The Associate Director, International Regulatory Affairs Advertising & Promotion safeguards products and practices to adhere to the highest quality and regulatory standards. The Associate Director will be responsible for the implementation of regulatory advertising and promotion strategies for marketed and development compounds in alignment with the overarching global regulatory strategy and global brand plan and leads the international regulatory strategy for the assigned marketed and development compounds. The Associate Director will interface with International Marketing, International Medical Affairs, Global Legal and Office of Ethics and Compliance with regard to advertising and promotion strategies and tactics intended for use globally.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and evaluates the global industry environment (e.g., regulatory, legal, and political climate) and plans strategically for overall system of regulatory communications. Provides functional input on key initiatives impacting other areas. Leads the implementation of risk management strategies and risk management plans for global Regulatory advertising and promotion.
• Provides global regulatory position, perspective, and expertise related to advertising and promotion to internal and external customers/business partners. Maintains current knowledge of global codes of practice, regulations and guidance’s that impact pharmaceutical advertising and promotion. Has direct international (ex-US) accountability for assigned therapeutic areas within the Regulatory Advertising and Promotion department.
• Implements department policies and procedures and significantly contributes to the development and updates to Divisional and Corporate policies effecting global core messaging. Supports departmental and business strategies, quality initiatives, compliance with policies and procedures, and the implementation of improvement plans. Contributes to the evaluation of departmental needs and implements solutions to enhance and facilitate operations.
• Provides critical analysis and potential interpretations of the regulatory position and messaging for communications in response to often highly visible pharmaceutical news having political, financial and legal interests. Creates an environment to attract, retain, empower and mentor leaders in business knowledge, management skills, and continued development. Provides strategic input into comprehensive training program. Negotiates/resolves the majority of decisions with Marketing, Medical, Legal, Public Affairs, and compliance counterparts.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively through all levels of management across multiple divisions and functions. Is recognized by organizational counterparts as a key company resource on pharmaceutical advertising and promotion. Apply novel and creative methods to problem solving. Constantly searches for out of the box solutions while maintaining quality and adherence to regulations.
• Balances business needs and risk assessments with creative decision-making abilities. Responsible for assigned marketed and development compounds advertising and promotion strategies. Has accountability for: the sound representation of global Regulatory Advertising and Promotion position within and external to AbbVie; and the operations, initiatives, and strategies for the regulatory Advertising and Promotion department.
• Leads cross-functional/ multidisciplinary/therapeutic teams Demonstrates compliance with international codes of practice relevant regulations and manages financial business goals.
• This role is required to work a hybrid work schedule-3 days in office from our AbbVie Mettawa, IL headquarters.

Significant Work Activities: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required