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, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)
Job Description
The Medical Affairs organization provides patients, healthcare providers, and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient's journey.
The Senior Scientific Director, International Medical Affairs provides specialist medical and scientific input into core strategic and operational medical affairs activities for the International Gastroenterology portfolio such as: health-care professional and provider interactions; generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives, scientific communications, value propositioning, and safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities).
As the Cross-IBD and Standard of Care Lead, you will work closely with marketing and commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into strategies to elevate standard of care in IBD. Other key deliverables include leading evidence generation plans and tactics, driving scientific communication initiatives (both internal and external medical education, data, guidelines and value proposition), and owning the development and execution of critical medical education events requiring collaboration across multiple countries and affiliate sites.
Position is based at our headquarters in Mettawa, IL following a hybrid schedule of 3 days/week onsite.
Core Responsibilities:
Provides specialist medical insights, and executes on data generation, communication, and expert engagement activities as deliverables to support relevant Asset Strategy Teams (ASTs) for late stage development program including leading or contributing to: comprehensive gap assessment, development of Scientific Communication Platform, development of integrated evidence plans to support launch readiness.
Leads external stakeholder interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers).
Drives GMA input into and influences the development of asset strategy In collaboration with International and BU Medical teams, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR and other functional areas, provides leadership, oversight, and support for assigned indications/projects. Works closely with Brand Teams and relevant cross-functional, area/affiliate medical teams, to ensure appropriate pull-through of prioritized medical activities.
Provides relevant scientific and technical training to internal teams globally.
Develops and maintains professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders; actively participates in relevant Asset, cross-functional teams and drives the development of medical affairs objectives aligned with strategy.
Leads the development and execution of advisory boards focused on elevating standard of care, and collaboratively develops innovative research concepts for clinical data generation.
Leads the development and execution of a standalone medical education event.
Reviews, assesses and reports applicable Adverse Events (AE's) and Serious Adverse Events (SAE's) if assigned to AbbVie conduct on clinical studies.
Keeps abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature and acts as a specific therapeutic area resource. Initiate research projects and drive them to completion, resulting in high quality publications.
Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.
Qualifications
Advanced Degree PhD or PharmD. Additional post doctorate experience highly preferred.
Typically, 15 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent. Minimum of 10 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent.
Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
Expert knowledge in a relevant therapeutic specialty.
Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
Proven ability to run a clinical study or medical affairs cross-functional team independently.
Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols.
Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.
People leadership experience required.
Additional Information
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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.?
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Salary: $206,500
