Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

HTA Lead (Leadership position)

• Based in the offices in Maidenhead with flexible working (3/2 model)

• Reporting to the Head of HTA

• Highly competitive salary, LTi’s, Car allowance, Bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

Role Objectives

The HTA Lead will lead a team of HTA and Health Economics Managers to support the launch of AbbVie’s pipeline medicines, reporting to the Head of HTA and Health Economics. The HTA Lead will ensure the creation, development, and delivery of strategies and materials to secure optimal recommendations for our medicines across the UK. The position is office-based, working closely with the UK cross-functional team, and global and area teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a team of HTA Managers and HE Managers in the development of high-quality HTA submissions for AbbVie products in their therapeutic specialism

• Provide training to foster team expertise in conducting HTA/HE activities in the relevant therapeutic specialism

• Line management of the team including objective setting, professional development plans, workload planning and short- and long-term staffing strategies

• Oversee effective HTA and HE strategy development across all assets and indications, ensuring appropriate, timely and effective communication with key cross-functional partners

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on key process and technical developments across the UK HTA environment

• Support HE managers in development and adaptation of global HE deliverables and HTA managers in development of HTA strategy and submissions

• Sign-off on HTA submissions and HE deliverables before submission

• Manage HTA activity budget across all products in their therapeutic specialism portfolio

• Active engagement with global functions to shape core materials (e.g. global value dossier) to meet current and future UK HTA needs

• Build and maintain good relationships with key individuals within UK HTA bodies

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Degree in Life Sciences or other relevant area with advanced degree in Health Economics or related professional experience.

• Experienced in leading teams and developing people.

• A deep understanding of UK HTA processes and methods.

• Skilled in developing strategies to secure positive recommendations from UK HTA bodies

• Experience of developing submissions and materials for HTA bodies and managing the process

• Experience and strong ability in working collaboratively across matrix functions.

Competencies:

• Inspires and motivates others toward a shared purpose.

• Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment.

• Creates an inclusive environment where all direct reports can succeed.

• Makes timely, high-quality decisions with less than perfect information.

• Sets clear goals that challenge direct reports to raise the bar on performance.

• Acts respectfully yet courageously; says what needs to be said.

Additional Information

Why AbbVie?

AbbVie is an ambitious health business where people and quality of life come first. The experience of illness is personal, so we care about the things that matter to patients. We team with partners to co-design health solutions around our innovative medicines for complex diseases, which improve standards of care. Helping people to be fit for work and family life is how we make a remarkable impact to the lives of men, women and children.

Voted as a Great Place to Work consecutively, and around the globe, we pride ourselves in providing our employees with the flexibility to ensure a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and society seriously, so we focus on ‘giving back’ regularly. We are committed to equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion (EED&I) - it is fundamental to who we are, and it is just how we “do good business.” This includes valuing diverse perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.