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Associate Director of Market Access roles regularly sponsor H-1B visa, L-1 visa, and O-1 visas for candidates with expertise in payer strategy, HEOR, or reimbursement. Employers in biotech and pharma are among the most active H-1B sponsors in the country, making this a strong field for international candidates. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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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. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
The Associate Director, Elahere, International Market Access and Pricing (iMAP), reports to the Director, Oncology Solid Tumor Lead and supports the international access ambition, pricing and reimbursement strategy, integrated evidence planning, and core access deliverables for Elahere. This role translates clinical, payer, competitive, policy, and market insights into strategies that help inform commercial strategy and optimize price, reimbursement, patient access, and business impact across priority international markets.
The role supports Elahere across current and future indications, including continued launch execution and strategy refinement for second-line platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (2L PROC) and launch preparation and lifecycle access planning for second-line platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer (2L PSOC) maintenance as this opportunity accelerates. Success requires strong oncology access expertise, sound strategic judgment, effective cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to align global, Area, and Affiliate stakeholders around clinical value, payer expectations, pricing dynamics, reimbursement requirements, and evolving healthcare policy environments.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Support the Director, Oncology Solid Tumor Lead in developing and executing Elahere international access, pricing, and reimbursement strategy, including 2L PROC launch execution and strategy refinement, lifecycle planning, and Area and Affiliate support.
- Contribute to Integrated Access Strategy development by synthesizing clinical, HEOR, payer, pricing, reimbursement, policy, competitive, Area, and Affiliate insights into strategic recommendations.
- Develop and maintain core access deliverables, including value propositions, payer value stories, value dossiers, payer objection handlers, negotiation pathways, evidence gap assessments, Area and Affiliate tools, and 2L PROC and 2L PSOC launch and lifecycle materials.
- Partner with Area and Affiliate teams at key clinical, regulatory, evidence, label, lifecycle, and market-development milestones to assess local pricing, reimbursement, and patient access implications.
- Advance 2L PSOC maintenance launch preparation and lifecycle access planning through strategic assessments and mitigation strategies, including payer risk assessment and cross-functional alignment on evidence, pricing, sequencing, and market readiness.
- Collaborate with Pricing, HTA Strategy, HEOR, Commercial, Competitive Intelligence, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Government Affairs, Area, and Affiliate teams to inform payer strategy and reimbursement planning.
- Support Elahere Value and Access Team operations, including agenda development, decision tracking, alignment, and follow-up on key access, pricing, evidence, and launch-readiness actions.
- Assess and monitor pricing, reimbursement, payer, HTA, competitive, clinical, and policy developments across priority markets, translating implications into access strategy, evidence planning, competitive readiness, Area and Affiliate execution, and mitigation planning.
- Manage assigned access workstreams, including vendor coordination, budget management, purchasing support, documentation, compliance activities, and project records.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, payer, market access, pricing and reimbursement, commercial strategy, HEOR, or related experience.
- Global or international payer and access experience, preferably in oncology at the global, regional, or key-market level.
- Ability to translate clinical, health economic, payer, and competitive insights into access recommendations.
- Proven ability to collaborate with and influence Area, Affiliate, and internal partners across key commercial, development, medical, regulatory, pricing, HEOR, HTA, and government affairs functions.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, critical thinking, analytical, and project management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in a scientific, clinical, business, health economics, or related discipline preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong oncology disease-area knowledge, with solid tumor experience preferred.
- Experience evaluating payer trends, access success drivers, competitive dynamics, and evidence requirements across priority international markets.
- Experience developing payer materials, Integrated Access Strategies, HTA-related deliverables, and launch or lifecycle access plans.
- Knowledge of pricing policy, pricing governance, reimbursement regulations, and healthcare systems in key international markets.
- Understanding of regulatory, evidence, and label implications for pricing, reimbursement, and patient access.
- Strong business acumen, executive communication, presentation, and writing skills.
Key Leadership Competencies:
- Builds strong cross-functional, Area, and Affiliate relationships that improve execution and decision quality.
- Learns quickly, manages complex clinical and access issues, and adjusts as evidence, market dynamics, or priorities evolve.
- Raises performance standards, brings forward solutions, and drives high-quality access deliverables to completion.
- Communicates with clarity and credibility across organizational levels, functions, and geographies.
- Works effectively under pressure, manages ambiguity, and prioritizes work against key access, launch, and lifecycle objectives.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description
The Associate Director, Elahere, International Market Access and Pricing (iMAP), reports to the Director, Oncology Solid Tumor Lead and supports the international access ambition, pricing and reimbursement strategy, integrated evidence planning, and core access deliverables for Elahere. This role translates clinical, payer, competitive, policy, and market insights into strategies that help inform commercial strategy and optimize price, reimbursement, patient access, and business impact across priority international markets.
The role supports Elahere across current and future indications, including continued launch execution and strategy refinement for second-line platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (2L PROC) and launch preparation and lifecycle access planning for second-line platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer (2L PSOC) maintenance as this opportunity accelerates. Success requires strong oncology access expertise, sound strategic judgment, effective cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to align global, Area, and Affiliate stakeholders around clinical value, payer expectations, pricing dynamics, reimbursement requirements, and evolving healthcare policy environments.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Support the Director, Oncology Solid Tumor Lead in developing and executing Elahere international access, pricing, and reimbursement strategy, including 2L PROC launch execution and strategy refinement, lifecycle planning, and Area and Affiliate support.
- Contribute to Integrated Access Strategy development by synthesizing clinical, HEOR, payer, pricing, reimbursement, policy, competitive, Area, and Affiliate insights into strategic recommendations.
