Associate Director, Medical Affairs & Health Impact Therapeutic Area Communications
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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 www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.
Job Description
Purpose
The Associate Director, Medical Affairs + Health Impact (MHI) Therapeutic Area Communications, develops and executes an integrated communications strategy spanning Medical Affairs and Value & Evidence within a designated therapeutic area. The Associate Director amplifies MHI’s contributions and supporting evidence to strengthen pipeline and brand narratives, demonstrating how scientific innovation addresses unmet need, closes care gaps, elevates the standard of care and delivers value across the healthcare system.
The role partners with Pipeline & External Innovation Communications, Commercial Communications, Global Patient & Community Partnerships and other cross-functional stakeholders to coordinate plans and deliver on shared priorities. The role reports to the Director of MHI Communications within the Corporate Affairs organization.
Responsibilities
Serve as communications partner with the MHI therapeutic area vice president and leadership team.
Develop communications strategies that amplify MHI-generated evidence, medical education and capabilities to strengthen pipeline and brand narratives and demonstrate how scientific innovation addresses unmet needs, closes care gaps, elevates the standard of care and delivers value across the healthcare system.
Develop and deliver thought leadership for the MHI therapeutic area vice president across LinkedIn, congresses, conferences, external events and leadership forums.
Represent MHI on the therapeutic area Communications Council, congress planning team and business unit vice president leadership team, connecting MHI work with pipeline and commercial communications strategies and coordinating aligned execution.
Develop communications that increase internal visibility and understanding of MHI’s value, work and contributions among AbbVie employees and field teams.
Demonstrate understanding of the external environment, stakeholder insights and performance data; track objectives and KPIs; report results; and recommend improvements to plans and execution.
Support cross-R&D initiatives that elevate MHI’s contributions, as well as KOL engagement opportunities to advance MHI leadership visibility and communications objectives.
Manage workstreams, agency partners, budgets, timelines and review processes, contributing to annual planning, prioritization and continuous improvement across the R&D Communications operating model.
Ensure content is developed in compliance with applicable corporate, legal, regulatory and medical review requirements.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 5+ years of experience in integrated communications, preferably in the healthcare, biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries.
Solid understanding of the drug development lifecycle and the broader life sciences industry.
Demonstrated ability to translate complex scientific, medical and value evidence into clear, compelling communications that strengthen pipeline and brand stories for diverse audiences.
Proven track record of translating communications strategy into high-quality tactical execution, delivering measurable outcomes and refining plans based on insights and impact.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead multiple initiatives, coordinate cross-functional partners and deliver results in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
Excellent verbal, written and visual storytelling skills, with strong attention to detail and sound communications judgment.
Collaborative, proactive and solutions-oriented, with strong business acumen, enterprise thinking and comfort navigating ambiguity.
Strong understanding of emerging communications trends, digital channels, senior leader visibility strategies and AI-enabled ways of working.
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
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We currently track 580 comparable Associate Director Medical Affairs roles across 90 biopharma companies.
Salary context
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Seniority mix
580 of 580 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
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