Associate Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Gynecologic Tumors

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

The Associate Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, plays a key role in advancing medical affairs activities for AbbVie’s gynecologic oncology portfolio. Working under the leadership of the Senior Director, this position supports the development and execution of the therapeutic area medical strategy including thought leader engagement plans and field provider interactions; generation and dissemination of clinical and scientific data; provider and payer educational initiatives and promotional material generation. The role works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand strategies and support medical and marketing activities (including the development of promotional materials).

This position must be based at the Mettawa IL (headquarters), Florham Park NJ, or Waltham MA office and will follow a hybrid schedule of Tues-Thurs onsite. Candidates for our San Francisco office may be considered as well.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performing accurate and detailed medical reviews 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.
• Contributes to the development of, and leads the execution of, medical education tactics (i.e., field medical resources), advisory boards, and thought leader engagement plans in alignment with the indication or asset's strategic plan.
• Leads conference planning and execution; represents AbbVie at external scientific meetings.
• Works closely with International Medical Affairs team to drive synergy and efficiency in content creation and pull through with a Global content perspective, where applicable
• With oversight, provides input into the development of the medical strategy for approved assets within the therapeutic area.
• Leads internal medical training activities, including asset onboarding and ongoing education for cross-functional teams.
• Supports the generation of clinical and scientific evidence to address identified evidence gaps.
• Manages budgets for assigned Medical Affairs projects and initiatives.
• Provides subject matter expertise for commercial teams including competitive assessments and regular scientific literature reviews.
• Contributes to all launch readiness reviews/planning.
• Supports clinical and scientific data generation including alignment of the Investigator Initiated Study (IIS) strategy as needed to support external communication

Qualifications

• Scientific degree (bachelor’s) required. Advanced Degree: PhD, PharmD, PA or NP strongly preferred. Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area preferred.
• Good understanding of Medical Affairs principles, study design and publications.
• Ability to interact and 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.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials
• Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
• Good understanding of legal and regulatory guidelines (e.g. knowledge of OPDP promotional regulations, CDER/CBER regulations as they relate to drug approvals).
• Ability to interact externally to support global business strategy. Ability to work effectively with different groups and have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team/matrix environment. Ability to influence others without direct reporting relationships.
• Works with some supervision and guidance. 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 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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