Medical Director/Scientific Director, Psychiatry Pipeline, Medical Affairs and Health Impact

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 . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

Medical Director/Scientific Director, Psychiatry Pipeline, Medical Affairs and Health Impact 

• Provides specialist medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs strategies and activities such as healthcare professional/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);
• Works closely with clinical development, regulatory, marketing and commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies, and to support medical/marketing activities and market access.
• Drives global medical affairs input into and influences the development of asset strategy.
• Provides specialist medical insights, and executes data generation, communication, and expert engagement activities as deliverables to relevant Asset Strategy Teams (ASTs) for early development programs including leading or contributing to: comprehensive gap assessment, development of Scientific Communication Platform, development of integrated evidence plans to support launch readiness.
• Drives scientific communication initiatives (both internal and external medical education, data, guidelines and value proposition).

Responsibilities:

1. In collaboration with Global Medical teams, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR and other functional areas, provides leadership, oversight, and support for assigned indications/projects. Works closely with relevant cross-functional, area/affiliate medical teams, to provide strategic input into core asset strategy, and to drive medical activities.
2. Initiates medical affairs activities and generation and dissemination of data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy. Provides relevant scientific and technical training to internal teams globally.
3. Leads functional and cross functional teams responsible for discrete projects within the specific therapeutic area (data analysis, expert engagement, individual publications, study collaborations)
4. Provides scientific and technical support for assigned assets; delivers scientific presentations; develops and maintains professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders; actively participates in relevant Asset, Development and Pipeline Commercial cross-functional teams and drives the development of medical affairs objectives aligned with strategy.
5. Provides scientific and technical input to inform the development of the Asset Target Product Profiles (TPP). Provides input in design and execution of Phase II-III trial programs including target population and endpoint selection aligned with TPP. Works cross functionally to lead the development of the asset Phase 3b/4 strategy.
6. Leads the development and execution of advisory boards, scientific and medical education programs. Provides scientific/medical education to all relevant internal stakeholders related to therapeutic area or disease specific information.
7. Keeps abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature and acts as a Migraine and specific therapeutic area resource. Initiate research projects and drive them to completion, resulting in high quality publications.
8. Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.

Qualifications

• Medical Doctor Degree (MD) or non-US equivalent of MD, PhD, PharmD, DVM
• Relevant therapeutic experience in an academic or hospital environment in Neurology or Psychiatry preferred. Completion of residency and/or fellowship in Neurology/Psychiatry is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the biotech/ pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. 
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategies.
• Extensive knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols.
• Must have an in-depth understanding of the Clinical Development process for Phase I-IV or extensive knowledge of Pharmaceutical Development including compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Expert knowledge in a relevant Psychiatry therapeutic specialty, including knowledge of psychedelic landscape.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills.

This is a hybrid role ideally based in Lake County, IL. This position can also be based in one our other locations

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. 

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