Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Oncology

Mettawa, IL

• Function: Research & Development
• Job Type: Full-time

Job ID: R00132877
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.
Job Description
The Scientific Director, Medical Affairs provides medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core hematology medical affairs activities such as: health-care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities and safety surveillance activities). Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies, and to support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access. Collaborates with Clinical Development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.
This position is ideally based at our headquarters just outside of Chicago, IL. Remote candidates will also be considered.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA, NP or MD. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
• Typically, 10-15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
• 7-10 years of experience in Medical Affairs with Global Medical Affairs experience highly preferred.
• Prior oncology experience required with hematology experience preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of clinical trials direct management experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 4+ years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols. May have performed protocol design in the academic environment and/or acted as an assistant PI.
• Ability to run a clinical study independently with little supervision.
• Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• May coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
• May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.
• Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
• Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies

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 short-term incentive programs.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive program

• Responsible for the development of brand strategies and medical functional planning.
• Leads and supports Medical Affairs initiatives for the target indication.
• Develops and executes Medical Affairs support of priority clinical development trials.
• Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.
• Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
• Responsible for managing budget for assigned projects.
• Aligns Medical education and scientific initiatives with Sci Comm Platform. Informs Investigator Initiated Study (IIS) strategy and may act as Docent for IISs.
• Contributes to the generation of MI communication content and supports training on Medical Information (MI) materials.
• Participates in design and execution of clinical trial safety, product safety and risk management plans.
• Responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs. Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA, NP or MD. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
• Typically, 10-15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
• 7-10 years of experience in Medical Affairs with Global Medical Affairs experience highly preferred.
• Prior oncology experience required with hematology experience preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of clinical trials direct management experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 4+ years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols. May have performed protocol design in the academic environment and/or acted as an assistant PI.
• Ability to run a clinical study independently with little supervision.
• Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• May coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
• May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.
• Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
• Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

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 short-term incentive programs.
• 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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