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. The work includes healthcare professional and provider interactions involving payers, patients, prescribers, and providers; generation of clinical and scientific data to enhance therapeutic benefit and value; educational initiatives involving medical education, data, guidelines, and value propositions; and patient-safety activities such as risk minimization and safety surveillance. The role works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand strategies and to support medical and marketing activities, including promotional material development, product launches, and market access. It executes core Medical Affairs tactics supporting launch and collaborates with Clinical Development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials. This is a hybrid role based preferably in Lake County, Illinois.
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 internally and externally in support of global business strategy.
- Ability to gain others’ cooperation and present technical information about projects and schedules.
- Ability to coordinate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders.
- Ability to work with some supervision and guidance and exercise judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as a PhD, PharmD, PA, or NP.
- Residency or additional postdoctoral experience.
- Knowledge of clinical trial methodology and regulatory requirements governing clinical trials.
- Experience in protocol design.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of brand strategies.
- Lead and support Medical Affairs strategy and tactics for the Parkinson’s disease asset launch.
- Develop and lead execution of the Medical Education, Advisory Board, and External Expert (EE) Engagement Plan in line with the therapeutic area plan.
- Lead planning and execution for individual global conferences.
- Lead development and execution of internal training activities.
- Generate clinical and scientific data based on evidence-gap assessments.
- 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.
- Contribute to Medical Information communication content and support training on Medical Information materials.
- Conduct accurate, detailed medical reviews of complex advertising and promotional materials for assigned therapeutic areas, providing timely reviews in accordance with established policies, practice standards, and regulatory guidelines.
- Provide consultation and liaison support to other corporations under licensing agreements or when evaluating business-development opportunities.
- Collaborate with commercial teams on brand strategies and medical and marketing activities, including promotional materials, product launches, and market access.
- Collaborate with Clinical Development on Medical Affairs support for priority trials.
- Coordinate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders, including commercial, clinical operations, discovery, statistics, and regulatory teams.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick time.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
