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Manager, Oncology Payer and Channel Analytics

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Marketing

Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This role leads analytics on an oncology brand that shapes market access strategy. Walk me through an analysis you did that changed how a brand approached payers.

What they are checking: Whether their analysis has actually changed how a brand approaches payers, rather than just reporting what already happened.

The role sits between analytics and commercial strategy. How do you present a finding to brand leadership that argues against their plan?

What they are checking: Whether they can present unwelcome findings to leadership with evidence and composure, because honest analysis is only valuable if it is heard.

Tell me about a time your analysis was wrong. How did you find out?

What they are checking: Whether they check their own work and own mistakes openly, because trust in an analyst depends on honesty about errors.

What would you do

Where's the compliance boundary in what commercial analytics can do with payer and patient data?

What they are checking: Whether they understand privacy and compliance rules around patient and payer data, since misuse creates serious legal exposure in pharma.

How do you decide which questions are worth a full analysis and which need a quick read?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize questions by decision value, because analytics demand always exceeds capacity and not every question deserves deep work.

How do you work with patient services teams whose view of access is what happens to one patient rather than a population?

What they are checking: Connecting population analytics to individual experience, given the organization named here

This is based at Mettawa. What would you want to know about the brand and the data you'd have before you took it?

What they are checking: Whether they would ask sensible questions about the brand and data before committing, which shows they think about doing the job well.

About the work

What data do you use to understand payer behavior, and what are its limits?

What they are checking: Whether they know payer data well enough to explain its blind spots, because overconfident conclusions lead to bad access decisions.

How is market access in oncology different from other therapeutic areas?

What they are checking: Whether their oncology experience is real, including buy-and-bill, pathways and medical benefit coverage, which work differently from retail pharmacy markets.

How would you assess the access risk around a launch indication before it launches?

What they are checking: Whether they can anticipate access risks before launch, since problems discovered afterward are far harder and costlier to fix.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

The Market Access and Patient Services Insights (MAPS) organization within APEX plays an instrumental role in shaping market access strategies for all of AbbVie’s US brands. As a member of this team, you will lead the planning and execution of standard and ad-hoc analytics to identify/quantify market access opportunities and threats, make specific recommendations on the development of market access strategies and tactics, develop analytical capabilities, enable organizational learning, and ensure alignment of analytical insights with the broader commercial goals of each brand. The role requires strong data analytics capabilities as well as subject matter expertise within the overall U.S. market access environment. The role provides insights that directly impact patient and physician access to AbbVie brands through its influence on the development of pricing, contracting and other access strategies. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES Lead analytics and insights on a key oncology brand and/or launch indications that influence market access strategy through data analytics, customer insights and business knowledge. Co-develop with U.S. Market Access commercial leaders, innovative Pricing and Contracting strategies to achieve optimal payer formulary access that maximize net sales for assigned brands. Identify through data science and claims analysis, market dynamics that shape brand demand and build models to portray risks and opportunities. Leverage strong understanding of the U.S. Oncology healthcare landscape to identify and proactively address opportunities and threats. Build collaborative relationships with internal U.S. Market Access Marketing and Field stakeholders. Align insights and analytics to Brand insight partners, that when integrated with HCP and Consumer insights, positively impact brand decision making. • Leading the delivery of brand specific market access analytical insights in response to specific market access issues/trends to drive data driven decision making. • Leading the development of Health Plan, Specialty Pharmacy, and PBM contracting strategies for brand across market access channels through advanced modelling techniques and informing financial projections based on pricing and contracting strategies. • Understanding the impact of utilization management, tiering and medical policy impact on overall demand, line of therapy and co-pay support. • Conducting investigative analytics to validate and/or quantify market phenomenon related to competitive or customer tactics. • Identifying value drivers that guide clinical data development and value positioning. • Leveraging a strong understanding of syndicated and AbbVie proprietary data, data science and modeling techniques to synthesize insights into compelling narratives. • Managing suppliers and stakeholders, leading external analytics to deliver compelling learnings, and formulate strategies appropriate for the issue at hand. • Leading the communication of market access insights to leadership. Required: • Bachelor’s degree • 6+ years of professional experience. • 4+ years of related industry experience in marketing/sales analytics. • Strong story telling skills; ability to distill complex information synthesized into concise and impactful messages and communications. Preferred: • Master’s degree or MBA • Technical skills including SQL, R, Python, Dataiku and/or Power BI. • Strong working knowledge of syndicated pharmaceutical data sources. • Oncology experience or Rare disease experience • Market access experience and subject matter expertise with Health Plans, PBMs, Hospital Systems, Specialty Pharmacies and Healthcare Policy stakeholders. • Pharmaceutical marketing analytics/insights experience. 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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