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 healthcare professional and provider interactions, clinical and scientific data generation, educational initiatives, patient safety, and risk minimization and safety surveillance activities. It works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into brand strategies and support medical and marketing activities, product launches, and market access. The position also executes core Medical Affairs tactics to support launch and collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials. The role leads and supports Medical Affairs strategies and tactics for the Parkinson’s disease asset launch; develops and executes medical education, advisory board, and external expert engagement plans; plans and executes global conferences; develops internal training; generates clinical and scientific data based on evidence gaps; and manages budgets for assigned projects. It may also provide subject-matter expertise to cross-functional teams, contribute to Medical Information communications and training, and conduct detailed medical reviews of promotional materials for assigned therapeutic areas. This is a hybrid role based in Lake County, Illinois, preferably. The position works with some supervision and guidance and exercises judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in the sciences.
- 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 externally and internally to support global business strategy.
- Ability to coordinate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders, including commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, and regulatory teams.
- Ability to gain cooperation from others and present technical information concerning specific projects and schedules.
- Ability to work with some supervision and guidance and exercise judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as PhD, PharmD, PA, or NP.
- Residency or additional postdoctoral experience.
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology and regulatory requirements governing clinical trials.
- Experience in the design of protocols.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of brand strategies.
- Lead and support Medical Affairs initiatives, including strategy and tactics, for the Parkinson’s disease asset launch.
- Contribute to the development of and lead execution of the Medical Education / Advisory Board and external expert engagement plan in line with the therapeutic area plan.
- Lead planning and execution of individual global conferences.
- Lead development and execution of internal training activities.
- Generate clinical and scientific data based on evidence gap assessment.
- Manage budgets for assigned projects.
- Support cross-functional teams with subject-matter expertise as needed.
- Actively contribute to development of a therapeutic area external expert engagement plan.
- Contribute to 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 within Medical Affairs.
- Provide timely and accurate promotional material reviews in accordance with established policies, practice standards, and regulatory guidelines.
- Assist as a consultant and liaison with other corporations under licensing agreements or when evaluating new business development opportunities, as needed.
- Work with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand strategies and support medical and marketing activities, product launches, and market access.
- Collaborate with clinical development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials.
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
Senior
