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Posted April 25, 2024

Senior Counsel, Legal, Global Therapeutics, IMCO and IMAP

AbbVie
Chicago, IL Full Time
Reference: AbbVie3743990004154956

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.

Job Description

The IMCO (International Marketing Commercial Operations) & IMAP (International Market Access and Pricing) Senior Counsel position acts as legal counsel to the IMCO & IMAP leadership team and is responsible for providing strategic legal advice on a variety of healthcare-related legal, market access, pricing and reimbursement, regulatory and compliance issues governing on-market and pipeline products, with a primary focus on key strategic priorities for the organization. The scope of the role is global. In addition, as a member of the Global Therapeutic International Legal team, partners with the Area (Europe and Intercontinental) legal leaders as peers to ensure proper and smooth execution of the legal, commercial, and cross-functional strategies.

Responsibilities:

  • Active participation to the IMCO/IMAP leadership and strategic meetings
  • Strategic support to the IMCO/IMAP commercial (Immunology, Oncology and Specialty VPs and GMs), Medical Affairs and functional leadership on a variety of legal matters impacting key priorities
  • In coordination with the IMCO leadership, strategically prioritizes its own workload and shapes the workload of the team, ensuring consistent focus on key priorities such as product launches, regulatory approaches, price and reimbursement procedures, integration of new assets and portfolio management
  • As a member of the Global Therapeutic International Legal team, reporting to the Legal International VP, partners with the Area (Europe and Intercontinental) Legal Leaders to ensure proper and smooth execution of the legal, commercial, and cross-functional strategies. Supports the affiliate teams on a case-by-case basis and engages with Area, Region and Affiliate leaders to define implementation of these strategies.
  • Where key strategic or unanticipated issues arise impacting more than one affiliate, often leads coordination across affiliate and other attorneys to successfully resolve (e.g., Rinvoq labeling & access challenges globally due to Article 20 label change)
  • Works with Legal Regulatory team to support significant regulatory challenges that arise internationally
  • Leads a team of one or two Senior Counsels who are responsible to supporting specific therapeutic areas and relevant projects
  • Develops the team by continuously offering opportunities to work on key projects beyond their area of responsibility. In partnership with the Area Senior Counsels, provides opportunities to the Legal International team to develop and work on key priorities for the IMCO and IMAP organization.
  • Supervising the IMCO Legal team, manages and directs the work of outside counsel and the relevant budget.
  • Keeps abreast of changes in laws and policy that affect the area of responsibility and proactively assesses potential impact and elaborates, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, strategies to maximize opportunities and/or mitigate risks.
  • Elaborates strategies to protect key brand story, messages and narrative and manages competitive landscape (for example through intercompany dialogue) to ensure level playfield, in collaboration with the International Legal and key stakeholders
  • Acts as a role model and conducts activities in full compliance with the law, regulations, policies/procedures, and AbbVies Code of Conduct.

Qualifications

  • Law degree from an ABA accredited law school and in good standing with the state bar of the jurisdiction in which your office will be located (or ability to gain licensure in the state in which your office will be located)
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant experience within life sciences sector
  • Experience with Healthcare Compliance/ Promotion/Market Access/Managed Health Care/Pricing and Reimbursement/Regulatory laws, regulations and policies
  • Excellent business acumen and communication skills
  • Ability to work with Senior Leaders, understanding of a matrix organization

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies 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.

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