Associate Director, Immunology Payer Strategy

About the role

The Associate Director, Immunology Payer Strategy will lead U.S. payer marketing strategy development and execution for the anticipated launches of RINVOQ and lutikizumab in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). The role will translate payer insights, clinical and economic evidence, and access trends into asset-specific value propositions, customer narratives, and engagement plans that support launch readiness and sustained brand performance.

In partnership with the Director, Payer Strategy, the Associate Director will integrate payer needs into brand planning, evidence priorities, customer engagement, and commercial execution. This individual will lead the HS market access marketing plan across both assets, coordinate cross-functional launch preparation, and adapt strategy as evidence, customer needs, and the access environment evolve. The role requires strategic thinking, financial acumen, and strong cross-functional influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross function partners to develop and deliver disease-state education, resource training, and launch preparation that enable consistent, appropriate customer conversations.
• Lead the marketing workstream for appropriate preapproval information exchange resources in partnership with medical, regulatory, legal, and compliance.
• Develop differentiated, evidence-based payer messaging by leveraging clinical data, health economic outcomes research, real-world evidence, treatment guidelines, and market performance data. Ensure that payer messages are relevant to customer needs and aligned with the overall payer strategy
• Identify and prioritize evidence and RWE needs by assessing evidence gaps, defining payer-relevant evidence priorities, and partnering with Medical, HEOR, and other stakeholders to support development and translation of an integrated evidence strategy
• Drive resource development through effective agency management; ensure appropriate governance and compliance by partnering with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance to ensure that payer claims and materials are appropriately supported and consistent with applicable requirements
• Track launch-readiness milestones and, following approval, account activation and formulary adoption with analytics partners; synthesize field insights and provide recommendations for commercial leadership and business reviews.
• Influence without direct authority by building productive relationships, driving timely decisions, mediating cross-functional issues, and communicating recommendations effectively to stakeholders and senior leaders
• Demonstrate a "One AbbVie" mindset by considering enterprise priorities, seeking opportunities to leverage learning across brands and therapeutic areas, and sharing effective approaches across the broader Market Access organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5-7 years of experience in Market Access, Marketing, and/or Immunology
• Ability to interpret clinical and scientific information and apply it to payer marketing strategy, value proposition development, and tactical execution.
• Knowledge of the U.S. payer environment, commercial and government channels, formulary decision-making, utilization management, and specialty medicine reimbursement dynamics
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and influence in a matrixed organization, with strong project management, prioritization, and adaptability.
• Experience managing agencies or vendors, project timelines, budgets, and material review processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or other relevant advanced degree.
• 3 years of U.S. Market Access experience.
• Experience in immunology, dermatology, or HS, and familiarity with specialty medicines and biosimilar competition.
• Experience supporting a U.S. product launch or indication expansion, including prelaunch planning, field readiness, and postlaunch optimization.
• Experience coordinating marketing strategy across multiple assets or indications.
• Cross-functional experience in account management, brand marketing, patient services, trade and channel strategy, HEOR, or market research and analytics.

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.