Scientific Director, Medical Affairs - Parkinson's Disease
About The Position
The Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input into strategic and operational Medical Affairs activities for AbbVie’s Neuroscience portfolio, with a focus on Parkinson’s disease. The role supports interactions with healthcare professionals, payers, patients, prescribers, and providers; generation of clinical and scientific data; educational initiatives; and patient-safety activities, including risk minimization and safety surveillance. The position works closely with commercial teams to inform core brand strategies and support medical and marketing activities, product launches, and market access. It executes core Medical Affairs tactics for launch and collaborates with Clinical Development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials. This role leads and supports Medical Affairs strategy and tactics for a Parkinson’s disease asset launch, including medical education, advisory board and external-expert engagement planning, global conference planning and execution, internal training, and clinical and scientific data generation informed by evidence gaps. It manages budgets for assigned projects and may provide subject-matter expertise to cross-functional teams. The position also contributes to therapeutic-area external-expert engagement planning, Medical Information content and training, and the medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials in accordance with company policies, practice standards, and regulatory guidelines. It may serve as a consultant and liaison with other corporations on licensing agreements or potential business development opportunities. This is a hybrid role based in Lake County, Illinois, preferably.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in the sciences required.
- 5–7+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
- Substantial understanding of the relevant therapeutic area.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact internally and externally to support global business strategy.
- Ability to coordinate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders.
- Ability to gain cooperation from others and present technical information about projects and schedules.
- Works with some supervision and guidance and exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as PhD, PharmD, PA, or NP preferred.
- Residency or additional postdoctoral experience preferred.
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology and regulatory requirements governing clinical trials preferred.
- Experience in protocol design preferred.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of brand strategies.
- Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives and tactics for the Parkinson’s disease asset launch.
- Develop and lead execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board and external-expert engagement plan in line with the therapeutic-area plan.
- Lead global conference planning and execution.
- Lead the development and execution of internal training activities.
- Generate clinical and scientific data based on evidence-gap assessment.
- Manage budgets for assigned projects.
- Provide subject-matter expertise to cross-functional teams as needed.
- Contribute to development of a therapeutic-area external-expert engagement plan.
- Generate Medical Information communication content and support training on Medical Information materials.
- Perform accurate and detailed medical review of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic areas.
- Provide timely and accurate promotional-material reviews in accordance with established policies, practice standards, and regulatory guidelines.
- Collaborate with Clinical Development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials.
- Coordinate medical and scientific activities with internal stakeholders, including commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, and regulatory teams.
- May consult and liaise with other corporations regarding licensing agreements or evaluation of business development opportunities.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
