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AbbVie

Global biopharmaceutical company developing medicines

Associate Director, Brand Marketing

Product MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeIrvine, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field is required.
  • At least 8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, medical aesthetics, or healthcare marketing, including meaningful product launch and post-launch brand management experience.
  • Ability to own a brand strategy while driving disciplined, high-quality tactical execution.
  • Experience partnering with sales leadership and field teams, translating strategy into actionable guidance, and incorporating field insights into brand decisions.
  • Experience developing and optimizing promotional assets, sales tools, campaigns, and educational resources in a regulated environment.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams, agencies, and complex workstreams with clear priorities, accountability, and timely decision-making.
  • Understanding of facial aesthetics market dynamics, customer needs and journeys, competitive trends, and the regulatory landscape.
  • Communication, presentation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Ability to travel up to 25–30%, including regular time in the field with sales teams and customers.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end brand plan for TrenibotE, from launch strategy and readiness through post-launch optimization, lifecycle planning, and day-to-day brand management.
  • Translate brand strategy into execution priorities, field-facing plans, and practical guidance that enable consistent, high-quality customer engagement.
  • Partner with sales leadership, sales training, and field teams to prepare for launch, gather real-time market feedback, identify execution barriers, and refine tactics.
  • Maintain an in-field presence through field rides, regional and national sales meetings, customer engagements, and regular collaboration with field teams to understand customer needs and improve execution.
  • Provide direction, tools, and coaching resources to help field teams communicate the brand value proposition and execute brand priorities.
  • Lead the development, approval, deployment, and ongoing refresh of post-launch promotional assets, sales tools, campaigns, educational resources, and customer experiences for healthcare professionals and consumers.
  • Use field insights, customer feedback, market research, competitive intelligence, and performance data to optimize messaging, assets, channels, and tactical plans after launch.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Medical, Regulatory, Legal, Consumer, Digital, Analytics, and Operations to ensure launch readiness and disciplined post-launch execution.
  • Manage agency partners, budgets, timelines, and production workflows to deliver assets and programs.
  • Establish and monitor launch and post-launch performance measures, communicate progress and risks, and recommend course corrections to achieve brand objectives.
  • Represent the brand in planning, forecasting, business reviews, and lifecycle discussions, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities and field execution.
  • Build relationships with key opinion leaders, customers, advocacy partners, and external experts to support adoption and inform continued brand development.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA is preferred.

About the Company

AbbVie

Global biopharmaceutical company developing medicines

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company that develops and sells medicines to treat serious health conditions. Its portfolio spans immunology, oncology, virology, neuroscience, and aesthetics, with products designed to modulate the immune system, target disease pathways, or support medical aesthetics. AbbVie compounds its products through a heavy emphasis on research and development, investing billions to build a steady pipeline of new therapies. Its medicines are brought to market by selling to healthcare providers, hospitals, and clinics, and in some cases directly to patients via prescriptions. The company differentiates itself through a wide, globally distributed product line, substantial R&D investment, and a commitment to sustainability and patient care, including science-based targets. AbbVie’s goal is to improve patient outcomes by delivering effective treatments for unmet medical needs while pursuing long-term, responsible growth across healthcare markets.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
North Chicago, IL
Founded
1888

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