AbbVie Posted September 22, 2026

Group Account Supervisor

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

The AbbVie Ad Agency Group Account Supervisor is a key cross-functional member of the franchise facing team responsible for leading the development of US and Global Healthcare Professional and Consumer marketing campaigns and tactics. This role has responsibility for defining the objectives, strategies and long-range plans for creating engaging programs that deliver brand messages to their target audiences. This role can lead a high-performing team of account supervisors and/or project managers with budget responsibility of more than $1.5 million as an individual or $3 million group. Role reports to the Associate Director Account Group.

As a member of the Therapeutics Analytics & Operations (TA&O) organization supporting our brand franchises, the Group Account Supervisor is the subject matter expert, evangelist and marketing point of contact for assigned AbbVie brands and is responsible for leading and partnering with multiple internal brand teams, cross functional team members and external agency partners to align on campaign scope and deliverables.  This role manages both the strategic and tactical execution of a campaign through its entire life cycle to ensure maximum brand impact.

This role is also accountable for bringing expertise and leadership support to advance the AbbVie Ad Agency’s continually growing US and Global footprint. Specifically, developing and maintaining brand team relationships, providing analysis of market dynamics and key lessons learned, reviewing competitor promotional moves, identifying key areas for improvement, annual forecast planning and monthly spend reconciliation.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with Marketing teams and other key stakeholders to build, manage, and execute marketing communication plans to achieve business objectives and goals.

Lead the definition and creation of marketing strategies, objectives, messaging and tactics.

Manage the tactical development business processes and marketing driven input from inception to delivery, growth, and eventual retirement.

Work closely with brand marketing, agency partners, and other cross functional team members to ensure that value propositions, messaging and marketing activities align to the brand story.

Collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment with Brand Marketing, Market Research, Analytics, Business Technology Solutions (BTS), Medical/Regulatory/Legal, External Agencies and other integrated business partners.

Maintain an “expert level” understanding of the Agency Workflow Process including project initiation and kickoff, collaboration, necessary approvals, production and archiving.

Demonstrate critical creative thinking and problem-solving skills.

Troubleshoot roadblocks and identify creative and compliant solutions to facilitate forward motion of new initiatives.

Establish a unified focus and purpose to inspire others to work together as a team.

Competencies:

Ability to lead independent initiatives without day-to-day supervision.

Able to prioritize and gracefully manage competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.

Collaborative nature and ability to influence and guide cross-functional stakeholders.

Exceptional functional knowledge of and expertise in the pharmaceutical market.

Acumen for leading multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Inquisitive, strong analytical/creative skills, including the ability to infer and apply learnings.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Attention to detail and follow-through execution.

Ability to relate well to others, active listening skills, and exhibiting patience.

Strong project management abilities and critical work tool experience, including Microsoft Office Suite, Veeva and Kantata.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and work experience.

Demonstrated experience managing advertising-agency accounts for 10+ years.

Pharmaceutical industry experience required.

People leadership experience, including managing cross-functional teams and/or external partners through large projects or initiatives.

A strategic mindset that can balance immediate requirements with a long-term vision.

Demonstrated progressively increasing responsibility in leading large, complex, marketing campaigns.

Proven track record of managing successful pharmaceutical product launches.

Outstanding communicator and comfortable interacting with a diverse group of marketing and creative individuals.

Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to be effective managing through a highly matrixed organization.

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
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mettawa, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 3241 comparable Sales roles across 185 biopharma companies.

3241Comparable roles tracked
3115Currently active
185Companies hiring similar roles
75Countries represented

Salary context

741 of 3241 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $124,500/yr – $236,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Inside Sales Representative · Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. $48,000/yr – $72,000/yr
Peer group range $60,000 – $329,250 (median $145,550)

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United States1691
China491
Germany90
India81
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Seniority mix

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Manager727
Senior459
Director72
Associate Director19
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc12
Associate11
Executive/VP6
Senior Director4
Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

916 of 3241 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology290
Cardiovascular / CVRM167
Neuroscience109
Dermatology & Aesthetics102
Immunology74
Rare Disease65
Respiratory47
Vaccines & Infectious Disease37
Gastroenterology19
Ophthalmology6

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