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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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Advances in scientific and technological research are opening up new, promising treatments for previously difficult to treat diseases, increasing the demand on already constrained healthcare budgets. The challenging economic and political environment is leading Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies and payers to demand better outcomes at lower cost to overall health system.

To succeed in this environment, we (AbbVie) need to fully understand market value drivers, identify the evidence required for Pricing, Reimbursement and Access (PRA), and work with the evidence generating functions to ensure that evidence generated will support successful HTA outcome and PRA negotiations.

The Global HTA Strategy team is a international function within the International Market Access & Pricing (IMAP) department. The team was established to realize the full value of our assets by strategically informing drug development, evidence generation and HTA submissions, aligned with HTA/payer needs. The primary goals of the function are to ensure HTA evidence requirements are considered early in the development of Abbvie assets and a robust and aligned HTA strategy across the organization in order to ensure the successful launch of Abbvie assets.

Key objective of role:

The International HTA Strategy head Immunology will drive strategy and process to ensure positive HTA outcome aligned with the Access ambition and strategy optimizing price, time to reimbursement and level of access for Immunology.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the Immunology HTA strategy team developing the Asset and indication HTA strategy in close collaboration with the internal cross-functional teams and external stakeholders

• Oversees HTA strategy activities related to the team led HTA scientific advice strategy and execution in collaboration with large affiliates

• Oversees team led and leads early affiliate engagement (Early Touchpoint process) on behalf of IMAP to help inform (registrational) clinical develop programs

• Oversees team led and leads the development of the international HTA strategic guidance to support areas/affiliates on local HTA submissions.

• Coordination across evidence generation functions at global level (Medical Affairs, HEOR and Clinical Development) to answer questions from HTA agencies

• Oversees team led and Develops HTA insights collaborating with key affiliates to understand Access Evidence requirements for specific diseases and assets

• Consult HTA decision Databases, develop HTA /payer engagement plans and gather insights from early scientific advice from HTA agencies and other external experts

• Assess Target Product Profiles, Clinical Development Plans and inform Global Integrated Evidence Strategies

• Provide strategic input into global development Programs, developing solutions and scenarios through the Asset Integrated Evidence Strategy Team.

• Internal stakeholders include: VP Immunology, International Market Access and Pricing; Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research; Affiliates; Areas; R&D; Commercial; Medical and Regulatory; Governance bodies

• Ensure clear lines of communication on progress and issues with the internal team, including senior management and supporting the team with the preparation of HTA-HEOR business reviews

• Support the development of the HTA strategy Immunology team members

• Monitoring evolving HTA technical and evidentiary requirements and shaping new methods with external partners

Qualifications

• The candidate must have at least 10-15 years of progressive experience preferably in a variety of international market access/HTA related areas (including market access, managed care marketing, health economics, HTA, clinical development, biostatistics, or Medical Affairs)

• Preference for candidates with an advanced degree in health economics, life sciences, health service, or related discipline (MSc, PhD)

• The candidate must have comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical commercialization and drug development processes

• Experience in working within the Immunology therapy area is a plus

• A deep understanding of pricing and reimbursement processes across key HTA markets, preferably with experience within one or more of these markets

• Skilled in developing strategy to secure positive recommendations from influential HTA bodies

• Experience of developing reimbursement submissions

• Experience and strong ability in working collaboratively across matrix functions

• Strong project management capability with adherence to strict timelines

• Skilled in translating complex concepts into simple language

• Deep understanding of health economic and evidence synthesis concepts

• Experience of identifying and addressing evidence gaps relevant to demonstrating CE.

• Ability to build strong and enduring relationships with renowned External Experts

Key Behaviors:

• Inspires and motivates others toward a shared purpose

• Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment

• Deals comfortably with risk and ambiguity, changing course when needed.

• Makes timely, high-quality decisions with less than perfect information.

• Sets clear strategies and robust implementation plans.

• Has ability to understand complex problems and translate into simple ideas and solutions

• Acts respectfully yet courageously; says what needs to be said

• Communicates openly and honestly with all colleagues

• Connects unrelated concepts, generates original or unique ideas

• Persistent and resilient —finds the way to move good ideas forward

Additional Information

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 short-term incentive programs. ​

• 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 committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.