AbbVie: Associate Director, Market Research and Analytics - Specialty Business Franchises — Mettawa, IL, United States

About AbbVie

AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical business focused on discovering and delivering medicines and related health solutions. Its employer introduction identifies immunology, oncology and neuroscience among its therapeutic areas, alongside the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. The organisation's stated mission connects current health problems with the development of treatments for future medical needs. Its activities therefore have both scientific and product-delivery dimensions, with different functions supporting research, medicines and services within the named therapeutic and aesthetics areas.

The position and its setting

AbbVie lists Associate Director, Market Research and Analytics - Specialty Business Franchises in Mettawa, IL, United States, under reference R00151684. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Brands: AbbVie

Responsibilities and work described

• The Associate Director of Marketing Research & Analytics will design, implement, manage, analyze, and effectively communicate marketing research and analytics initiatives in support of assigned franchise/brand
• The ability to influence decisions based upon careful and strategic thinking and understanding of the business is critical to success
• Be conversant with custom research methods, adept at supplier and stakeholder management, and able to independently lead custom research projects that deliver compelling and actionable learnings
• Execution: thought-provoking and sophisticated syntheses of learning across research, analytics, and market intelligence sources to develop actionable insights and recommendations that shape strategies and tactics
• Maintenance: organizational knowledge of the market, competitive trends, and industry developments and effectively communicate this knowledge to internal stakeholders
• Design: and execute measurement plans, inclusive of selected operational and performance indicators, to ensure the organization’s understanding of execution of, engagement with, and impact of in market tactics
• Collaboration: cross-functionally to ensure Brand, Market Access, and APS intelligence is leveraged appropriately to inform development of strategies and tactics
• Building: relationships as a team player, while maintaining objectivity and lack of bias to represent the voice of the customer
• Demonstrate thoughtful confidence in presentation of learnings across all levels of the organization
• Appropriately manage and collaborate with both onshore and offshore research and analytics suppliers
• Monitoring: and manage research and analytics programs within budget and identify opportunities for cost savings where appropriate
• Quality / delivery: all research and analytics activities are conducted in accordance with financial and ethical compliance guidelines

Essential requirements and candidate background

• BA or BS degree required
• ~10 years relevant marketing research and/or analytics experience required
• Analytical reasoning abilities, intellectual curiosity, business acumen, superior organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and creativity in problem-solving
• Interact effectively with/present to (verbally and in writing) all levels of the organization
• Experience as an integral member of a high-performing work team
• Experience: and aptitude navigating a heavily matrixed and fast-paced environment
• Leadership skills and the ability to collaborate effectively cross-functionally within the organization and with external agencies
• Demonstrated project management skills

Education and qualification routes

• Degree / qualification: Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD) preferred

Experience and professional background

• Experience: pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical data (physician-level prescribing, institutional sales data, payer-prescriber-level data, formulary data, patient-level data, etc.) preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: Mettawa, IL, United States

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Pay and application dates

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How to apply to AbbVie

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Open the official AbbVie posting below and match the title and reference R00151684.

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Practical preparation: compliance

Compliance experience should identify the business process, applicable internal controls and the work you performed. Explain evidence gathering, review, escalation or remediation where those were part of your role.

Relevant skills

• compliance
• marketing
• stakeholder management
• pharmacy
• sales
• project management