Epidemiology Study Operations Manager

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

17h•$109,500 - $208,500

About The Position

This position reports into the Clinical Sciences (CS) Product Office within the Clinical Science organization’s Global Strategic Operations. The CS Product Office, Product Safety Team (PST) and Epidemiology organizations work collaboratively and strategically with colleagues across the product lifecycle to identify, evaluate, understand and communicate the safety profile of our drugs to protect patients worldwide. The PST is a high-profile high-impact team that leads and owns safety decisions and strategy across the product lifecycle. The team partners with stakeholders across the product lifecycle to provide innovative safety-driven strategies, which will maximize product benefit-risk for patients. The CS Product Office plays a critical role in shaping and driving the priorities of the PST by providing strategic and operational leadership oversight of the PST model. As an Epidemiology Study Operations Manager within the CS Product Office, you will support and partner with the Global Epidemiology organization to achieve its mission in managing the lifecycle of studies utilizing real world evidence and to ensure compliance with quality standards (Global Regulations and AbbVie policies and procedures).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in biological/medical science or healthcare professional
6+ years of experience working in healthcare, research institution, or pharmaceutical industry
A minimum of 2 years driving project management activities or operational experience within global companies
Demonstrated ability to work and collaborate with others to build/leverage relationships
Ability to adopt process and technology changes
Proficiency in computer skills (Windows, Word, Excel) and in databases (e.g., clinical trial management system)

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in one of the following areas: drug development, non-interventional study lifecycle management, risk management, and/or Pharmacovigilance
Familiarity with medical and study terminology and concepts is desirable

Responsibilities

Strategic management and oversight of Epidemiology-led non interventional studies with progressive autonomy
Provide support to the Study Leader for vendor selection, scope development, management, and oversight of external vendors/CROs
Manage and coordinate the development of study-related deliverables including development of project plans/timelines, confirming accountabilities, document quality, driving completion of actions and escalating obstacles/risks
Drive study-related deliverables to ensure regulatory and process timelines are met
Responsible for relevant updates to the cross-functional team and stakeholders on study status
Leverage applicable systems and processes to enable successful tracking and completion of the study and study-related deliverables
Coordinate the development, review and approval of study protocol and other study-related documents
Maintain study-related documents (e.g., meeting minutes, IRB/EC approvals) in the appropriate document repository
Responsible for oversight of funds spent against approved budget
Proactively identify, address and escalate, as appropriate, project-related issues
Identify opportunity areas for efficiency and participate in department related projects in order to achieve operational excellence within Global Epidemiology and the CS Product Office
Build solid foundation in understanding regulations and applies knowledge or regulations to guide the development study-related deliverables
Collaborate effectively to build and leverage relationships across functions and organizations to achieve business results
Participate in audit and inspection preparation and execution activities