Director, Specialty PCS – Gastro & Obesity

Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Specialty Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy (PCS) team leads the development of the Specialty Portfolio Pipeline Strategy, prioritizing key Specialty disease areas for investment and growth.  Specialty PCS also drives the development of global commercialization strategies for key Specialty assets in AbbVie’s pipeline and forward-looking disease area strategies aligned to the portfolio strategy.  Additionally, Specialty PCS partners with the on-market Commercial teams to maximize our on-market footprint through follow-on indications and other development initiatives. Key disease areas of focus in the Specialty pipeline include virology, gastroenterology, metabolics/obesity, and other areas of exploration. The focus for this role will include gastroenterology (EPI and IBS) and early-stage obesity.

As the Director, Specialty Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy, this role will play an integral role in the assessment of prioritized disease areas across the relevant Specialty Pillars and execution of Specialty Pipeline Portfolio Strategy, including development and evolution of disease area strategies, evaluation of new investment opportunities, and support of commercial due diligence activities. This individual will also partner with the appropriate on-market Specialty commercial leadership team to maximize their aligned on-market assets. 

The Director, Specialty PCS will report to the Specialty Pipeline Commercialization & Strategy Lead, and will be based in our offices in Lake County, IL.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assessment of prioritized disease areas and execution of Specialty Portfolio Pipeline strategy:
  • Leads the development of prioritized disease area