- Develop and maintain core access deliverables, including value propositions, payer value stories, value dossiers, payer objection handlers, negotiation pathways, evidence gap assessments, Area and Affiliate tools, and 2L PROC and 2L PSOC launch and lifecycle materials.
- Partner with Area and Affiliate teams at key clinical, regulatory, evidence, label, lifecycle, and market-development milestones to assess local pricing, reimbursement, and patient access implications.
- Advance 2L PSOC maintenance launch preparation and lifecycle access planning through strategic assessments and mitigation strategies, including payer risk assessment and cross-functional alignment on evidence, pricing, sequencing, and market readiness.
- Collaborate with Pricing, HTA Strategy, HEOR, Commercial, Competitive Intelligence, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Government Affairs, Area, and Affiliate teams to inform payer strategy and reimbursement planning.
- Support Elahere Value and Access Team operations, including agenda development, decision tracking, alignment, and follow-up on key access, pricing, evidence, and launch-readiness actions.
- Assess and monitor pricing, reimbursement, payer, HTA, competitive, clinical, and policy developments across priority markets, translating implications into access strategy, evidence planning, competitive readiness, Area and Affiliate execution, and mitigation planning.
- Manage assigned access workstreams, including vendor coordination, budget management, purchasing support, documentation, compliance activities, and project records.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, payer, market access, pricing and reimbursement, commercial strategy, HEOR, or related experience.
- Global or international payer and access experience, preferably in oncology at the global, regional, or key-market level.
- Ability to translate clinical, health economic, payer, and competitive insights into access recommendations.
- Proven ability to collaborate with and influence Area, Affiliate, and internal partners across key commercial, development, medical, regulatory, pricing, HEOR, HTA, and government affairs functions.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, critical thinking, analytical, and project management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in a scientific, clinical, business, health economics, or related discipline preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong oncology disease-area knowledge, with solid tumor experience preferred.
- Experience evaluating payer trends, access success drivers, competitive dynamics, and evidence requirements across priority international markets.
- Experience developing payer materials, Integrated Access Strategies, HTA-related deliverables, and launch or lifecycle access plans.
- Knowledge of pricing policy, pricing governance, reimbursement regulations, and healthcare systems in key international markets.
- Understanding of regulatory, evidence, and label implications for pricing, reimbursement, and patient access.
- Strong business acumen, executive communication, presentation, and writing skills.
Key Leadership Competencies:
- Builds strong cross-functional, Area, and Affiliate relationships that improve execution and decision quality.
- Learns quickly, manages complex clinical and access issues, and adjusts as evidence, market dynamics, or priorities evolve.
- Raises performance standards, brings forward solutions, and drives high-quality access deliverables to completion.
- Communicates with clarity and credibility across organizational levels, functions, and geographies.
- Works effectively under pressure, manages ambiguity, and prioritizes work against key access, launch, and lifecycle objectives.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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Target biotech and pharma employers specifically
Biotech and pharmaceutical companies file more H-1B petitions than nearly any other sector. Focusing your search on mid-to-large biopharma firms significantly increases your odds of finding an employer willing to sponsor your visa from the start.
Lead with your payer and reimbursement expertise
Employers sponsoring this role need someone who can navigate formulary access, coverage negotiations, and value-based contracting. Positioning your resume around measurable outcomes in these areas makes the sponsorship investment feel straightforward to hiring managers.
Clarify your visa status early in the process
Associate Director roles involve senior-level hiring decisions with long timelines. Disclosing your sponsorship needs before the final round avoids late-stage offer complications and signals professionalism, especially at companies with established immigration programs.
Confirm your degree aligns with the specialty occupation standard
H-1B approval for this role requires a directly related bachelor's degree or higher. Degrees in health economics, life sciences, public health, or pharmacy are well-accepted. A business degree alone may require additional documentation showing field-specific relevance.
Ask about cap-exempt employers during your search
Universities, academic medical centers, and certain nonprofits affiliated with research institutions are exempt from the H-1B lottery. Market access roles at these organizations offer a more predictable path to sponsorship without waiting for annual cap season.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for sponsoring employers
Not every company advertising this role will sponsor visas. Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for employers open to sponsorship, saving you from investing time in applications at companies that will not support your immigration needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Associate Director of Market Access considered a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. This role consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation because it requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as health economics, pharmacy, life sciences, or public health. USCIS has a well-established record of approving H-1B visa petitions for market access and payer strategy roles at pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
How common is H-1B sponsorship for this role in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry?
Sponsorship is fairly common at mid-to-large biopharma companies. Firms like Pfizer, Novartis, Johnson and Johnson, and AstraZeneca are among the top H-1B sponsors nationally, and market access is a core function at these organizations. You can browse currently open sponsored positions on Migrate Mate, filtered by employers with active sponsorship histories.
What degree do I need for an employer to sponsor my H-1B for this position?
Most employers require a bachelor's degree or higher in a field directly related to market access work, such as health economics, outcomes research, pharmacy, public health, or life sciences. An MBA with a healthcare focus is also commonly accepted. A purely general business degree without healthcare-specific coursework may face additional USCIS scrutiny and require a stronger employer justification in the H-1B petition.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer if I change companies in this field?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to begin working for a new employer as soon as the new I-129 petition is filed, without waiting for approval. Your new employer files the transfer petition, and you can start immediately if you have been maintaining valid H-1B status. This makes lateral moves between pharmaceutical or biotech companies relatively straightforward compared to starting a new visa from scratch.
Are there visa options other than H-1B for an Associate Director of Market Access role?
Yes. If you have been employed by a multinational company abroad for at least one year in a managerial or specialized knowledge capacity, an L-1 visa may apply and bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. Candidates with a record of national or international recognition in health economics or access strategy may also qualify for an O-1A. Australians working in this field may be eligible for the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and is significantly less competitive.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Associate Director Market Access jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.