Job Description

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 leads a high-performing team of account supervisors, project managers and traffic managers with budget responsibility in excess of $1 million. Role reports to the Associate Director Account Group.

As a member of the Theapeutics 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 Directors 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 on 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, Workfront and MavenLink.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing.
• 15-20 years of ad agency account leadership experience managing several brands
• 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 thisposting 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 anduntil 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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