Director, Marketing - Urology

Director, Marketing – Urology

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Company Description

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at

Job Description

The Director, Urology is responsible for promotional and business strategies for the Urology franchise, which includes professional campaign development, lifecycle strategy, and competitive planning. This position works in close collaboration with cross‑functional groups to impact product performance; in particular: sales, managed markets, medical affairs, finance, and commercial operations.

The Director, Urology leads in close collaboration with a cross‑functional team the development and implementation of the annual strategic marketing plans, budgets, and sales forecasts for Urology indications. To be successful, the candidate must partner effectively with the cross‑portfolio team leaders to plan and execute the strategy. They will review and respond to changing market dynamics, as indicated through market analysis, customer interaction and sales input, to ensure achievement of goals by directing activities of product management and working with medical/marketing communications.

This position reports to the Head of Marketing and will lead a team of 2 people, with responsibility for employment decisions such as pay, performance reviews, and talent management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs team in the development of business strategy and associated plan, product budgets, sales forecasts and production forecasts to achieve sales and profit objectives.
• Co‑leads the Urology integrated brand team (IBT) with their medical counterpart.
• Proactively reviews and responds to changing market conditions to achieve financial objectives.
• Reviews and ensures accuracy of all sales and expense budgets and forecasts. Allocates appropriate resources to achieve goals and monitors expenses to ensure profit targets are achieved.
• Leads business strategies and corresponding product life cycle plans lifecycle management, competitive threats and other product introduction opportunities.
• Ensures development of marketing and management skills of direct reports. Specific skill development includes market and financial, sales and expense budget/forecast development and monitoring analysis, strategy development and effectiveness and efficiency in development/implementation of promotional mix. Provides professional development, coaching and performance management of the team. Hires and develops a high functioning and effective team.
• Develops and maintains a customer focus that includes effective working relationships with key KOL customers, sales leadership, and cross functional stakeholders.

Significant Work Activities – Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day).

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor degree in a technical discipline field required; MBA or other advanced degree in social science, life sciences, or quantitative analysis or related area is desired.
• Minimum 8+ years of professional industry experience; 5+ years of HCP marketing experience.
• In‑depth knowledge of pharma industry marketing, sales and business development with established track record in managing industry‑based marketing functions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and manage budgets.
• Highly desired:
  Buy & Bill Experience;
  Leadership Experience.
• Ability to travel 30‑40%.

Additional Information

• 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…