Director, HEOR Strategy - Dermatology
AbbVie
Summary
The Director, HEOR is accountable for the development, alignment, and delivery of HEOR strategy and evidence-generation initiatives for assigned on-market and/or pipeline indication(s). Serving as the HEOR lead on cross-functional teams and pipeline commercialization teams, the Director represents the HEOR perspective in shaping evidence strategies across US and International markets.
Job description
This role is responsible for translating brand priorities into integrated evidence strategies that support commercialization, market access, reimbursement, and policy objectives while maintaining scientific rigor and integrity. The Director ensures HEOR plans are aligned with broader brand strategies and cross-functional evidence-generation plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for developing and delivering integrated HEOR strategies for assigned indication(s)
- Serves as the HEOR lead on cross-functional teams, influencing key strategic decisions
- Shapes the HEOR contribution to global development, commercialization, and lifecycle strategies
- Leads the HEOR evidence-generation plan, aligned with scientific, regulatory, market access, and commercial objectives
- Accountable for end-to-end delivery of the HEOR book of work, from strategy development through evidence generation, dissemination, and pull-through
- Drives lifecycle evidence and labeling strategies to support differentiation and value demonstration
- Provides strategic HEOR leadership to support market access, reimbursement, and value communication objectives
- Accountable to ensuring strong partnership with all relevant HEOR COE functions to ensure a comprehensive HEOR voice is represented in cross-functional meetings
- Communicates evidence and strategic recommendations to senior internal and external stakeholders, including executives, payers, HTAs, and KOLs
- Engages senior leaders with executive presence, prioritizes the book of work within available resources, and gains stakeholder alignment
Requirements
- Advanced degree, MD, PharmD, MS in Economics, Econometrics, or (pharmaco)epidemiology
- Minimum of ten years working experience with Master's, seven years with PhD/PharmD (can include fellowship experience)
- Professional training in a health field (MD, PharmD, etc.) is a plus
- Experience within pharmaceutical industry preferred
- RWE/ITC/Economic Modeling experience
- Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of on-market product support
- Strategic/business-minded HEOR leadership
- Extensive knowledge of the global regulatory, HTA and PR&A landscape
- Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment
- Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy
- Dermatology/Immunology experience
- Enterprise strategic influencer
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k)
- Long-term incentive programs
Company overview
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and markets advanced therapies for some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. Founded in 2013 as a spin-off from Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie has established itself as a leader in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, and virology. The company's flagship product, Humira (adalimumab), was one of the world's top-selling drugs for treating autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. AbbVie maintains a robust pipeline of innovative medicines and has expanded its portfolio through strategic acquisitions, including Allergan in 2020. With research facilities across the United States and globally, AbbVie focuses on advancing science to improve patient outcomes while maintaining strong commercial operations worldwide. The company operates with a patient-centric approach and invests significantly in research and development to address unmet medical needs across multiple therapeutic areas.