Associate Director, Patient Engagement

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.

AbbVie is committed to being an industry leader in accelerating the transformation of molecules to medicines to maximize the value for patients and AbbVie. The Associate Director, Patient Engagement sits within the Clinical Development Operations (CDO) organization. This role will report into the Director, Patient Engagement & Inclusion Solutions. AbbVie is committed to being an industry leader in accelerating the transformation of molecules to medicines to maximize the value for patients and AbbVie. To do so, we must drive establish solutions to enable early, timely and systematic integration of diverse perspectives into strategic decision-making during the drug development process. The Associate Director, Patient Engagement sits within the Clinical Development Operations (CDO) organization. This role will report into the Director, Patient Engagement & Inclusion Solutions. 

• Develop framework for creating a Clinical Trial Journey from Anchor 0 Patient Journey
• Work cross-functionally to integrate empathy immersions and clinical trial journey into Therapeutic Area Training
• Complete patient engagement plan for indications and present plan for IEST alignment and endorsement
• Develop survey questions and management of the Global All Investigator Survey and work with Business Insights on the benchmarking of results and actionable recommendations
• Deliver protocol inclusivity report outline of recommendations from patient engagement projects that render clear and actionable output for operational execution
• Deliver a digital tools/decentralized trial report outline of recommendations from patient engagement projects that render clear and actionable output for operational execution and key support tools needed for implementation success
• Prioritize portfolio demands for patient engagement plan development
• Collaborate with team members to inform AbbVie Clinical Trial External Identity, ADMIRE advocate identification plan, and patient messaging framework
• Review materials to be catalogued for knowledge management tool
• Work with business insights and the team to collect information for KPI tracking

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Advanced degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years + of pharma-related/clinical research experience or equivalent
• 10 years+ of patient recruitment and project management (preferred)
• Operational understanding of the global regulatory environment is desirable.
• Excellent collaborator and articulate communicator – easily build relationships across geographic locations and gains cross functional alignment.
• Ability to communicate persuasively with clarity, flexibility, and adaptability to changing requirements, resourcefulness, and creativity
• Strategic thinker with excellent business and financial aptitude, very analytical and uses data to drive the business and continuous improvements.

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
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.