Director I, Study Feasibility
About The Position
As a Study Feasibility Director in AbbVie’s Clinical Development Operations function, you will help run clinical trial operations globally. You will partner with and advise study teams on design feasibility and aspects of design strategy, including country and site selection, protocol review, patient burden, and related implications for patient recruitment and study timelines. The role is highly collaborative and analytical, requiring expert facilitation, the ability to influence without authority, and strong experience in clinical study design, operations, and management. You will lead and develop direct reports, including Managers and Associate Directors, and work across clinical study teams and strategy teams to assess design and operational feasibility. You will provide scientific and strategic recommendations, identify risks and mitigations, lead cross-functional initiatives and organizational change workstreams, and develop tools and processes to improve and standardize clinical trial development across the portfolio.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree, preferably in pure, applied, or technical sciences.
- Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical-related experience, including 8 years in clinical research, project leadership, or consulting and 4 years in a managerial role; alternatively, an advanced degree (MBA, PharmD, PhD, or MD in a health care or related field) with a minimum of 2 years in clinical research, project leadership, or consulting.
- Strong working knowledge of pharmaceutical drug development processes at study, program, and portfolio levels.
- Recognized leadership in complex scientific analyses and decision-making.
- Demonstrated leadership skills with broad scientific, strategic, and business orientations.
Nice To Haves
- Drug development and/or scientific project leadership experience.
- Therapeutic area background in Oncology, Neurology, or Immunology.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop direct reports, including Managers and Associate Directors.
- Lead interactions with cross-functional clinical study teams, Integrated Evidence Strategy Teams, and Asset Strategy Teams to assess overall design and operational feasibility.
- Conduct detailed scientific, analytical, and operational analyses to prepare for and support team engagements.
- Provide scientific and strategic consultation and recommendations on country strategy, site selection, protocol and patient burden, recruitment, and timelines.
- Apply broad and deep scientific and organizational knowledge across therapeutic areas.
- Identify risks from multiple perspectives and propose potential mitigation strategies and solutions.
- Design, prepare, and run cross-functional meetings and forums to achieve clear outcomes.
- Identify and analyze connections within and across therapeutic areas to optimize study performance at the portfolio level.
- Lead and manage cross-functional initiatives and organizational change workstreams.
- Design and develop study-, program-, and portfolio-level feasibility tools and processes.
- Improve and standardize the clinical trial development process across the portfolio.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick time.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
