Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Parkinsons Disease

AbbVie•Mettawa, IL

5d•$182,000 - $346,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Affairs (MA) organization provides patients, healthcare providers and payers everywhere with the practical and clinically relevant information and solutions they need to use AbbVie products safely and effectively, throughout the product lifecycle and the patient’s journey. Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational medical affairs activities for AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio such as: health care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines, and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities 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. Executes core medical affair tactics to support launch. Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in the sciences required.
5-7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent; substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required.
Interactions normally require the ability to gain cooperation of others, conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects and schedules, etc.
Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
Ability to interact with and coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
Works with some supervision and guidance. Exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degree PhD, PharmD, PA or NP preferred.
Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred.
Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in the design of protocols preferred.

Responsibilities

Contributes to the development of brand strategies.
Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives (strategy and tactics) for Parkinson’s Disease asset launch
Contributes to the development of and leads the execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board & EE Engagement Plan generation in line with TA plan. Lead the individual (Global) Conference planning and execution.
Leads the development and execution of internal training activities
Generates clinical and scientific data per evidence gap assessment.
Responsible to manage budget for assigned projects.
May support cross-functional teams with subject matter expertise.
Actively contributes to the development of a TA EE Engagement Plan.
Contributes to the generation of MI communication content and supports training on Medical Information (MI) materials.
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.
May assist as consultant and liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements and/or in the evaluation of new business development opportunities.