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Director, Clinical Development

Employer
AbbVie
Location
Madison, New Jersey
Start date
Sep 6, 2021

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About Allergan Aesthetics
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com.

The Director is responsible for providing scientific and clinical development direction and guidance at the product, project and study level.  Several roles can be fulfilled by the Director.

As the Clinical Lead, s/he is the Clinical representative on the Global Project Core Team and leader of the cross-functional Clinical sub team.  S/he is overall accountable for the development and execution of the global clinical development plan, working in collaboration with the members of the Clinical sub team. 

As the Clinical Scientist, s/he is a member of the Clinical sub team and has responsibility for providing scientific and clinical development guidance at the global product, project and study level. 

The Director may also perform the role of Global Project Team Lead where s/he is responsible for the leadership of a cross-functional global project development team on one or more projects.

The Director represents R&D at regulatory agency meetings, symposia and trade associations and aims to establish and maintain a strong network within the Pharmaceutical industry. 

The employee is expected to be fully capable of performing all the roles encompassed in the preceding grade levels within the job family as required by the organization.  Other activities, special projects and assignments may be given as necessary.  As a result, the percentage of time spent across the roles for which the employee is responsible or accountable will vary depending on project assignments, current development projects and the requirements within the organization as a whole.

The employee must conduct his/her work activities in compliance with all relevant regulations, ICH, PhRMA, and CFR guidelines as well as all Allergan policies, and procedures.  Allergan policies include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, and general business policies, requirements, and objectives.

The position must be based in the US and may be remote.

Responsibilities:

Clinical Scientist

The incumbent is the internal scientific expert in the disease area and scientific aspects of the competitive landscape.  The Clinical Scientist is accountable for ensuring the medical/scientific validity and integrity of the clinical development program and study protocols.

S/he plays a key role in supporting clinical study planning and execution through the development starting with the creation of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and clinical study protocol synopsis, input into the clinical study protocol and Clinical Study Report and Clinical sections of the CTD for regulatory submissions, while working collaboratively with the cross-functional Clinical Team to assess study data, integrate summaries of safety and efficacy, risk / benefit assessments, etc. This information is incorporated into Agency briefing packages, Investigator Brochures, and regulatory documents, including the clinical modules for submissions.

In addition, the incumbent is the key contact for relationships to external experts/ Key opinion leaders and provides regular scientific-medical disease state updates, etc.

Clinical Lead

The incumbent is responsible for the leadership and the results of the clinical team throughout the Global Clinical Development process. The Clinical Lead represents the clinical team in the core project team.

The incumbent has overall responsibility for ensuring the development and execution of the clinical strategy.  This includes responsibility for the clinical team’s creation of relevant documents and outputs  including Clinical Development Plan (CDP), clinical program feasibility, Investigator’s brochure, study protocol synopsis, clinical study protocols, top line study data communication plan, Clinical Study Report (CSR), clinical sections of regulatory documents including the clinical sections of the CTD for regulatory submissions, and planning of the Annual reports together with Regulatory affairs and respective clinical team members. S/he ensures alignment of the CDP with the Global Development Plan (GDP).  In addition, working collaboratively with the Program Operations Lead, the Clinical Lead oversees achievement of all activities related to the Clinical development program, including achievement of key program milestones within the planned time lines and budget.  The Clinical Lead is accountable to the Project Core Team for the Clinical Development budget.

Global Project Team Lead

The Incumbent is responsible for the leadership and results of a cross functional global project development team throughout the Global Development process.

In collaboration with the core project team members and the departments involved, the incumbent leads the synthesis of the project development strategy, contingency plans, tactics, budgets, timelines, milestones and submission targets into the Global Development Plan (GDP).

S/he is accountable for securing Senior Management approval to the project strategy including timelines and budgets, as well as the execution of the plan through leveraging the Global Development organization and other Allergan functions (e.g. Regulatory Affairs, Global Health Outcomes).  The Global Project Leader is accountable to manage the project through the development stage gates, and to lead the Project Core Team to reach decisions and recommendation at each stage gate, including revisions to the development plan, timelines and budget if indicated.  Moreover, s/he has the overall responsibility for delivering the project’s regulatory submissions objectives.

Based on the agreed GDP, and in collaboration with Project Management and the core project team, the Global Project Lead sets development milestones and budget targets for the core team which are also cascaded to all related sub-teams to ensure that goals are aligned, and budgets are met.  The Global Project Lead will set the core team member’s project goals and is responsible for conducting their performance evaluation with the aspects of these goals. 

The Global Project Leader will provide oversight of the evolution of the project’s Risk Management plan through all stages of Development.

The Global Project Leader may also lead Agency interactions in partnership with Regulatory Affairs.

General Compliance and Other Role(s)

The incumbent is responsible for adherence to all relevant regulations e.g.: ICH, PhRMA and CFR guidelines, as well as Allergan’s policies, SOPs and Work Instructions.  Ongoing training in compliance areas and therapeutic specific knowledge is expected in order to maintain a solid knowledge base for performing assigned tasks.  Provide strategic and/or technical consultations on behalf of the therapeutic area (e.g., study design, business development, marketing, communications, training, legal, etc.)


Qualifications
  • MD, PhD or PharmD strongly preferred.
  • Therapeutic Area experience strongly preferred.
  • 10+ years relevant clinical/drug development experience including experience working in clinical research with a strong understanding of the clinical and global drug development process.
  • 5+ years’ experience as a cross-functional team leader preferred.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of time.

Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
Yes, 15 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
About AbbVie
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, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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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