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Senior Director, HEOR Strategy - Immunology

AbbVie · Mettawa, IL · Full time · Research

Posted May 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an HEOR study you led that changed a payer or HTA decision.

What they are checking: Whether their research has produced real access outcomes rather than only publications.

Tell me about a time you had to present HEOR findings to executive leadership. How did you make it land?

What they are checking: Whether they can turn complex economic evidence into a clear message for senior decision makers.

Tell me about a high performer you developed and how you kept them on your team.

What they are checking: Whether they can build and retain talent, which the posting names as a core expectation.

How would you shape the culture and capabilities of an HEOR team as a member of the VP's leadership team?

What they are checking: Whether they think beyond their own portfolio and can contribute to the function's direction.

What would you do

How do you prioritize HEOR investments when every brand team wants more studies than the budget allows?

What they are checking: Whether they can allocate scarce resources across a portfolio and defend the tradeoffs to leaders.

How do you get HEOR considered early in clinical development, when trial designs are still being set?

What they are checking: Whether they can influence development teams to collect outcomes data that will be needed later for access.

A study you sponsored produced results that do not favor the product. How do you handle publication and communication?

What they are checking: Whether they hold to scientific integrity and transparency even when results are inconvenient.

About the work

Walk me through how you would build an HEOR strategic plan for an immunology asset across several indications.

What they are checking: Whether they can tie evidence generation to payer and HTA needs for each indication rather than one generic plan.

How do HTA bodies in Europe differ from US payers in the evidence they want to see?

What they are checking: Whether they understand global value demonstration since the team has worldwide responsibility.

What are the strengths and limits of real-world evidence for showing value in immunology?

What they are checking: Whether they understand bias, confounding and how to design RWE that payers will trust.

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The full job description

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The Sr. Director has responsibility and accountability for HEOR strategic research plans and agendas, execution of studies and projects within those plans a portfolio of assets/brands/indications across a therapeutic area and leads a team of Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) scientists with global responsibility for demonstrating the health-economic value of AbbVie's pharmaceutical products/assets. Guides and council across TA worldwide management and senior leadership of the HEOR aspects of product value across the multiple indications of the relevant TAs. Able to influence at the enterprise level, effectively manage and prioritize resources and develop and retain a high performing team. Reporting to the VP HEOR Strategy Franchise, the Sr. Director is a member of the LT to the VP and XLT to the head of the function, is expected to influence and shape team culture and capabilities. Responsibilities • Highly effectively communicates findings to internal leadership (Executive Leadership, Area VPs, GMs etc.) and external (e.g. HTAs/Payers, patient advocacy groups and KOLs etc.) • Accountable for the creation of strategic plans for all products within the TAs for which he/she has oversight and to ensure strategic plans within his/her TAs are constantly relevant to product development and the marketplace • HEOR strategy lead interacting with cross-functional leaders for that TA Direct the design, conduct, and analysis of projects within each product area strategy across multiple programs. Accountable for project execution and budget • NDP Development – directs, develops, organizes, and implements the HEOR strategy with concurrence of functional management to allow the development of each NDP to proceed expeditiously and smoothly toward registration, PR&A and market launch in compliance with national and international governmental regulations for various programs for multiple Therapeutic Areas • Drive the design and aggressive execution of a high quality HEOR program supporting the therapeutic area strategy for pipeline products as well as on-market products that effectively and efficiently meets ethical, scientific, regulatory, commercial, and quality requirements • In the post-marketing setting, this position is responsible for developing and executing HEOR product life-cycle and labeling strategies. Responsible for integrating the expressed needs for value demonstration from customers (payers, physicians and patients), the direction of the commercial organization in product marketing and the realities of the science surrounding a product in developing strategies • Assume full scientific HEOR strategic support of commercialization activities including the facilitation of obtaining and maintaining market access and growing the market • Accountable for end-to-end delivery of HEOR book of work under their remit, from strategy development to content pull through • Accountable to ensuring strong partnership with all relevant HEOR COE functions to ensure a comprehensive HEOR voice is represented in cross-functional meetings • Advanced degree, MD, PharmD, MS in Economics, Econometrics, or (pharmaco)epidemiology • Minimum of twelve years working experience with Master’s, ten years with PhD (can include fellowship experience). Professional training in a health field (MD,PharmD, etc.) is a plus • Typically 10+ years of clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry, CRO, academia or other health-related consulting company plus having expert knowledge in a relevant therapeutic specialty. Clinical research experience strongly recommended; within pharmaceutical industry preferred • Must perform at times in previously uncharted territory with few, if any, established guidelines or procedures. At other times, exceedingly complex governmental rules and regulations must be followed. For problems surrounded by complex rules and regulations, the Senior Director must be able to direct compliance knowledgeably and expeditiously • Must be able to develop creative and effective solutions to inter- and intra-project priority conflicts, resource constraints and other problems which may impact project or group goals and deliverables across multiple programs. Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of pipeline development and on-market product support preferred • Extensive knowledge of the global regulatory, HTA and PR&A landscape, as well as understanding of other development-related functions as they relate to all phases of drug development • Skills to perform the dual roles of leading a cross functional team and managing scientific personnel in clinical research. Must be a self- starter and have a strong desire to see projects achieve commercial success • High goal-orientation with the ability to see solutions rather than problems as projects encounter the inevitable ups and downs associated with new drug development or on-market product support • Proven people leadership and ability to lead leaders • Enterprise strategic influencer 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. 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