Associate Director, Market Development - Rheumatology

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Location: U.S. (Field-Based or Home Office)

AbbVie’s Rheumatology business is dedicated to elevating care for patients living with rheumatic disease, including RA, PsA, axSpA, and GCA. With a rapidly expanding Immunology portfolio and a sustained commitment to innovation, AbbVie continues to re-define standards of care.

The Associate Director, Market Development is a commercial leader responsible for driving national rheumatology sales performance, building strategic field execution frameworks, and ensuring operational excellence across the U.S. Rheumatology sales organization. Reporting directly to the Head of Sales, this role influences national strategy, supports regional leadership, and shapes field execution for one of AbbVie’s highest-priority franchises.

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Market Development serves as the connective bridge between national commercial strategy and field execution. This leader drives operational alignment, identifies performance opportunities, oversees national pull-through initiatives, and partners across Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, Analytics, and Training to ensure AbbVie’s Rheum portfolio delivers strong and sustainable results.

You will serve as a thought partner to the Head of Sales and a key influencer across regional and district managers, ensuring that national priorities translate into clear, consistent, and impactful actions in the field.

Key Responsibilities

National Sales Leadership

• Lead execution of the national sales strategy for AbbVie’s Rheum portfolio, ensuring alignment with the Head of Sales, Marketing, and broader Immunology leadership.
• Identify performance trends, growth opportunities, and operational gaps across regions; drive targeted interventions to optimize results.
• Partner with Regional Sales Directors to ensure consistent execution of brand strategy and field excellence across all geographies.

Field Performance & Operational Excellence

• Oversee national sales performance dashboards, KPIs, and reporting in collaboration with Analytics and Sales Operations.
• Develop national playbooks, field execution frameworks, and performance standards to support clarity and consistency in sales execution.
• Lead regular business reviews and performance deep-dives with regional and district leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary liaison between the field sales organization and key cross-functional partners (Marketing, Market Access, Training, and Reimbursement).
• Translate customer, competitive, and field insights into actionable recommendations for brand and commercial strategy teams.
• Support payer pull-through initiatives in partnership with Market Access to ensure optimal adoption of AbbVie’s Rheumatology therapies.

Launch & Brand Execution

• Play a central role in national launch execution for new indications, formulations, or pipeline assets.
• Align brand positioning, messaging priorities, and promotional strategies with field execution planning.
• Ensure field teams are prepared with the capabilities, resources, and training needed to execute at the highest level.

Leadership Development & Culture

• Partner with Regional Sales Directors, mentor District Managers, and contribute to leadership succession planning.
• Champion AbbVie’s culture, ensuring a high-performance, patient-centered, collaborative environment across the field organization.
• Support recruitment, development, and retention of top commercial talent across U.S. Rheumatology.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, or related field.
• 10+ years of pharmaceutical or biotech commercial experience, including significant field sales leadership as well as marketing experience.
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex field organizations in specialty therapeutics (preferably immunology or rheumatology).
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, drive execution at scale, and translate strategy into measurable performance.
• Home office based role or hybrid with >50% travel
• Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment
• Valid driver’s license: Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening test and meet safe driving requirements

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA or related).
• Experience in rheumatology, immunology, or biologics/advanced therapies.
• Background working with Market Access, launch planning, or field training a plus.
• Experience supporting national product launches.

Key Leadership Competencies

• Strategic Mindset: Ability to identify growth opportunities and shape national-level direction.
• Operational Excellence: Strong capability in planning, execution, and performance optimization.
• Influencing Without Authority: Skilled at gaining alignment across matrix partners and field leadership.
• People Leadership: Committed to talent development, coaching, and building a high-performance culture.
• Customer Focus: Passion for elevating the standards of care for patients with rheumatic disease.

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 postingbased 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 paymore 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. ​

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 untilpaid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

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