Director, Global Business Development

Director, Business Development, Global Commercial Development - Oncology

Primary Lake County, Illinois
Secondary
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Category Marketing
Division AbbVie

The Director, Business Development, Global Commercial Development will report to the VP, Global Commercial Development Oncology.  This person will play an integral driving role in the sourcing and evaluation of new investment opportunities through the leadership and management of commercial assessments related to the TA strategy and due diligence. This individual will also play an integral driving role in the Therapeutic Area’s business development process internally and externally with other biopharmaceutical companies targeting licensing/acquisition of key therapeutic assets, R&D collaborations, and related enabling collaborations. This role will also have a direct report to help with the external assessments.

The successful candidate will have a strong scientific, commercial, and/or clinical background and be able to understand business principles and market dynamics across various disease areas and indications within the Oncology Solid Tumors and Hematology sectors. Specific activities will include working with the Search & Evaluation and BD&A Transactions teams to support execution of the BD strategy, plan & prepare commercial diligence presentations, guiding product forecasting and P&L generation and work with the Business Insights Team to perform market insights generation and gather secondary analytics. The position provides the opportunity to work with a variety of key stakeholders, including but not limited to: Search and Evaluation, Licensing & Acquisition, Clinical, Discovery, Regulatory, Market Access, Health Economics, US & Global Commercial, Forecasting, Finance, and Market Research partners. Due to the cross-portfolio nature of the role, the candidate will also be involved in the preparation of other strategic initiatives, including advising BD strategy into the Long-Range Planning process and input into Disease Area Strategies.

Key Responsibilities Include:

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AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. 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 disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.

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

Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time

Job Type: Experienced

Schedule: Full-time

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer including disability/vets. 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 disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, or any other protected group status. We will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, individuals with a disability, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans. The Affirmative Action Plan is available for viewing in the Human Resources office during regular business hours.