accountability for assigned therapeutic areas within the Regulatory Advertising and Promotion department.
Implements department policies and procedures and significantly contributes to the development and updates to Divisional and Corporate policies effecting global core messaging. Supports departmental and business strategies, quality initiatives, compliance with policies and procedures, and the implementation of improvement plans. Contributes to the evaluation of departmental needs and implements solutions to enhance and facilitate operations.
Provides critical analysis and potential interpretations of the regulatory position and messaging for communications in response to often highly visible pharmaceutical news having political, financial and legal interests. Creates an environment to attract, retain, empower and mentor leaders in business knowledge, management skills, and continued development. Provides strategic input into comprehensive training program. Negotiates/resolves the majority of decisions with Marketing, Medical Legal,
Collaborates and communicates effectively through all levels of management across multiple divisions and functions. Is recognized by organizational counterparts as a key company resource on pharmaceutical advertising and promotion. Apply novel and creative methods to problem solving. Constantly searches for out of the box solutions while maintaining quality and adherence to regulations.
Balances business needs and risk assessments with creative decision-making abilities. Responsible for assigned marketed and development compounds advertising and promotion strategies. Has accountability for: the sound representation of global Regulatory Advertising and Promotion position within and external to AbbVie; and the operations, initiatives, and strategies for the regulatory Advertising and Promotion department.
Leads cross-functional/ multidisciplinary/therapeutic teams Demonstrates compliance with international codes of practice relevant regulations and manages financial business goals.
This role is required to work a hybrid work schedule-3 days in office from our AbbVie Mettawa, IL headquarters.
Significant Work Activities: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required
Qualifications
Minimum bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in science (biology, chemistry, microbiology, immunology, medical technology, pharmacy, pharmacology), is required. Master’s, Ph.D or Pharm D preferred.
You should also possess: Associate Director: 8+ years of pharmaceutical experience with a Bachelor's, 5+ years with a Pharm D plus relevant ad promo experience
The candidate must have a solid understanding of regulatory advertising and promotion regulations, having had direct responsibility in this area.
International experience desired but not required
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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How this role compares
Computed from every other active Regulatory Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 164 comparable Associate Director Regulatory Affairs roles across 48 biopharma companies.
Salary context
39 of 164 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.
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Seniority mix
164 of 164 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.