Associate Director, Agency Relations

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 AbbVie Agency Relations (AR) team is seeking an Associate Director to join the team. The AR team’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Enhancing, improving, and managing external Agency relationships at the Parent Company and Agency level
• Driving development of superior work and optimal results for the Commercial organization
• Acting as a strategic partner throughout the Request for Proposal (RFP) Agency selection process, including Agency selection and evaluation
• Negotiating statements of work (SOW) in conjunction with Procurement partners
• Aligning partnerships with external Agencies and AbbVie Ad Agency

The Associate Director will be responsible for bringing a high level of expertise, quality, and innovation to AbbVie through both internal stakeholder and third-party relationships. They will establish, articulate, and implement strategies in collaboration with internal partners to ensure results meet the requirements of the organization.  

The Associate Director must be able to: show in-depth knowledge of agency operations (i.e. staffing, financial and process models); collaborate and partner with internal cross-functional teams; translate brand team needs and fully understand their key annual objectives; demonstrate the ability to pivot between tasks and responsibilities as priorities shift while keeping end goals and deadlines in mind; show comfort to take on opportunities with limited oversight (depending on the circumstances); be comfortable communicating across various levels (junior-level up to VP-level) of both internal and external partners.

Key Responsibilities Include:

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