Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Migraine

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

12h•$160,500 - $305,000

About The Position

The Scientific Director provides medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities such as: health-care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); education initiatives (medical education, data, society guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization and safety surveillance activities). Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies, and to support medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access. Collaborates with clin8ical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

Requirements

Advanced Degree (PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred)
5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area preferred.
Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and product approval, and experience in design of protocols preferred.
Interactions normally required the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and topics to varied audiences, and persuade without authority.
Ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders to support global business strategy.
Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
May coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders including commercial, clinical ops, discovery, stats, regulatory, etc., as they relate to ongoing Medical Affairs projects.
Represents AbbVie at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
Works with some supervision and guidance.
Exercises judgement within well-defined practices and policies.

Responsibilities

With oversight, contributes to the development of brand strategies.
Actively contributes to thee development of a TA EE Engagement Plan.
Leads and supports Medical Affairs initiatives for the target indication.
Develops and executes Medical affairs support of priority clinical development trials.
Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of Medical Education / Advisory Boards as needed; Lead conference planning and execution.
Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
Responsible to manage budget for assigned projects.
Aligns Medical education and scientific initiatives with the Scientific Communication Platform.
Informs Investigator Initiated Study (IIS) strategy and can act as Docent for IIS submissions.
Contributes to the generation of Medical Information communication content and supports training on Medical Information materials.
Participates in design and execution of clinical trial safety, product safety and risk management plans.
Track Risk Mitigation Plan (RMP) implementation.
Responsible for performing the accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic area(s) within Medical Affairs.
Provides timely and accurate reviews of promotional materials in accordance with established policies and practice standards, including regulatory guidelines to meet customer needs.