AbbVie Posted October 14, 2026

Director, Field Access and Reimbursement - Psych

Chicago, IL Full-time
Market Access Director
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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

This role is field-based, and candidates should live within the United States.

The Director, Psychiatry Field Reimbursement Managers (FRM) will lead the national strategy and execution of the Psychiatry FRM team. This role provides direct leadership to 3 Associate Directors and indirect leadership to 23 Field Reimbursement Managers across the country.

This is a leadership position operating at the intersection of field execution, market access strategy, and commercial performance. The Director owns the performance framework that translates FRM activity into measurable business value, influences senior stakeholder decisions with insight and data.

This is not a role for a manager who coaches upward. The right candidate brings enterprise thinking, has built or significantly scaled high-performing organizations, and can hold a seat at the table with Market Access, Commercial, and Patient Services leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

Set the vision and execution priorities for the Rheumatology FRM team, aligned to brand strategy and patient access goals, while owning the measurement framework that demonstrates impact on revenue, access velocity, pull-through, and patient starts.

Ensure FRM operating procedures and field activities comply with applicable regulations, AbbVie policies, and MLR-approved ways of working.

Develop and execute a national strategy for patient services, access resources, and programs.

Identify training needs and support in-field, regional, and national meeting execution.

Build the access infrastructure, training, and deployment models needed to support new indication launches, new modalities, and geographic expansion.

Monitor team performance, activity, and capacity through analytics, and close gaps in measurement by shifting the organization from activity metrics to impact metrics.

Drive a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, compliance, and customer-centricity.

Identify and develop succession candidates at the AD and FRM levels, building talent from within.

Partner with Market Access, Trade, Legal, Compliance, Patient Support Services, and IT to navigate healthcare landscape changes, maintain program integrity, and ensure accurate vendor data exchange.

Ensure both teams consistent, compliant, and differentiated reimbursement support, covering coding, coverage, billing, patient affordability, and product acquisition.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, or equivalent) strongly preferred.

8–12+ years of progressive experience in field leadership, access and reimbursement market access, and healthcare strategy

Minimum 5 years leading field-based teams, with demonstrated experience managing managers (not just individual contributors).

Proven track record of building or scaling an infield team, hiring, structuring, and developing teams through periods of rapid growth.

Proven ability to navigate regulatory requirements and mitigate compliance risks.

Deep understanding of Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D reimbursement, specialty drug acquisition, and distribution.

Excellent communication (oral, written, and presentation) and interpersonal skills.

Demonstrated leadership impact and ability to work effectively across functions

Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements.

Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment.

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.​

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Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Market Access
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 93 comparable Director Market Access roles across 37 biopharma companies.

93Comparable roles tracked
89Currently active
37Companies hiring similar roles
16Countries represented

Salary context

34 of 93 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 $160,500/yr – $305,000/yr
Lowest disclosed · Channel Account Director · Genzyme Corporation $146,250/yr – $211,250/yr
Peer group range $178,750 – $290,000 (median $228,300)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 93 comparable roles

United States68
Germany5
Italy2
France2
Ireland2
Canada2

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Seniority mix

93 of 93 peers have a known seniority level

Director78
Senior Director13
Principal2

Therapeutic area mix

31 of 93 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology10
Neuroscience10
Rare Disease6
Immunology5

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