Associate Director, US Therapeutics Public Affairs

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 Associate Director, US Therapeutics Public Affairs, is passionate about driving access and affordability for patients and elevating the value of innovative medicines through public affairs initiatives. The Associate Director will support AbbVie’s business priorities through issues management, external stakeholder engagement, message development and positioning, and the implementation of strategic communication campaigns.

Utilizing a high degree of critical thinking and strategic insight, the Associate Director will be a key partner to functions across AbbVie’s therapeutic business units on topics related to access and affordability. Reporting to the Director, US Therapeutics Communications and Public Affairs, this role will partner with Legal, Market Access, Government Affairs, Patient Services, Corporate Affairs and other internal stakeholders to provide counsel and innovative communications solutions on dynamic business issues.

This role requires an individual who understands issues impacting the pharmaceutical industry and is highly skilled in shaping and responding to external issues, working with media, and is a strong writer and editor.

Core Responsibilities:

Public Affairs Communications (50%)

• Collaborate with key business partners including market access, government affairs and commercial to develop near- and long-term solutions to emerging issues facing the pharmaceutical industry
• Drive consistent, empowering access and affordability communications messaging; advance AbbVie corporate narrative that educates key stakeholders on AbbVie’s patient affordability programs across multiple channels
• Create insights-driv