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Associate Director, Market Access Marketing

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Marketing

Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a cross-functional forum you ran that actually solved problems.

What they are checking: Whether they can run cross-functional forums that actually solve problems, rather than meetings that only share status updates.

Tell me about a time you had to tell senior leaders that access would limit a brand's uptake.

What they are checking: Whether they will tell senior leaders honestly when access will limit uptake, which supports realistic plans and better decisions.

What would you do

How do you make sure access realities show up in the LBE forecast and long-range plan?

What they are checking: Whether they make sure access realities shape forecasts and long-range plans, so financial expectations stay grounded and credible.

A major payer adds restrictive prior authorization criteria right after launch. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can respond quickly and coordinate well when a payer restricts access, protecting patients' ability to start treatment.

About the work

How do you monitor the payer policy landscape, and how do you turn it into useful updates for the brand team?

What they are checking: Whether they can track payer policy changes and turn them into practical updates the brand team can actually use.

What launch readiness metrics would you track for account activation?

What they are checking: Whether they know which access measures show a launch is on track, so problems with accounts are caught early.

How would you build a community oncology and GPO strategy for a new brand?

What they are checking: Whether they understand access strategy across channels like community oncology and GPOs, which shapes how patients reach a new drug.

How do you use field insights from account teams in your strategy?

What they are checking: Whether they use insights from account teams in the field, since those teams see access barriers before data shows them.

How would you explain the difference between medical and pharmacy benefit access for an oncology drug?

What they are checking: Whether they understand how medical and pharmacy benefits differ for oncology drugs, which affects coverage, reimbursement and patient costs.

What evidence do payers want to see for a new oncology launch?

What they are checking: Whether they understand what evidence payers expect for a new oncology drug, so the launch is prepared to secure coverage.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Purpose Statement The Associate Director of Market Access Marketing, leads payer-strategy activities that help ensure seamless patient access to the brand. This role integrates market access insights into cross-functional and financial strategic decisions while building the evidence, partnerships, and operational readiness required for effective launch execution and sustained brand performance. Key Responsibilities • Monitor the payer policy landscape and produce regular policy updates and communications in partnership with market access analytics teams. • Track account activation and launch-readiness metrics; synthesize field insights; and provide regular reporting to commercial leadership and executive business reviews. • Represent Market Access in cross-functional brand governance forums, including brand team meetings, annual strategy and planning, long-range planning, and latest best estimate forecasting, to ensure access realities inform strategic and financial decisions. • Lead a recurring cross-functional access forum to proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve access challenges and opportunities. • Support the development and finalization of channel-specific strategies, including community oncology and group purchasing organization (GPO) strategies, in partnership with brand and market access leadership. Secondary Responsibilities: • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to plan and execute advisory boards that generate insights for future brand and market access strategy. • Manage budget stewardship and vendor or agency processes, including scope-of-work submissions and optimization of available funds. • Partner with market access analytics and research teams to build evidence bases, including market research, that support future tactical execution. Additional Responsibilities: • Support research and evaluation of conference and congress engagement opportunities to inform future brand presence and stakeholder-engagement strategy. Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree required to enable this individual to demonstrate an appropriate level of business acumen, the ability to process scientific information and financial analysis. • Demonstrated ability to understand clinical aspects of a pharmaceutical product and its application to marketing strategy and tactical execution. • 5-7 years of marketing or market access experience required. • Previous experience supporting HCP-administered assets. • Knowledge of the Commercial and Medicare FFS aspects of the Medical Benefit and associated utilization management and reimbursement dynamics. Preferred Qualifications: • Previous Oncology experience strongly preferred, but not required • 3 years of US Market Access experience preferred • Pre-launch activities and Market Access launch experience • Demonstrated understanding of financial planning and analysis • Master’s Degree 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 this posting 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 and until 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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