Director, U.S. Therapeutic Area Strategies (Aesthetics)

## Company Description **About AbbVie** 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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at [www.abbvie.com](http://www.abbvie.com/). Follow @abbvie on [LinkedIn,](https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AbbVieGlobal/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/), [X](https://twitter.com/abbvie) and [YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie) ## Job Description The Director of U.S. Therapeutic Area Strategies (TAS) is responsible for devising and implementing comprehensive government affairs strategies that drive therapeutic area specific policy initiatives to remove barriers to access, promote patient safety, and advance policy solutions that support AbbVie’s business objectives. The position will serve as the liaison between the U.S. Government Affairs and senior executive leadership of Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, who develops, manufacturers, and markets a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. The position will share business developments, risks and opportunities with Government Affairs colleagues and provide legislative intelligence and insights to the business unit. In this capacity, the Director of U.S. TAS will 1) develop and execute on proactive, creative, and comprehensive government affairs strategies to support Allergan Aesthetics priorities, 2) represent Government Affairs on the Allergan Aesthetics Leadership Team, 3) build and sustain advocacy partnerships that help advance Allergan Aesthetics priorities focused on patient safety, and 4) represent Government Affairs and Allergan Aesthetics before policymakers, industry leaders, and third-party organization leadership. Responsibilities: - Lead the development and execution of comprehensive government affairs strategies that support Allergan Aesthetics’ business and pipeline objectives. - Represent the Government Affairs organization on the Allergan Aesthetics Leadership Team, provide strategic counsel to senior leadership, and set the therapeutic strategic priorities for the business unit. - In partnership with Federal Government Affairs (FGA), State Government Affairs (SGA), and International Government Affairs (IGA), brief Allergan Aesthetics senior executives on policy and advocacy updates, with overall responsibility in ensuring business leaders understand the connection between policy initiatives and business impact. - Develop the strategy for establishing and maintaining policy-focused relationships with third party organizations involved in aesthetics portfolio areas such as facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, and skin care. Represent the company before senior leadership of third-party organizations in the aesthetics industry. - In partnership with FGA, SGA, and the U.S. Policy & Analytics team, represent Government Affairs as the Allergan Aesthetics expert before U.S. policymakers (e.g., HHS, CMS, Congress, state legislators), and external fora to drive awareness of and advocate for Allergan Aesthetics’ policy priorities. - Lead Allergan Aesthetics initiative to partner with industry stakeholders towards policy priorities such as patient safety, appropriate promotion of products, and supply chain security. - Anticipate trends in external environment that may impact Allergan Aesthetics products and services and develop strategies to address opportunities and areas of concern. Provide strategic counsel to Allergan Aesthetics senior leadership while also ensuring alignment with corporate policy positions. - Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure global alignment of strategies, incl…