International Public Affairs Europe, Director

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and provide innovative therapies and solutions that address today's serious diseases and meet the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to make a remarkable impact on patients' lives in several key therapeutic areas: immunology, ophthalmology, oncology, neuroscience, and virology, as well as in aesthetic medicine with products and services from our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. 

For more information about AbbVie: www.abbvie.com  - www.abbvie.fr. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, X (ex Twitter) et YouTube.  

Job Description

AbbVie is recruiting an International Public Affairs Europe Director, reporting to the Head of International Public Affairs.

The Director of Corporate Affairs, Europe, is responsible for public affairs across the Europe Area, managing a team of communication and patient advocacy experts to deliver impactful therapeutic area initiatives, market shaping strategies and proactively manage AbbVie’s reputation. The Director acts as a bridge between Global strategy and Affiliate execution, ensuring the continued development of the function across Europe. In addition, the individual provides counsel to the Senior Vice President for Europe and regularly interfaces with Affiliate General Managers. The role is a member of the European Leadership Team.

This position can be based anywhere in Europe and requires frequent travel to Paris, France.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Leads the development of AbbVie’s Corporate Affairs priorities in Europe to advance the business’s objectives, support patient access across our therapeutic areas, and promote our reputation.  
• Partners with cross-functional colleagues, including government affairs, market access, legal and medical, to develop communication and advocacy strategies that elevate the Standard of Care and patient access across our therapeutic areas, promote positive healthcare reform and undertake effective issues management.
• Serve as strategic advisor to European Corporate Affairs Heads and Affiliate General Managers on high-profile, in-country issues.
• Build, lead and develop a team of Public Affairs professionals and patient advocacy experts who deliver measurable therapeutic area strategies and multi-stakeholder campaigns across Europe, acting as a bridge between global strategy and Affiliate execution.
• Partner with the wider Global Corporate Affairs team, including in particular the Affiliate Corporate Reputation Director, Operations and ESG teams, to advance relevant business priorities.
• Represent the company with European external stakeholders, including developing and nurturing relationships with identified priority European media outlets.
• Model the AbbVie ways of working, anticipating communication trends, building and implementing new capabilities and efficiencies across the Europe Corporate Affairs teams in alignment with Global colleagues. Identify effective opportunities to share best practices and raise the bar across Affiliates, including through annual forums.
• Create, lead, and deliver meaningful internal communications both to Area HQ colleagues and to Europe Affiliates that support our culture and colleagues understanding of business priorities and performance.
• Provide specific internal and external Executive Communications support to the Europe Senior Vice President, and ensure additional tailored support to Europe Regional Vice Presidents.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in public affairs, government affairs, or a related field
• A bachelor’s degree in communications, public affairs, journalism or a life sciences field preferred.
• Experience working with senior-level executives, General Managers, and cross-functional management teams.
• A solid understanding of the healthcare industry and geopolitical dynamics.
• Direct experience in issues management is preferred.
• Experience and interest in leading and managing teams, developing functional capabilities and individual talent.
• Experience of advocating for your function in a senior leadership team and identifying the opportunities to add further value to a matrix team
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate with impact and excellent writing skills
• Proven track record in developing and executing measurable advocacy strategies.
• The ability to provide counsel on a wide variety of communication scenarios in a calm manner, often under tight deadlines and without all the information available.

Additional Information

Since 2015, AbbVie has been recognized as a Great Place to Work. We are in the top 5 companies where it is good to work. We are also one of the few companies to be awarded the “Best Workplace for Women” award, which recognizes the ability of companies to take into account major societal issues such as gender equality. 

At AbbVie, we value work-life balance. We offer the possibility to work from home up to 2 days a week, according to the modalities defined in our collective agreement. Join us to be part of a diverse and collaborative team. 

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You can find us at www.abbvie.com  - www.abbvie.fr. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, X (ex Twitter) et YouTube.  

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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