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Associate Scientific/Medical Director Cross-Rheumatology and pipeline

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Albany, NY
Start date
Jul 20, 2019

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Discipline
Clinical, Clinical Trials, Science/R&D, Immunology
Required Education
Doctorate/PHD/MD
Position Type
Full time
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Job Details

The Global Medical Affairs (GMA) 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.

Primary Job Function:

  • Works within the Rheumatology Global Medical Affairs Team driving a wide range of pre-launch and on-market activities for pipeline assets and marketed products
  • Drives and influences GMA input into the launch and on-market strategy of pipeline and marketed assets
  • Provides specialist medical/scientific insights, and executes on data generation, communication, and expert engagement activities as deliverables to the Asset Development Teams (ADTs) and Global Bran Teams (GBTs), including leading or contributing to comprehensive gap assessment, development of Scientific Communication Platform, and development of total evidence plans
  • May lead external stakeholder interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers)
  • Generates clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value)
  • Drives cross Rheumatology scientific communication initiatives (both internal and external medical education, data generation, guidelines and value proposition)
  • Drives cross Rheumatology Scientific Congresses initiatives (Scientific Booth, Symposia, External Interactions, Congress deliverables)
  • Ensures safeguard of patient safety is at the forefront (risk minimization activities /safety surveillance activities)


Key responsibilities:

  • In collaboration with Global Medical teams, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR and other functional areas, provides leadership, oversight and support for assigned Immunology Assets indications/projects.
  • Develops innovative research concepts for clinical data generation; provide relevant scientific and technical training to internal teams globally.
  • Represent the medical function to the Immunology Pipeline Development and Commercial Teams.
  • Review, assess and report applicable Adverse Events (AE's) and Serious Adverse Events (SAE's) if assigned to Abbvie conduct on clinical studies.
  • Initiate medical affairs activities and generation and dissemination of data supporting overall product scientific and business strategy.
  • Lead the development and execution of advisory boards
  • Lead Medical presence and initiatives at Rheumatology Scientific Congresses (in collaboration with cross-functional core team)
  • Lead internal and external cross Rheumatology medical education initiatives (Stand-alone, Symposia, multi-channel communication)
  • Keeps abreast of professional information and technology through conferences and/or medical literature and acts as a Rheumatology and specific therapeutic area resource.
  • May lead cross functional sub teams responsible for discrete projects within the specific therapeutic area (data analysis, expert engagement, individual publications, study collaborations...)
  • Initiate research projects and drive them to completion, resulting in high quality publications.
  • Lead the development and execution on internal training activities related with the Rheumatology Pipeline.
  • Ensure budgets, timelines, compliance requirements are factored into programs' scientific activities.


Basics:

Hire will be at Medical/Scientific Director or Associate Medical/Scientific Director level based on candidate experience and qualifications. The level will be determined through assessment of experience and education.

  • Medical Doctorate (M.D.), PhD degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US equivalent of M.D. meet requirements).
  • Completion of residency and/or fellowship or Immunology degree is preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 years of clinical trial or medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 3+ years of experience is preferred.

Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US

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