Director, Payer Strategy - Immunology - Lake County, IL

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The Director, US Market Access, Payer Strategy SKYRIZI will lead development, evolution, and deployment of the pan-therapeutic SKYRIZI value proposition and drive life-cycle commercialization decision-making to maximize and protect SKYRIZI value across the long-range plan. The Director will integrate insights across gastroenterology, dermatology, and rheumatology into the US Market Access Payer Strategy team, work collaboratively with International Market Access (IMAP) colleagues, and act as a critical member on the Asset Strategy Team and other deliverable teams. The ideal candidate should have a track record of influencing without authority, experience in US and/or Global payer strategy development, an understanding of the AbbVie Financial Planning processes, and executive presence. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead development of the SKYRIZI customer narrative platform leveraging clinical and economic data as well as key stakeholder insights.  Work with key members of the Immunology Payer Strategy team and cross-functional partners, including Heads of Brand Marketing, Medical Payer Strategy, HEOR, Trade, and APS, to develop and integrate compelling narrative that aligns to Immunology Strategy and has high-impact with external customers
  • Drive cost containment mitigation initiatives across different payer stakeholders, including state-initiated boards, CMS IRA maximum fair price “negotiations”, and ongoing Payer contracting discussions
• Determine appropriate action, execution, tracking, monitoring, and competitive preparedness for future evolution of SKYRIZI value proposition
• Lead SKYRIZI Medicaid Contracting and strategy re-evaluation in context of evolving immunology landscape, with alignment across all therapeutic area VPs and Business Unit president; works closely in partnership with RINVOQ Medicaid Contracting lead
• Lead and partner on future-focused projects to support business growth trajectory of SKYRIZI across the long range plan:
  • Provide commercialization support in close partnership with Rheum, Derm, and Gastro TA Marketing Heads, lead Pricing assessments to optimize SKYRIZI value across the LRP, work with IMAP to ensure alignment between US and Global strategies where appropriate
  • Evaluation of different formulations or presentations to support opportunity maximization within existing therapeutic areas and develop operationalization strategy in partnership with Legal, Government Pricing, Trade, Operations, etc.
  • In partnership with Immunology Portfolio Payer Strategy, lead incorporation of SKYRIZI-specific pricing decisions into Financial Planning (LRP, Plan, LBE), inclusive of ASP implication accounting
  • Attend Derm/Rheum and Gastro AST governance in support of market access position to inform milestone development and launch decisions; appropriately influence clinical development programs to ensure endpoints and trial design are incorporated that will optimize price, reimbursement, and ultimately patient access
  • Proactively ensure reimbursement perspective is incorporated into early brand plans, disease area strategies, and portfolio strategies throughout key clinical development milestones and strategic commercial decisions
• Lead across one or more Access Brand Teams, as the single point of accountability across a cross-functional team of Payer Strategy, Trade Strategy, Patient Services Strategy, and MABI to support multiple Therapeutic Area VPs
• Effectively collaborate with and drive strategic alignment across multiple stakeholders and leadership teams, such as the Market Access Leadership Team, Brand Teams, Account Management teams, MABI, Finance, Government Affairs/Advocacy teams

• Proven ability to influence without authority and navigate complex, matrixed organizational systems required; demonstrating and aligning to AbbVie’s Ways of Working
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen and communications skills required with emerging understanding of financial planning process and analyses
• Executive presence required – ability to develop insights and communicate concisely and effectively to influence executive level decisions
• 12+ years of Immunology Marketing and/or Market Access experience required
• Understanding of AbbVie financial process preferred
• Working knowledge of medical benefit products economics, such as ASP pricing, physician reimbursement dynamics, and interplay between Pharmacy and Medical contracting
• Cross-functional experiences including field sales, finance, and/or market analytics valued
• Positive, solutions-oriented attitude required
• Bachelor’s Degree required.

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• 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 short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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